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Press Releases

13 August 2021

Afghanistan:Italian Foreign Ministry in close contact with the US State Department

In light of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan, the Italian Foreign Ministry is maintaining the closest contact with the US State Department. Just yesterday, Italy’s General Secretary Ettore Sequi spoke with the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman. They agreed to further strengthen coordination between the embassies of all the allied countries in Kabul, […]

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Press Releases

2 August 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Vaccine supplies to Tunisia

In consideration of the ongoing pandemic emergency that is hitting Tunisia particularly hard, Italy is determined to continue to provide concrete and immediate support to the Tunisian people in the fight against COVID-19. After sending five containers of medical supplies and donations for the purchase of oxygen generators for Tunisian hospitals, following a specific request […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2021

Della Vedova: unprecedented effort by the Foreign Ministry to assist Italians abroad in the pandemic

Benedetto Della Vedova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with responsibility for Italians abroad, spoke today at the conference on the “Impact of the pandemic on fellow regional residents abroad: problems, continuity, return migration, new opportunities”, organised by ERAPLE – the regional organisation of Acli for the problems of Italian expats abroad from […]

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Press Releases

28 July 2021

Bologna’s Porticoes are inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Bologna’s Porticoes are now inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List thanks to a decision taken by the World Heritage Committee, which met from 16 to 31 July in its 44th session conducted in virtual mode from Fuzhou (China). The Committee recognised the “exceptional universal value” of the Porticoes as an extraordinary testimony of an architectural […]

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Events

28 July 2021

Ministry of Foreing Affairs and Accademia di Santa Cecilia, tribute to Morricone

On 6 July 2020, at the age of 91, Maestro Ennio Morricone sadly passed away. He was an extraordinarily talented composer and arranger, beloved by all for his rare ability to reach and move people with very different musical tastes. The Farnesina has decided to honour his memory by producing a limited edition box set, available to Embassies, […]

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Press Releases

28 July 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Libya

As part of efforts to reach an institutional agreement on the definition of the legal framework for allowing the parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on 24 December, delegations from Libya’s House of Representatives and High National Electoral Commission are currently meeting in Rome, with technical assistance provided by the UNSMIL mission. In supporting […]

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Press Releases

26 July 2021

The “Padova Urbs Picta” Sites and Montecatini Terme included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting online for its 44th session, has decided to include two new Italian sites in the World Heritage List. They are respectively “Padova Urbs Picta”, with the Scrovegni Chapel and its 14th century fresco cycles, and Montecatini Terme, the latter being included in the “Great SPAs of Europe” circuit and […]

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Press Releases

19 July 2021

The signing of an Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic and the European Forest Institute (EFI)

Yesterday in Helsinki, an agreement was signed establishing an office of the European Forest Institute/EFI in Rome. EFI, an international organisation for forestry research-based in Finland- counts 29 European States and 120 associated and affiliated organisations in 38 countries. The Italian Ambassador in Helsinki, Sergio Pagano, and Marc Palahí, Director of the Institute, signed the […]

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Press Releases

15 July 2021

Tunisia. Provision of humanitarian goods to fight against COVID-19 in the Country

In response to the dramatic developments in the health crisis in Tunisia, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Italian Cooperation, on the instructions of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Marina Sereni, has ordered the dispatch to the port of Tunis of more than 25 tons of medical supplies to fight against […]

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Events

15 July 2021

“Art and Politics. The Streets of Rome”

An era in which images, rather than words, are used as vehicles of messages and ideas, street art, which was conceived as a form of protest in the 1960s, is the art form that most is most effective in expressing complex content immediately, becoming a workshop for teaching people not only about contemporary culture but […]

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Press Releases

14 July 2021

NOTICE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – Health emergency COVID-19: foreign travel recommendations

As of January 2020, the health emergency caused by COVID-19 persists worldwide. All persons intending to travel abroad, regardless of destination or reason for travel, should consider that any journey during this period may involve a health risk. In particular, if molecular or antigenic testing is required for entry into Italy or returning to Italy […]

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In detail

14 July 2021

Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with the Director of the OSCE ODIHR Office, Matteo Mecacci

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Matteo Mecacci. The talks confirmed Italy’s commitment to promoting the OSCE’s “Human Dimension” and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) […]

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