Farnesina

In detail

22 February 2023

In remembrance of Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and driver Mustapha Milambo

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation dedicates a day to the memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and World Food Programme driver Mustapha Milambo, who were killed in an ambush in Congo on 22 February 2021. Two years after the tragic event, a video message by the Vice President of the […]

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Press Releases

16 February 2023

Comunicato Congiunto MAECI – MIMIT | XI Riunione della Cabina di Regia per l’Internazionalizzazione

Si è svolta oggi alla Farnesina l’XI riunione della Cabina di Regia per l’Internazionalizzazione, sotto la co-presidenza del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e del Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy. Alla riunione, aperta dagli interventi del Vice Presidente del Consiglio e Ministro degli Affari Esteri, Antonio Tajani, e del […]

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In detail

15 February 2023

Presentation of the “Roots Tourism: An integrated strategy for the recovery of the tourism sector in post-Covid-19 Italy” Project within the framework of the NRRP

On Wednesday, 15 February, Farnesina housed the presentation of the NRRP Project “Turismo delle radici: una strategia integrata per la ripresa del settore del turismo nell’Italia post Covid-19” (Roots Tourism: An integrated strategy for the recovery of the tourism sector in post-Covid-19 Italy). The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Events

9 February 2023

IsIAO: tender for the sale of exploitation rights of “Africa” magazine

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) has published an auction notice for the sale of exploitation rights of the magazine “Africa. Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell’Istituto italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente”, already published by the abovementioned Institute. Founded in 1950, the magazine features ethnographic, social, linguistic, economic and historical […]

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Press Releases

6 February 2023

Earthquake in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria

Following the violent earthquake that struck Southern Turkey and Northern Syria at 4:17 a.m. this night, the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contacted the Italian citizens present in the country and is acting in close connection with the Italian embassies and consulates in the area to verify the conditions of […]

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Press Releases

3 February 2023

Italy – UN Joint Press Release | Stage set in Italy to take stock on progress towards the transformation of food systems across world at critical half-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030

ROME, 3 February— On behalf of The Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Antonio Tajani, announced today the UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, will take place in Rome, Italy from 24 – 26 July 2023, at […]

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2 February 2023

The National Association of Italian Retired Diplomats “Costantino Nigra” awards a graduation prize named after Ambassador Luca Attanasio

ROME, 2 February 2023 – Today, the National Association of Italian Retired Diplomats “Costantino Nigra” (ASSDIPLAR) presented a graduation prize named after Ambassador Luca Attanasio. The award – worth EUR 2,000 – was assigned to Alessia Matturro, who graduated with a Master’s degree in “Intercultural Communication in the Euro-Mediterranean Area” from the University of Naples […]

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2 February 2023

First 2023 meeting of the Disputed Minors Task Force

The Directorate General for Italians Abroad chaired the first 2023 meeting of the Disputed Minors Task Force at the Farnesina today. This meeting, which was attended as usual senior officials from the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice, provided an opportunity to take stock of the situations of minors involved in the conflict in Ukraine. […]

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Press Releases

28 January 2023

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Note

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reports that yesterday evening unknown persons smashed the window of the building where the Consulate General in Barcelona is located, defacing a wall at the building’s entrance. Also yesterday, a car bearing a diplomatic licence plate belonging to a diplomatic official serving at the Italian Embassy […]

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Press Releases

26 January 2023

Joint Communiqué by MAECI – MIMIT – MEF – MIN. OF TOURISM | First Meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee for Made in Italy in the World, 26 January 2023

The first meeting of the Committee for Made in Italy in the World – CIMIM, a body set up by the Italian government last November, co-chaired by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and participated in by the Italian Ministries of Economy and […]

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Press Releases

19 January 2023

Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Today, the Council of Ministers appointed Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Guariglia will succeed Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi as of March, with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani thanking the latter for his many years of service to the State. A highly […]

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17 January 2023

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Google together for safe travel abroad

“The fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can offer cutting-edge services to Italian travellers, also thanks to Google, makes me proud,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. Thanks to an agreement between the Ministry and Google for the free use of “Google Ad Grants”, Italian users browsing the Internet for their trips will […]

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