Alfano: «Tripoli must pay its debts; NGO’s shed light on their accounting» (Il Messaggero)

“Regulating migration flows and stabilising Libya” was the aim of yesterday’s mission to Tripoli by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, who then returned to Italy to fly to Argentina. “The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will be able to register them directly in the camps,” said the […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy, 5 May: latest news from the world

The Italian company Inso has been adjudicated the contract to rebuild the hospital district in Skopje. The 72-million-euro project includes the construction over a period of four years of a new nine-story hospital facility over an area of 47,000 square metres, including a rooftop heliport for emergencies. The project is the Country’s most important public […]

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“Farnesina meets businesses” travels to Florence

“Following the events held in Turin, Udine, Padua and Treviso, I firmly  believe that meeting local enterprises is extremely useful in order to illustrate to each one of them the tools that Farnesina offers to promote their internationalisation. The Farnesina provides institutional assistance and on site information via its diplomatic network, but it also favours […]

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Statement by Minister Alfano on Venezuela

Minister Alfano: “We reiterate our serious concern and our condemnation of the growing violence, with which the popular protests currently taking place in Caracas and the rest of the country are being repressed. Expressing dissent is an inalienable right of citizens and must never be subject to intimidation or repression. We trust that the Venezuelan […]

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Farnesina: Alfano meets with the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, within the framework of periodic bilateral meetings, received at the Farnesina the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz. “Relations between Italy and Pakistan are witnessing a very positive trend, both politically and economically. This satisfactory trend is also […]

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Alfano will be in Florence for the “Farnesina Meets Companies” Roadshow

After the past stops in Turin, Udine, Padua and Treviso, I am increasingly convinced of how useful it is to make local companies familiar with the instruments that the Foreign Ministry can make available to support their internationalisation, both by providing institutional assistance and on-site information through the diplomatic network, and by favouring synergies between […]

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Short speech by the Hon. Minister for the “Public Conversation with Bloomberg”

London, 29 March 2017​   (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   (WHAT IS THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT DOING TO IMPROVE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY?) First of all, it’s wonderful to be here at Bloomberg and to speak about the great investment opportunities in Italy’s economic capital: the city of Milan. […]

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Alfano to Aung San Suu Kyi: “Italy supports Myanmar’s national reconciliation and development process”.

“I was particularly happy to receive the leader of the Burmese Government: the Italian Government, Parliament and civil society have always heartily supported her personal and peaceful commitment to affirm the cause of democracy and human rights,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, after the close of the meeting with […]

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International Expo in Astana

On Thursday 4 May 2017, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host in the Sala Aldo Moro, the presentation of the participation of Italy in the International Expo to be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, from 10 June to 10 September 2017 on the theme “Energy of the Future”.   The event will […]

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Communiqué by the Foreign Ministry on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia​

Italy is following with concern the persistence and the development of the political crisis in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It especially condemns any form of violence against the Institutions – starting with the events of last 27 of April – and hopes that the dialogue between political forces occur in the place designated […]

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Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is in Tehran to attend the International Book Festival, where Italy is the guest of honour

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on mission in Iran. Today, he is in Tehran to attend the International Book Festival, where Italy is the guest of honour and the first Western Country to be conferred this role. After participating in the Festival’s opening ceremony and having visited the Italian Pavilion, […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Schools for Peace meeting “Protecting our home” (the Farnesina, 5 May 2017)

On Friday, 5 May 2017, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, the Farnesina will host the Schools for Peace meeting “Protecting our home”, attended by the Deputy Minister for Development Cooperation, Mario Giro. The Director General for Development Cooperation, Pietro Sebastiani, will open the event, that will feature the works developed by the participating schools on  “The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and […]

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