Farnesina

Accreditation Notices

27 December 2022

Press Accreditation Note – Statements to the press made by Italy’s, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, following the convocation of the Iranian Ambassador-designate – Farnesina 28 December 2022

On Wednesday 28 December 2022, following the convocation of the Iranian Ambassador-designate Mohammad Reza Sabouri, scheduled for 12 noon, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will make statements to the press at the Farnesina. Journalists and camera operators interested in hearing the statements by the Vice-President of […]

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Events

23 December 2022

Literary conversation between Pap Khouma and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, winner of the Goncourt Prize 2021 with the book “The most secret memory of men”

The conversation, set up by Fondazione Aurora during the “Più Libri, Più Liberi” event of small and medium publishers, follows the International Conference on African Literature, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Africa Day 2022, which both authors attended. It is a literary dialogue between two authors who, while sharing […]

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Press Releases

23 December 2022

​Africa-Europe project: identities and differences. Dialogues between cultures and policies

With a view to supporting stability, security and development initiatives in the African continent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Global Affairs (Central Africa Directorate), has financed a project called “Africa-Europe: Identities and Differences. Dialogues between Cultures and Policies”, promoted by the Union of African Communities of Italy (UCAI) Onlus – Non(-profit Organisation). […]

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Press Releases

22 December 2022

Conference of Italian Ambassadors. Commitment to appeal, promote and internationalise the Italian educational model in the session with Ministers Tajani, Valditara and Bernini.

Rome, 22 December 2022. The sixth session of the 15th Conference of Italian Ambassadors, dedicated to Italy’s global appeal, was held today at the Farnesina in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, and the Minister of University and Research, Anna […]

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Press Releases

21 December 2022

​Minister Tajani attends ceremonies inaugurating “Attanasio staircase” and “Iacovacci Room” (21 December 2022)

Today, at the XV Conference of Italian Ambassadors, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, presided over the ceremony dedicating a staircase of the Farnesina Building to the memory of Luca Attanasio, the young Ambassador killed in the Congo on 22 February 2021, together with […]

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In detail

20 December 2022

15th Conference of Italian Ambassadors

The Conference of Italian Ambassadors in the World opens today at the Farnesina. “Italian diplomacy in the service of the country in a changing world” is this year’s topic. The event brings together over 100 heads of Italian diplomatic missions throughout the world. The Conference provides an opportunity to discuss the role of the Ministry […]

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In detail

19 December 2022

Global Days: “I ACT” – Italy&Irena Action for Climate Toolkit

The Farnesina International Conferences Hall will host today the second appointment of the “Global Days” programme, which features a number of initiatives focusing on internationally relevant topics, with a view to sharing knowledge and best practices. Falling within the scope of the “Youth4Climate” initiative and of the recent Cop27, the event will highlight the role […]

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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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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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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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