PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Press point of Minister Alfano with his Turkish counterpart, Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Farnesina, 24 May 2017)

On Wednesday, 24 May, at 2:00 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, at the Farnesina A joint press point has been scheduled at the end of the talks.  Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point  are requested to apply for accreditation in one of […]

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Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola’s second day of mission to Cyprus

Second day of mission to Cyprus for Foreign Affairs Undersecretary of State, Vincenzo Amendola, who participated today in the 127th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The meeting focused on  populism, migrations, countering terrorism, conflicts and crises in Europe.  Amendola referred to the Report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy, 19 May: latest news from the world

USA: Renexia wins Maryland wind power contract Renexia (Toto Group) and its North American subsidiary company, US Wind, have won a contract to supply wind power to the State of Maryland. The contract is part of an auction the Italian group  won in 2014 to develop a  wind farm project off the coast of  Baltimore. Once the planning and […]

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Portugal – ‘Treasures of the Vatican Museums’ exhibition lands in Lisbon

Lisbon’s Museu Nacional de Arte Antica has organised the exhibition “Madonna. Tesouros dos Museos do Vaticano”, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The event will open on May 19, and will run until September 10. The curators are Alessandra Rodolfo and Jose’ Alberto Seabra Carvalho. This is the first time that a selection […]

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United States – “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” event to open with film “Indivisible”

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City will soon host “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema”,  the major film festival dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema in the United States. The Festival’s 17th edition will run from 1 to 7 June, 2017  and offer New York audiences a selection of the most important Italian films of 2016. The opening night will feature […]

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Serbia offers a full immersion in the music of Puccini

The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, in association with the National Theatre of Belgrade, presented a concert-lesson dedicated to Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. The guest of the evening was Milan-born Maestro Alberto Veronesi, one of Italy’s most renowned Italian orchestra conductors specialised in Puccini’s repertory and president of the Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago. […]

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Mission to Cyprus by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on a diplomatic mission in Cyprus to attend the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The representative of the Italian Government arrived in the capital Nicosia this morning, where he also had bilateral talks and visited the Headquarters of the […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder – Press point Min. Alfano – Director General of FAO José Graziano da Silva (19 May, Farnesina)​

On Friday, 19 May, at 3:30 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina with the Director General of the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), José Graziano da Silva. The meeting will be followed by the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the […]

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Alfano: “I express appreciation for the developments in the political situation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano:  “I would like to express my appreciation for the decision taken by the president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ivanov, to confer to Zoran Zaev the mandate for form a new Cabinet. It is an important attempt to solve the difficult ongoing political […]

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Alfano: “We welcome the latest news coming from Tirana in these past few hours”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “We welcome the latest news coming from Tirana in these past few hours indicating a positive outcome of the dialogue between political parties in Albania, aimed at jointly establishing the timeline and procedures for the next parliamentary elections in Albania.   We hope that an […]

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Alfano: “We confide in Lebanon’s capacities” (AN NAHAR)

 1. What is the aim of your upcoming visit to Beirut at this point in time? By visiting Lebanon, I will bring my personal testimony of the support and sympathy of Italy and of the Italians for Lebanese institutions and people, with whom we have extremely sound friendship ties founded on common historical and cultural […]

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Alfano: “Our companies are obtaining extraordinary results on international markets”​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “Our companies are obtaining extraordinary results on international markets, testifying to the excellence of Made-in-Italy products and to the incessant efforts of the Government to support and promote Italian enterprises and products around the world,” said Minister Alfano, referring to the latest export data that […]

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