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Press Releases

9 December 2021

International Anti-Corruption Day

International Anti-Corruption Day was celebrated today at the Foreign Ministry. Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, opening the proceedings, reiterated that the fight against corruption remains a priority for Italy which, in its legal diplomacy work, is committed to promoting the culture of legality, transparency, and the prevention of corruption. […]

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Press Releases

6 December 2021

Signature of Protocol between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Office of the Government’s Extraordinary Commissioner for Missing Persons

Today, the Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, and Prefect Silvana Riccio signed a new collaboration protocol between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Office of the Government’s Extraordinary Commissioner for Missing Persons. This agreement concerns in particular the exchange of information on searches for Italians who […]

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Events

3 December 2021

Ambassador Sequi spoke at the Sky TG24 award ceremony in honor of the young diplomats, Attanasio and Claudi

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, participated today in the third program of Sky TG24 “Live In”, a series of events consisting of meetings organized to create opportunities for discussions with Italian and international guests from the sectors of politics, economics, science, culture, industry, entertainment and sports. The theme of the […]

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Press Releases

3 December 2021

FOC 10th Anniversary Helsinki Declaration – Towards a Rules-based, Democratic and Digitally Inclusive World

Preamble  We, the Foreign Ministers of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member States, strongly reaffirm our commitment to protect and promote human rights for all, both online and offline, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments. Today, the FOC’s mission to promote Internet freedom and protect human […]

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Press Releases

3 December 2021

ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Stabbing of two Italians in New York

The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Consulate General in New York, in close collaboration with the local police, are following with the utmost attention the serial stabbing case in which one Italian was killed and another wounded. We are providing every possible assistance to the Italian who was injured and to the family members of […]

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Press Releases

1 December 2021

Support for Italian citizens following the suspension of air traffic from a number of African countries

Air traffic from South African countries has been suspended to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant.  This Foreign Ministry acted immediately, via the Unità di Crisi [the Crisis Unit] to assist our compatriots abroad. More than 200 Italians have been able to book scheduled flights where these are still available, and are currently returning to Italy. Some […]

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Press Releases

1 December 2021

FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Migration cooperation: the MAECI’s commitment to the Sahel is strengthened

Two new initiatives financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Migration Fund will strengthen migration cooperation with countries in the Sahelian region, which are at the crossroads of flows towards Europe. In Mali, following the signing on 6 May of the Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation between Minister Di Maio and Minister of Malians Abroad […]

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Events

29 November 2021

The Khaled Al Asaad Award goes to Prof. Morandi Bonacossi

On November 26, during the 23rd edition of the Mediterranean Bourse of Archeological Tourism in Paestum, Prof. Morandi Bonacossi received the “Khaled al-Asaad” International Archaeological Discovery Award  for 2020. The award is named for Khaled al-Asaad, the Director of the archeological site of Palmira who defended the cultural heritage at the cost of his life, […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Travel restrictions from South Africa and other southern African countries

The Foreign Ministry, through the Crisis Unit and the Embassies and Consulates on the ground, is carefully monitoring the effects of the recent ordinance issued by the Ministry of Health, which has introduced travel restrictions from South Africa and other countries in the southern African region. The Embassies involved, acting in liaison with the Crisis […]

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Press Releases

26 November 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – The Italian of Tomorrow. The States-General of Italian Language and Creativity in the World

Rome, 29 November 2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation International Conference Room   THE ITALIAN OF TOMORROW GLI STATI GENERALI DELLA LINGUA E CREATIVITÀ ITALIANE NEL MONDO   With the participation of His Excellency the President of Italy Mr. Sergio MATTARELLA The States-General of Italian Language and Creativity in the World will open on Monday, 29 November, at […]

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Press Releases

25 November 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Italy rejoins the UNESCO World Heritage Committee

From today Italy is once again a member of the World Heritage Committee, the UNESCO body that is responsible, under the UNESCO Convention of 1972, for ensuring the effective and well-structured protection of World Heritage and for taking final decisions about inscriptions on the World Heritage List. Italy had been absent from the Committee for […]

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Events

25 November 2021

Experimentation of electronic voting for COMITES elections

On November 24, experimentation of the digital voting process got under way. The occasion was the elections of the Committees for Italians Abroad (COMITES) organized by the Farnesina. Electronic voting involves electors in eleven consular districts: Berlin, Munich (for the committees of Munich and Nuremberg, Marseilles, London (for the committees of London and Manchester), The […]

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