About us

According to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961, the functions of the Embassy are, among others, to:

• represent Italy in the Kingdom of Bahrain;
• protect the interests of Italy and its citizens, within the limits permitted by international law;
• negotiate with the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain;
• be informed , by any lawful means, of the conditions and evolution of events in Bahrain and report to the Italian State;
• promote friendly relations and develop economic, cultural and scientific relations between Italy and Bahrain.

The Embassy staff, divided into various offices, is made up of both staff from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and from other Italian ministries and public bodies.

The Head of Mission is Ambassador Andrea Catalano.

The Consular Affairs Office in Bahrain and the ITA Agency Desk are located at the Embassy. Through its Consular Affairs Office, the Embassy of Italy provides a series of consular services to Italian and foreign citizens residing in Bahrain.

In the pages that make up the website it is possible to find information and documents concerning the provision of consular services, useful addresses for supporting commercial activities, emergency numbers as well as news on the cultural activities of the Embassy.

   SOCIAL MEDIA

The Embassy is present on social media through the following official profiles:

INSTAGRAM: @italyinbahrain

X (Twitter): @ItalyInBahrain

FACEBOOK: Embassy of Italy in Bahrain / Embassy of Italy in Bahrain

This Embassy uses social media for institutional purposes to enhance transparency and inform the public of its activities: it informs, communicates, receives, and publishes content of an institutional nature.

The content published includes photographs, institutional videos, press releases, service information, news regarding the activities of this institution and opportunities for public involvement and engagement.

Through its social media channels, this institution may share and republish content and messages of public interest or service published by other users.

This Embassy undertakes to manage spaces for communication and dialogue through its social media accounts and asks its users to comply with a few simple rules:

1. Please be respectful in expressing your opinion, make sure that your tone is fair and polite at all times.
2. In social media, everybody is held responsible for the contents published and the opinions expressed. Insults, obscene language, offences, threats and, more generally, violent or defamatory attitudes shall not be tolerated.
3. The contents published must always be respectful of people’s privacy. All reference to facts or details that have no public relevance and infringe upon other people’s personal spheres must be avoided.
4. It is imperative to have an interest in the matters and activities of this institution: it is in no way admissible to use its spaces for purposes other than exclusively institutional ones.
5. Every debate is linked to a specific theme: all participants are requested to stick to it and avoid broadening the debate generically and indiscriminately.
6. No form of advertising, spams, or the promotion of private interests and illegal activities is allowed.
7. No contents in violation of copyright laws or the unauthorized use of registered trademarks shall be allowed.

In any case, if the social media allows it, the Ministry’s staff shall remove all posts, comments, or audio/video materials that:

• Express an inappropriate language and/or a menacing, violent, vulgar, or disrespectful tone;
• Express unlawful contents or incite to perform unlawful activities;
• Contain offensive, misleading, alarmist contents or are in violation of other people’s rights;
• Disseminate personal data and information that is liable to cause prejudice or damage to other people’s reputations;
• Contain indecent, pornographic, or pedopornographic contents or such as to offend the sensitivity of users;
• Contain discriminatory contents against gender, race, ethnicity, language, religious creed, political opinion, sexual preference, age, personal and social status;
• Promote and support illegal activities violating copyright laws or inappropriately using a registered trademark.

This institution, consistently with the Social Media Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, reserves the right to use the ban or block function (whenever possible after a first warning) against anyone repeatedly violating these conditions or those contained in the policies of the platforms used to prevent further actions, and to report the user to the webmaster and possibly also to law enforcement agencies.

This office does not interact with users through its social media profiles, which do not replace the usual channels of public access to information and assistance services. The office can be contacted as explained in the dedicated section of the website.