Farnesina

Press Releases

20 February 2019

North Korea

Following the requests for clarification on the case of North Korea’s former Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, Jo Song Gil, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: last 3 January, the Foreign Ministry already informed that it had received, through diplomatic channels, a notice relative to the official’s transfer from the Embassy of North Korea in Rome. […]

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Events

14 February 2019

Inter-institutional negotiation table to coordinate anticorruption activities

The administrations and agencies concerned will discuss Italy’s engagement in global anticorruption strategies, with a special focus on the activities of the G20 and the OECD, at the inter-institutional negotiation table set up at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs (DGMO). The specific themes addressed are: transparency and integrity in developing infrastructure; overcoming […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 February 2019

Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will  include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]

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Events

8 February 2019

​University corridors for refugee students

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the University of Bologna, the UNHCR and the Italian Caritas​ signed in Rome a Memorandum of Understanding setting up “university corridors” with the aim of developing courses for and promoting the integration in Italy of refugee students in Ethiopia. The Goal of the MoU is to enable […]

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Events

29 January 2019

The EU and differentiated integration in a conference hosted at the Farnesina

‘Shaping the EU’s Future through Differentiated Integration” is the title of the conference, organised in partnership with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), hosted by the Farnesina on Tuesday, 29 January. It constitutes one of the steps envisaged by the IAI-coordinated EU IDEA Project (EU Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability), which aims to prompt a […]

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Events

25 January 2019

’Only Duty. Beyond Duty – Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews (1938-43)’​ Italian diplomacy in the face of the Holocaust

Italian diplomacy in the face of the tragedy that befell Italian and European Jews in the period 1938-43 is the central theme of the exhibition ‘Duty Only. Beyond Duty – Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews (1938-43)’ curated by Sara Berger and Marcello Pezzetti, with archival expertise provided by Federica […]

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Events

20 December 2018

Farnesina “plastic free”

 As part of the “Farnesina Verde” (“Green Farnesina”) project which sees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and its diplomatic and consular network committed to promoting environmental sustainability, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, and the Secretary General of the MAECI, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, today presented the new […]

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Events

20 December 2018

Farnesina “plastic free”

  Nel quadro del progetto “Farnesina Verde”, che vede il MAECI e la rete diplomatico-consolare impegnati per la sostenibilità ambientale, il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Manlio Di Stefano, e il Segretario Generale del MAECI, Ambasciatore Elisabetta Belloni, hanno oggi presentato al personale del Ministero i nuovi erogatori di acqua potabile installati […]

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In detail

10 December 2018

Indici e Reputazione: Strategie per l’Attrattività a Confronto

La Farnesina ha organizzato, il 27 novembre 2018, il seminario “Indici e Reputazione: Strategie per l’Attrattività a Confronto”, conferenza di promozione del “marchio Italia” come strumento di rafforzamento dell’economia nazionale in un contesto di crescente competitività internazionale. L’iniziativa si colloca in linea con le raccomandazioni della Cabina di Regia per l’Internazionalizzazione, che prevedono l’avvio di […]

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Events

30 November 2018

The Farnesina hosts an exhibition on Italy’s foreign policy

The statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]

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Events

27 November 2018

​Young diplomats take their oath of office before Minister Moavero

“I swear to be loyal to the Republic, to faithfully respect the Constitution and the laws of the State, and to fulfil the duties of my Office in the interest of the Administration and for the public good”: these were the words uttered today at Villa Madama by the 32 young diplomats attending the course […]

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In detail

26 November 2018

United Nations “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”

At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on 25 November, the Farnesina Building was flooded by orange light for the first time to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The initiative forms part of the United Nations’ international awareness-raising campaign “UN […]

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