Alfano: meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister on the fringes of the G20

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today met with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Fumio Kishida, on the fringe of the G20 Ministerial Meeting in Bonn. The talks focused on the excellent bilateral relations between the two Countries. “Relations between Italy and Japan are enjoying a particularly positive phase: we have similar […]

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Minister Alfano meets with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today met with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu. The talks, which were held on the fringes of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Bonn, focused on bilateral matters but also on European and international issues. “Italy thinks it is very important to maintain a […]

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India – Italy participates in India’s Design Week showcasing the “Under 35” exhibition

Italy participates as a “Partner Country” in India Design ID 2017, which takes place in New Delhi from 16 to 19 February. The event forms part of a campaign launched by the Italian Trade Agency with a view to promoting  ‘Made in Italy’ products in India.The Triennale Design Museum showcases the “Under 35. Italian Design” exhibition, curated by Silvana Annicchiarico, with installations by […]

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Colombia – Italian Cultural Institute brings Florence’s “Botticelli.Inferno” to Bogota

“Botticelli. Inferno” is the title of Ralph Loop’s docufilm which will be screened from 16 to 19 February at the Cine Colombia in Bogota, thanks to the sponsorship of the Italian Cultural Institute in the Colombian capital. The documentary is a journey across the mysteries of Dante’s Inferno through Ralph Loop’s  high-definition scans of 102 […]

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Alfano meets with the President of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Giovanni Raimondi

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, met with Giovanni Raimondi, the President of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation. The talks – which followed Mr Alfano’s meeting with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura – focused on “Ospedali aperti in Siria” (“Open Hospitals in Syria”), the project […]

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Alfano: meeting with the Secretary-General of the OECD

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received today at the Farnesina the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Ángel Gurria, who is in Rome to present the Economic Survey of Italy 2017. The meeting offered the opportunity to express appreciation for the support given by the OECD […]

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United States – Meet the New Italians Of New York makes a comeback on 21 February

The Italian Consulate General in New York will host the first of the 2017 “Meet the New Italians of New York” series on February 21. The opening event will be dedicated to the world of research and welcome the presence of many distinguished guests: Elena Aprile, Ph.D. (Professor, Physics Department, Columbia University), Luca Carloni, Ph.D. […]

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Malta – Theatre, cinema and music for the 150th anniversary of Pirandello’s birth

Luigi Pirandello has close bonds with Malta because Giovanni Ricci Gramito, his anti-Bourbon grandfather on his mother’s side, was exiled to the island in 1849, where he died from a cholera infection the following year, on 1 August 1850. He had brought his whole family to Malta with him, including his young daughter Caterina, Luigi’s […]

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Sydney, two Italian films at the Mardi Gras Film Festival

Italian cinema will once more take centre stage abroad: the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in association with Queer Screen, will present the screening of the films “Me, Myself and Her” (“Io e lei”) by Maria Sole Tognazzi and starring Margherita Buy and Sabrina Ferilli, and “Arianna” by Carlo Lavagna and featuring Ondina Quadri, at […]

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Cameroon – Deputy Foreign Minister Giro: Italy is considered among its most reliable partners

“I am seeing with my own eyes how President Sergio Mattarella’s long visit last year may have changed the relationship between Italy and Cameroon. Today Italy is no longer considered a foreign Country but a friend and one of its most reliable partners,” said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, […]

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USA: Undersecretary Amendola on mission to New York and Washington

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, had his second day of meetings in the United States. After yesterday’s meetings at the United Nations building and after voting in favour of the resolution on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks at the UNSC, today Mr Amendola is in Washington for bilateral […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

On Wednesday, 15 February at 11:00 a.m. the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point […]

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