The “Appuntamenti Italiani” column is posted weekly by the Italian Consulate General in Shanghai through its WeChat account, a social platform with more than 1.08 billion users a month. The column is a space dedicated to the principal events organised in eastern China on the theme of Italy, news of which are fed into the […]
Read moreFollowing the requests for clarification on the case of North Korea’s former Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, Jo Song Gil, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: last 3 January, the Foreign Ministry already informed that it had received, through diplomatic channels, a notice relative to the official’s transfer from the Embassy of North Korea in Rome. […]
Read moreThe administrations and agencies concerned will discuss Italy’s engagement in global anticorruption strategies, with a special focus on the activities of the G20 and the OECD, at the inter-institutional negotiation table set up at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs (DGMO). The specific themes addressed are: transparency and integrity in developing infrastructure; overcoming […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the University of Bologna, the UNHCR and the Italian Caritas signed in Rome a Memorandum of Understanding setting up “university corridors” with the aim of developing courses for and promoting the integration in Italy of refugee students in Ethiopia. The Goal of the MoU is to enable […]
Read more‘Shaping the EU’s Future through Differentiated Integration” is the title of the conference, organised in partnership with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), hosted by the Farnesina on Tuesday, 29 January. It constitutes one of the steps envisaged by the IAI-coordinated EU IDEA Project (EU Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability), which aims to prompt a […]
Read moreItalian diplomacy in the face of the tragedy that befell Italian and European Jews in the period 1938-43 is the central theme of the exhibition ‘Duty Only. Beyond Duty – Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews (1938-43)’ curated by Sara Berger and Marcello Pezzetti, with archival expertise provided by Federica […]
Read moreAs part of the “Farnesina Verde” (“Green Farnesina”) project which sees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and its diplomatic and consular network committed to promoting environmental sustainability, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, and the Secretary General of the MAECI, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, today presented the new […]
Read moreNel quadro del progetto “Farnesina Verde”, che vede il MAECI e la rete diplomatico-consolare impegnati per la sostenibilità ambientale, il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Manlio Di Stefano, e il Segretario Generale del MAECI, Ambasciatore Elisabetta Belloni, hanno oggi presentato al personale del Ministero i nuovi erogatori di acqua potabile installati […]
Read moreLa Farnesina ha organizzato, il 27 novembre 2018, il seminario “Indici e Reputazione: Strategie per l’Attrattività a Confronto”, conferenza di promozione del “marchio Italia” come strumento di rafforzamento dell’economia nazionale in un contesto di crescente competitività internazionale. L’iniziativa si colloca in linea con le raccomandazioni della Cabina di Regia per l’Internazionalizzazione, che prevedono l’avvio di […]
Read moreThe statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]
Read more“I swear to be loyal to the Republic, to faithfully respect the Constitution and the laws of the State, and to fulfil the duties of my Office in the interest of the Administration and for the public good”: these were the words uttered today at Villa Madama by the 32 young diplomats attending the course […]
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