Change of Access for the Press – Conference of the Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes in the World (Farnesina, 19 December 2016)

The Conference of Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes in the World will take place at the Farnesina on 19 December 2016. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International   Cooperation Angelino Alfano will open the conference. He will be followed by the Minister of Cultural Property and Cultural Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini, the President of the Dante Alighieri Society Andrea Riccardi, the […]

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Alfano: meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Davor Ivo Stier

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Davor Ivo Stier. The talks focused on the excellence of bilateral relations. “Italy is Croatia’s second-largest trade partner,” said Minister Alfano, underscoring that “there […]

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Alfano: talks on the phone with Turkish Foreign Minister

  “Italy firmly condemns today’s bombing in Kayseri and expresses its closeness to the families of the victims and its solidarity to the Government and the people of Turkey,” Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, told the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, during a telephone conversation.   “Reinforcing cooperation in combating […]

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Alfano: “Syria, 25 million euros to support humanitarian activities”

“Also in 2017 we will not fail giving our support to the victims of the conflict in Syria. The Italian Government has allocated 25 million euros to finance humanitarian activities in the Country and in the region,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He continued: “It is our wish and […]

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Afghanistan – Breast Cancer Diagnostic Centre opens in Kabul

Italy continues to stands by Afghan women with the opening of a Breast Cancer Diagnostic Centre at the Istiqlal Hospital in Kabul. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Afghan Minister of Health, Firozuddin Firoz, Italy’s Ambassador, Roberto Cantone, the Director of the Italian Cooperation Office, Rosario Centola, and health experts Arif Oryakhail and Marino Martin. Some […]

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Argentina – Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba promotes work by Franco Nonnis

Following the positive experience in the city of Ledesma (Jujuy), the Cultural Councillorship of the Province of Jujuy in Argentina, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, showcases some of the works of Sardinian artist Franco Nonnis. The “Fuga” exhibition will run until 31 December at the Centro Cultural Hector Tizón in San […]

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Australia – Italian contemporary art on show with Merlatti Collection

Australia focuses its attention on Italian contemporary art. The opening of the exhibition of the Merlatti Collection, on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne until 10 January, was a great success. The exhibition displays the most important works in the collection of Silvano Merlatti, an Italian art collector residing in Melbourne. In opening […]

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Latin America – Legality and security: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the Conference entitled “Legality and security in Latin America: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives”, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the Italo–Latin American Institute (IILA). The Conference unites the Ministers of Justice of many […]

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Brussels – Statue of St. John the Baptist returned to Italy

The Italian Embassy in Belgium informs that on 15 December a work of art illegally taken from Italy’s artistic heritage was returned to the Country in Brussels. The work of art is an almost 1-meter-high white Carrara marble statue of St. John the Baptist attributed to the16th Century artist Gerolamo Galizzi, a.k.a. Gerolamo di Santacroce […]

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Alfano: «The Government does not have a date of expiry. We need to immediately pass a new Italicum electoral law» (Il Messsaggero)

The new government does not have “consume by” date. This is the opinion of Angelino Alfano, the newly appointed Foreign Minister and leader of the New Centre-Right Party, who said that early elections are not on the agenda of the Government majority and that Matteo Renzi has no intention to shorten the life of the […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 December: latest news from the world

Senegal: DIIEZ integrated economic project presented in Dakar The DIIEZ (Dakar International Integrated Economic Zone) project was recently presented in Dakar. The project is a public-private partnership funded by Teylom Logistics, a Senegalese real-estate group, and Agility, an American conglomerate in the logistics, pharmaceutical and infrastructure sector. The project falls under the PSE (Plan Senegal […]

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Syria: Minister Alfano calls UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura

During a telephone conversation today with Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura, confirmed the beginning of evacuations of civilians from Eastern Aleppo. Mr De Mistura also reiterated the need for the United Nations to monitor such operations. Minister Alfano expressed his profound concern for the humanitarian emergency […]

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