Farnesina

Press Releases

20 July 2020

Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Libya

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will support IOM and UNHCR in the execution of their joint plan for Libya, drawn up at the Italian request to help the stabilization of the country and combat human trafficking. Thanks to funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IOM and UNHCR will thus be able […]

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Events

16 July 2020

Living Italian style on stage and in music

IT IS HEREBY ANNOUNCED THAT, DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECT PROPOSALS RECEIVED, THE OUTCOME OF THE EVALUATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE NOTICE “VIVERE ALL’ITALIANA SUL PALCOSCENICO” WILL BE PUBLISHED BY 2ND OCTOBER 2020. THE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR THE NOTICE “VIVERE ALL’ITALIANA IN MUSICA” ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK.   Vivere all’italiana sul palcoscenico” and “Vivere all’italiana in […]

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Events

14 July 2020

Italian Summer Festival with Umbria Jazz

The Italian Summer Festival, the international showcase of Italian festivals promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation through its Foreign Network, is enriched with new events that will be broadcast live streaming all over the world thanks to the collaboration with Umbria Jazz, one of the most important jazz festivals on the […]

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Press Releases

13 July 2020

Advertisement notice for contributions to private entities for peacekeeping, international security, humanitarian initiatives

The Directorate General for Globalisation (DGMO) and the Directorate General for Political Affairs (DGAP) of the Foreign Ministry publish an advertisement notice for the provision of contributions to private subjects, both Italian and foreign, for purposes related to the maintenance of peace, international security and the implementation of humanitarian initiatives. In this way, an innovative […]

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Events

9 July 2020

SHE of Valerio Zanini wins the “Vivo d’Arte 2020” award

Valerio Zanini, a young Italian musician living in Graz, with his project SHE, wins the second edition of the “Vivo D’Arte” Award, launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Romaeuropa Foundation and the participation of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism.   The Prize aims to […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 July 2020

The Foreign Ministry supports “Roots Tourism”

Roots Tourism potentially involves an estimated 60 to 80 million descendants of Italian emigrants worldwide, who reside mainly in the Americas, South Africa, Australia and European countries. They are not simply travellers: the root tourist is above all an investor and an “ambassador” of the territories he keeps in his family history. In 2018, ENIT […]

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Events

7 July 2020

Farnesina Art Digital Experience, the artists’ story online

After the event promoted by MAECI Farnesina Art Digital Experience last December 14th – when fourteen of the most important Italian Digital Art studios redesigned the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a video mapping show, transforming it into a 10,000 square meters and 15 million pixels canvas – the artists involved in […]

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Press Releases

3 July 2020

Meeting of the Advisory Board of “Women in International Security – Italy

Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first meeting of the Advisory Board of “Women in International Security Italy” (WIIS Italy), an Italian affiliate of the organization “Women in International Security Global” (WIIS Global) which, through its 35 national antennas and more than 7,000 members in 47 countries, promotes national and international leadership and […]

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Press Releases

2 July 2020

Enrica Lexie

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to advise that the Arbitral Tribunal constituted in The Hague pursuant to Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea signed on 10 December 1982 to resolve the dispute between Italy and India over the “Enrica Lexie” incident, which occurred on 15 […]

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Press Releases

2 July 2020

The work of the Foreign Ministry continues: 583 people repatriated today, a total of 107,200.

The Ministry’s efforts to ensure that stranded compatriots all over the world can return home safely are not backtracked. Today alone, more than 580 people returned to Italy through air operations from Morocco, Oman, Kenya, and Niger. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, the Ministry, thanks to the incessant work of the Crisis Unit, […]

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Press Releases

19 June 2020

A tour of Italian festivals showcasing entertainment, culture and regional diversity

On Sunday, 21 June, the Festival of Music will feature the first important concert with an audience after the COVID 19 emergency, besides being the beginning of the “Italian Summer Festival Season”, a suggestive tour of the principal Italian Festivals with a programme for 2020 announced to the World, thanks to the collaboration between the […]

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Press Releases

19 June 2020

The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the repatriation of our compatriots continues: around 97,600 Italians have returned

The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a safe return home of compatriots stranded abroad continues. About 97,600 citizens have returned from the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency thanks to the work of the Crisis Unit and the diplomatic-consular network, which have activated 1075 air, sea and land operations from 120 countries. Today, […]

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