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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Minister Alfano meets with the Argentinian Foreign Minister, Susana Malcorra

“The fact that over 40% of the Argentinian population is of Italian descent creates a particularly intense relationship with our Country, that stretches to all areas of activity: political, economic, cultural and academic. The swearing in of President Macri opened an intense season of bilateral visits at very high level,” said the Minister of Foreign […]

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Minister Alfano meets with the Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Paul Cook

Italy intends to further strengthen bilateral relations with the United States through a wide range of activities, ranging from a common commitment in favour of political stability and security in many regional crises to the excellent and continuously growing level in the exchange of goods and services,” said Minister Alfano at the end of a […]

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Norway – Oslo hosts a lecture on intellectuals and the theatre under fascism

What was the position of Italian intellectuals and artists who did not take part in the anti-Fascist movements of the 1930s? This will be the topic of the lecture that will be hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo at 6:30 p.m. on 26 April. The lecture will start with the Convegno Volta on […]

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Minister Alfano to attend the Ministerial Conference of the 10 Ancient Civilisations in Athens

On 24 April the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, upon the joint invitation of the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Nikos Kotzias, and of China, Wang Yi, will attend the first Ministerial Conference of the “Ancient Civilizations Forum” (GC10). In addition to Italy, the other countries represented at the Conference will be Iran, Iraq, […]

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