Foreign Ministry notice – Minister Di Maio meets the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian
Today at the Farnesina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian. During their cordial meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the signing of the “French-Italian Enhanced Cooperation Treaty”, the two Ministers discussed the main dossiers on the bilateral agenda, […]
Read moreSereni: Africa and Italy are developing a strong partnership
“A strong partnership in support of the economic vocation of Africa is a priority of our foreign policy, as the document of strategic orientation on Africa issued last December clearly states”. The Vice Minister Marina Sereni declared this in a video address presented at the Summit held in Johannesburg by the European House Ambrosetti to […]
Read moreForeign Ministry Note – Italy rejoins the UNESCO World Heritage Committee
From today Italy is once again a member of the World Heritage Committee, the UNESCO body that is responsible, under the UNESCO Convention of 1972, for ensuring the effective and well-structured protection of World Heritage and for taking final decisions about inscriptions on the World Heritage List. Italy had been absent from the Committee for […]
Read moreLibya: new flight for Italy brings hope to asylum seekers
Ninety-three asylum seekers from Libya landed today at Fiumicino Airport. After their arrival, they will be able to apply for refugee status, which will give them the right to protection. The asylum seekers traveled on a charter fIight of the UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for Refugees. It is the first arrival implementing a protocol […]
Read moreSperimentazione voto elettronico in occasione delle elezioni Comites
È partita il 24 novembre la sperimentazione del voto digitale in occasione delle elezioni dei Comitati per gli Italiani all’estero (Comites) organizzate dalla Farnesina. La votazione elettronica coinvolge gli elettori di undici circoscrizioni consolari: Berlino, Monaco di Baviera (per i comitati di Monaco di Baviera e Norimberga), Marsiglia, Londra (per i comitati di Londra e […]
Read morePress release on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On the occasion of the 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its foreign network join the awareness-raising campaign “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!” launched by UN Women. This year, the campaign aims at preventing all forms of violence, […]
Read moreFOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – 4th meeting of the Italy-Russian Federation Working Group on combating global challenges
Today in Moscow, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, together with Gen. Oleg Syromolotov, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, jointly chaired the 4th meeting of the Italy-Russian Federation Working Group on combating global challenges. Also taking part were representatives of various Italian administrations including the Ministries […]
Read moreNotice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sereni presides over the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation
The Vice Minister Marina Sereni presided over the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, with the participation of the General Director for Development Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. Representatives of the Ministry for the Economy and Finance and the Savings and […]
Read moreSereni opens the Assembly of the Parties of IDLO
“The rule of law is essential now more than ever before, because the effectiveness of the measures passed by the governments in order to ‘build back better’ after the pandemic derive from the ability of the institutions to be transparent, effective and responsible.” These words were spoken by Vice Minister Marina Sereni in her address […]
Read moreThe EU-Western Balkan Youth Forum open today in Rome
The Conference on the future of Europe gains additional value from a new event based on an Italian initiative. The EU-Western Balkan Youth Forum, promoted by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, opens today in Rome. It is the first initiative devoted to discussion of the future of Europe and inclusion of […]
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