Today, 18 March, is the first National Memorial Day for the victims of the Covid-19 epidemic. The Foreign Ministry is close to the families of all our fellow citizens struck down by this terrible virus, in Italy and around the World. We will defeat this pandemic, for their sakes as for ours.
Read moreOne hundred and sixty years ago Italy was born free and united. Today we pay tribute to the Italians in Italy and around the world who have contributed to spreading the democracy and solidarity values on which our country is founded. Our thoughts go in particular to Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci.
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio takes part in the presentation event of the initiatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to celebrate the seventh centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri The programme, which involves the network of diplomatic missions and Italian Cultural Institutes abroad, kicks […]
Read moreNel nuovo spazio al piano rialzato, dedicato alla grafica e all’illustrazione, la Collezione Farnesina dà il benvenuto a Ballerina (2018), una sequenza di ventotto bozzetti realizzata da Gianluigi Toccafondo per Un romano a Marte, opera di Vittorio Montalti, vincitrice del premio di composizione del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma e messa in scena nel novembre 2018. Toccafondo, nato a […]
Read moreOn the occasion of International Women’s Day, my thoughts go out to all the women of the Foreign Ministry, in Rome and abroad, who contribute every day to the fulfilment of our mission with enthusiasm, dedication and passion. Especially over the last very difficult year, so deeply marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, I wish to […]
Read moreOn 24 February, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a request for authorisation to export COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca, in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/111, approved on 30 January 2021, “making the exportation of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation”. In previous cases of authorisation requests received from […]
Read moreToday the launch of the Farnesina italiana portal (italiana.esteri.it) for the promotion of Italian language, culture and creativity in the world. A project that sees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation engaged both as a promoter and as a producer of integrated promotional initiatives. italiana is the Farnesina’s response to the demand for Italian culture around the world. A […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, attends the presentation event of italiana, the new Foreign Ministry portal (italiana.esteri.it) for the promotion of Italian language, culture and creativity in the world.
Read moreLa relazione tra arte contemporanea e gioco è stata protagonista a Milano di un evento organizzato da Collezione Farnesina e da Lucca Crea. Durante l’incontro hanno dialogato Paolo Cavinato – artista eclettico la cui ricerca si sviluppa attraverso varie tecniche e linguaggi, presente in Collezione Farnesina con Continuous City #11 – Hjalmar Hach – lead […]
Read moreSul canale YouTube del MAECI è disponibile il terzo episodio della webserie Spazi d’artista, realizzata in collaborazione con la rivista Artribune. Si tratta di dieci brevi film dedicati ad altrettanti artisti della Collezione Farnesina che raccontano il loro percorso e il rapporto con gli studi nei quali operano, secondo una prospettiva di particolare interesse in questo […]
Read moreThe Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar in Italy, H.E. Ms. Hmway Khyne, has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry today to receive the request that the military authorities immediately cease all violent repression of the democratic protests underway in the country. Italy has expressed its full solidarity to all those who are peacefully demonstrating […]
Read more“Two officers representing our country, the Ambassador to Kinshasa Luca Attanasio and the Carabiniere police officer Vittorio Iacovacci, lost their lives on 22 February near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, about 2,500 kilometres from the capital. This region had been classified as a high security risk area by the Foreign Ministry, also […]
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