Minister Alfano meets with the members of the BIC Consortium at the Farnesina

Alfano meets with the members of the BIC Consortium at the Farnesina: pooling into a supply chain is essential for the success of Italy’s economic diplomacy. “Economic diplomacy is one of the priorities of my mandate at the Foreign Ministry and I am therefore always extremely interested and attentive to the overseas activities of important […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Alfano and President Al-Sarraj

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation today with the Libyan President, Fayez Al-Sarraj. During the conversation, the Italian Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction for the positive and cordial atmosphere that had characterised the Rome meeting a few days ago between the President of the House of Representatives […]

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Telephone call between Minister Alfano and EU Commissioner Hahn on the Western Balkans Process

This morning, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. The telephone call, made at the request of the European Commissioner, concerned the Western Balkans Process, of which Italy currently holds the Presidency. The conversation, which […]

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​Russia: agreement with Italian consortium for Sirius project studies

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in Moscow between the Biomedical Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Science and the Italian scientific and industrial consortium “TuscaRnet” to launch a new season of studies on isolation and human interplanetary flight simulations, as part of a five-year project known as Sirius (“Scientific International Research In […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Workshop “Global partnerships for poverty reduction” (Farnesina, 28 April)

On Friday, 28 April 2017, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Workshop entitled “Global partnerships for poverty reduction”, which will open with remarks by Pietro Sebastiani, the MAECI’s Director General for Development Cooperation, by Pierferdinando Casini, the Chairman of the Senate’s Third Standing Commission for Foreign Affairs and Immigration and by […]

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Antarctica

The Seminar on the “Plan for research and monitoring in the Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea Region  in Antarctica” opens today at the Farnesina, with a welcome address delivered by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova. The three-day Seminar aims to develop the plan for research and monitoring […]

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Conference “Sixty years and beyond: contributing to development cooperation” (Farnesina, 27 April 2017)

On Thursday, 27 April 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Farnesina will hold the conference entitled “Sixty years and beyond: contributing to development cooperation”, a high-level meeting on development cooperation within the European Union. The Conference will open with remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and by the EU Commissioner for International Development and Cooperation, […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 24 April: world breaking news

Morocco: FCA MotorVillage opened in Casablanca The FCA MotorVillage was officially opened in Casablanca. The imposing structure was developed by the company in Bouskoura, at the gates of the Moroccan metropolis.  The FCA flagship store covers a surface area of approximately 80,000 square metres, with a showroom of 4,300 square metres, an Italian restaurant and […]

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Letter of the Secretary General Elisabetta Belloni to the daily Secolo XIX

The article published by the daily on 22 April 2017 about the diplomatic career, requires the following specifications. The public competition for admission to the diplomatic career is far from being a so-called “cronyville,” as proven by facts (as an example, only one individual out of the 33 who passed the competitive examination, was a relative of […]

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Spain – “Time and the Voice”: songs from Sicilian School of Poetics

“Il Tempo e la Voce” (“Time and the Voice”) is a project aimed at translating some texts from the Sicilian School of Poetics and transposing them into music. The project was launched by Enrico Coppola, a musician and art historian, and by Giuseppe Di Bella, singer and songwriter and Chief Editor of the poetry collection […]

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Greece – Creativity, talent, animation: focus is on Italian short films

Italian short films take centre stage in Greece. On Monday, 24 April at 7 p.m. the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Athens will host the programme “Shorts in Animation” in its Auditorium, giving the audience the opportunity to see the work of young Italian artists. The programme will screen a selection of shorts produced by […]

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Alfano: “Condolences for the attack on the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine”

“I am deeply grieved by what happened today in eastern Ukraine, where an OSCE monitor was killed and two others were wounded near Luhansk. Italy expresses its firm condemnation of any act of violence,” said Angelino Alfano,  the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.  “To the family of  the victim, to his loved ones […]

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