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Press Releases
17 December 2022
Positive outcome of the Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, under Italian Presidency

The 9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, chaired by Ambassador Leonardo Bencini, Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, ended yesterday. The 184 States-Parties adopted by consensus a Final Document that breaks the stalemate in which the Convention has found itself for over twenty years, with the approval of […]

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Press Releases
9 December 2022
ELMED: Italy expresses satisfaction over the approval of the EU funding for the electrical interconnection between Italy and Tunisia

Italy greatly welcomes Brussel’s approval of a sizable European allocation for the implementation of ELMED, the power interconnection project promoted by TERNA and its Tunisian counterpart STEG, providing for a 230 km-long 600 MW connection to Sicily. ELMED will produce a quantum leap in the integration of the electricity markets on the northern and southern […]

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Press Releases
7 December 2022
Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, attends the meeting: “Italy Guest Country at Frankfurt 2024” (7 December 2022)

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, attended the meeting titled “Italy Guest Country at Frankfurt 2024”. The meeting was organised by the Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE) and curated by Ricardo Franco Levi, President of AIE and the Government’s Special Commissioner for the coordination of activities connected to the participation of Italy […]

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In detail
7 December 2022
Third meeting of the Committee for the Study and Development of International Humanitarian Law

The Committee for the Study and Development of International Humanitarian Law, which promotes and coordinates International Humanitarian Law at a national level, has held its third meeting at the Farnesina. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Antonio Tajani, who attended the Committee meeting for the first time since he […]

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In detail
5 December 2022
Legal Diplomacy at the Service of Peace and International Security: Italy’s Commitment to Combat Corruption

Today the Farnesina’s International Conference Hall will host the meeting entitled “Legal Diplomacy at the Service of Peace and International Security: Italy’s Commitment to Combat Corruption” organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in partnership with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day. […]

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Press Releases
2 December 2022
Note of the Foreign Ministry

The Farnesina condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the serious criminal act committed against First Counsellor Susanna Schlein and her family in Athens. During the night, unknown people torched Counsellor Schlein’s car, which then exploded and was completely destroyed. Awakened by a quick sequence of bangs, Counsellor Schlein immediately realised there was an attempt to […]

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Events
1 December 2022
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: new elements for Italy

Italy can boast two new UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements: “Lipizzan Horses – Lipizzan Horse Breeding Traditions” and “Tocatì, a Shared Programme for the Safeguarding of Traditional Games and Sports”. The two new elements were announced during the XVII session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in Rabat […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2022
25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Farnesina and its foreign network fully join the awareness-raising campaign “UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls. Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”, promoted by UN Women, which in 2022 focuses on the fundamental contribution given by movements, organisations and […]

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Press Releases
22 November 2022
Former senator Petrocelli’s presence in Libya

In relation to the news concerning former senator Vito Rosario Petrocelli’s presence in Libya, the Farnesina confirms that, as he no longer holds any institutional role, the former senator visited that country in a personal capacity. Any declaration made by him should not therefore be viewed as a position entailing any commitment by the Italian […]

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Events
22 November 2022
Scientific diplomacy takes centre stage at the Rome Science Festival

On Monday, 21 November, the opening day of the Rome Science Festival (21 – 27 November), the event titled “Science in Rome”, moderated by the Festival’s Director, Vittorio Bo, was held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica at 6:00 PM. The event was attended by the representatives of the capital’s major research agencies and universities, […]

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Events
18 November 2022
Scopri il mondo della diplomazia

Partecipa al concorso del MAECI “Come la diplomazia contribuisce al benessere e alla sicurezza del Paese?”   Vuoi essere un protagonista della prossima Conferenza delle Ambasciatrici e degli Ambasciatori d’Italia nel mondo? Vuoi entrare alla Farnesina e avere un contatto diretto con i nostri Capi Missione all’estero? Partecipa al bando di concorso! Mercoledì 21 e […]

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