Italy’s Carabinieri celebrate their 211th anniversary in Rome, June 12th, 2025

Italy’s paramilitary unit, the Carabinieri, are currently celebrating their 211^th anniversary in Rome. 

 
The pride and joy of Italy’s police force are involved in a myriad of sectors, such as international police keeping forces, environmental protection, organized crime/drug trafficking and also the recovery of stolen art in Italy and around the world (some say, including The Economist, that the Carabinieri’s special art recovery unit is the best in the world, probably because so much art has been stolen throughout the years from Italy and has also illegally ended up in some of America’s top museums).

 
And up to 560 officers are currently in charge of running security in Italy’s many diplomatic consulates and embassies abroad.  

 
The Carabinieri’s elite “Corazzieri” regiment are also the official honor guard of the Italian President (and someone who couldn’t possibly miss the event was Briciola, Crumb, the 11 year-old dog who is the Carabinieri’s official mascot).

 
As part of the anniversary celebrations Rome’s 

Villa Borghese hosted an exhibit on the history and work that Carabinieri perform on a daily basis.

The Italy-Japan Business Group conference at Rome’s Palazzo della Cancelleria, May 13th, 2025

The Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG) conference took place at Rome’s splendid Palazzo della Cancelleria (the premises belong to the Vatican), located just a hop, skip and a jump from Piazza Navona. 

 
The IJBG is a bilateral associative entity which was founded in 1989 by Italian and Japanese business enterprises.  Its main objective is that of promoting strategic investments as well as  commercial ties between the two G7 countries.  

Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani gave the opening remarks along with the president of the IJBG Roberto Cingolani, his Japanese counterpart Shunichi Miyanaga and the Italian Minister of Industry (and the “Made in Italy” trademark), Adolfo Urso (all pics by M. Rimati).