Alfano talks to his counterparts from Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: “Let’s get to work on de-escalating the tension in the Gulf”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano, had a dense working agenda yesterday afternoon, having held telephone conversations with the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir. […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 27 June: latest news from the world

Australia – New South Wales presents the budget bill for 2017-2018 The Minister of the Treasury and former Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, Dominic Perrottet, submitted to Parliament the budget bill for New South Wales for the 2017-2018 two-year period. Leveraging on a budget surplus of up to 4.5 billion dollars, […]

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The G7 Friends of the Gulf of Guinea G7++ Group meets in Rome​

More than 120 participants from over 40 Countries, regional organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and companies met in Rome on 26 and 27 June 2017 under the Italian Presidency of the G7 to discuss the security conditions of navigating in the Gulf of Guinea, where ships are often attacked by pirates and which is involved in maritime […]

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Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin. The Ukrainian crisis is a relevant issue for the Italian Presidency of the G7 and was at the top of the agenda both in the Lucca and Taormina summits. The main points underscored were […]

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Alfano announces the opening of a visa help-desk in Tobruk, East Libya​

“Starting from next 29 June, also the Libyan citizens in the Eastern part of the Country will be able to book a date on which to apply for a visa to Italy through a help desk to be open in Tobruk. This is very important news,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Joing press point by Minister Alfano and the Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen (Farnesina, 30 June 2017)

On Friday, 30 June, at 9 a.m, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina the Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen. A joint press point is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point are requested to apply […]

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Italian stabbed in London

The Italian Consulate General in London, in close coordination with the Foreign Ministry, is in contact with the family of the Italian youth stabbed in London to provide them all the assistance possible, and with the British authorities who are investigating the crime.

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Press point by Minister Alfano and his Iranian counterpart (Farnesina, 28 June)​​

On Wednesday, 28 June, at 7:15 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event are requested to apply […]

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Conference: “From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany”

“This April last, on the eve of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, we met at Sant’Anna di Stazzema to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre that took place in August 1944. The National Peace Park, which today rises over that place, keeps alive the memory of the crimes perpetrated by Nazism and Fascism […]

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Undersecretary of State Amendola on visit to Trieste

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, was on a mission in Trieste where today he participated in the Senior Officials Meeting with the closest aides of the Heads of State and Government taking part in the Summit of the Western Balkans Process, to be hosted in Trieste on 12 July. In his address to […]

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Argentina – ‘Vivi l’evoluzione del Design’ returns to Buenos Aires

The third edition of “Vivi l’Evoluzione del Design” (“Experience the Evolution of Design”), a lecture by Gabi López, will be held in Buenos Aires on 3 July. The event will gather the major players in the field of architecture, design and interior decoration, and will feature complete coverage of the Milan Design Week, including the […]

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Morocco – International Festival of University Theatre of Casablanca

Italy will be the guest of honour at the 29th edition of the International Festival of University Theatre of Casablanca (Fituc) to take place on 4-9 July. The event, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Ben M’Sik at the University Hassan II Mohammedia-Casablanca, will focus on the theme of “Action: aspects of the new theatre”. Along with the […]

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