Update to the regulations on diplomatic and service passports
With the adoption by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, of a measure that has come into force today, updating the rules on diplomatic and service passports to better protect the needs of family members of staff of the Foreign Ministry and the other Administrations serving abroad in the diplomatic-consular […]
Read moreVice Minister Sereni visits the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
The visit of Deputy Minister Marina Sereni to the UAE and Bahrain begins tomorrow. Vice Minister Sereni will remain until November 18 and during her mission to the Emirates she will have various official meetings and talks with representatives of politics, the economic world, and culture, as well as with representatives of civil society. She […]
Read moreMinister Luigi Di Maio participates at the annual meeting of Medici per l’Africa CUAMM
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated today in Padua at the annual meeting of Medici per l’Africa CUAMM (Doctors for Africa). The 2021 edition, entitled “Ripartire” (Getting Started Again), discussed the resumption of activities following the most acute stage of the pandemic, and the relaunching of CUAMM’s work in […]
Read moreElection of Professor Nesi to the United Nations Commission on International Law
After more than ten years, an Italian academic has returned to the prestigious United Nations Commission on International Law. With 152 votes Giuseppe Nesi, Professor of International Law at the University of Trento, has just been elected by the UN General Assembly in New York to the critical body of 34 jurists whose delicate task […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano opens new round of Sectoral Tables with Manufacturing Associations
Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano opened the new round of Sectoral Tables with productive associations in the virtual format today. “To face the challenges related to internationalisation, never before have we needed so much direct interaction between the State and the private sector as in this era,” said the Deputy Minister at the opening. The […]
Read moreFOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Launch day of the “Albergo Etico” (Ethical Hotel) project. Meeting on 16 November at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sala Aldo Moro)
On Tuesday, 16 November, at 10:00, the “Albergo Etico” (Ethical Hotel) project will be presented in the Sala Aldo Moro at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The event will be attended by Senator Erika Stefani, Minister for Disabilities, the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano in Brussels for the EU Foreign Affairs-Trade Council
Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano participated today in the EU Foreign Affairs and Trade Council meeting in Brussels. The critical meeting takes place the day after the conclusion of the G20 Trade Council in Sorrento and a few weeks before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial in Geneva at the end of November (MC12). The […]
Read morePNRR: until 3 December, subsidised funding for export-oriented SMEs
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan has made available 800 million euros in subsidised funding and 400 million in non-repayable grants for Italian SMEs oriented towards foreign markets through the 394/81 Fund managed by SIMEST. The instruments available to companies are: Digital and ecological transition of SMEs with an international vocation Subsidised funding for investments […]
Read moreForeign Ministry Note: Italian citizen Alberto Livoni
The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa, in close connection with the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, is very closely following the case of our compatriot Alberto Livoni, who is in detention at the Addis Ababa Police Commission. We are providing him with all necessary assistance and are in contact with the competent local authorities and […]
Read moreSigning of Protocol for humanitarian corridors from Afghanistan
The Director-General for Italians Migration Policies, Luigi Maria Vignali, signed today on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation the Protocol to implement “Humanitarian Corridors/Evacuations for Afghanistan”. The ceremony, held at the Palazzo del Viminale, was attended by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese. Signatories to the agreement, in addition to […]
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