Statement by Minister Angelino Alfano at the Ministerial Conference for Peace in the Middle East. Paris, 15th January 2017

(The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)     Mr. President, Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank President Hollande and Foreign Minister Ayrault for organising this event. Italy has supported the French initiative since the very beginning. To bring together all those countries committed to the goal of a fair […]

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​Accreditation Notice – Conference: “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth?

The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises” ​On Tuesday 31 January at 10:30 am the headquarters of Confindustria in Rome will host the Conference on “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth? – The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises,” which will be attended by the Minister of Foreign […]

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Accreditation Note – “Aperti per voi”, opening to the public at Palazzo della Farnesina (27 January 2017)

Friday January 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will participate for the first time at the Touring Club Italiano’s initiative “Aperti per Voi” [Open for You], which was launched in 2005 with the purpose of giving public access to Italian cultural and artistic locations. This initiative will open the doors of the […]

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Qatar – A concert to help the populations struck by the earthquake

Support the Italian populations struck by the earthquakes in 2016. This is the aim of the charity concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Qatar next 26 January at the Opera House in the Katara Cultural Village in Doha. The box office proceeds and the revenue from a special lottery sale will be entirely devolved […]

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Czech Republic – “The World of Outsiders” at the Italian Institute in Prague

‎The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Prague will be hosting till February 28, 2017, “The World of Outsiders” a photographic exhibition by Pavel Konecny, a Czech collector of Art brut. The exhibition features 10 Italian marginal artists and their works that Mr Konecny photographed during his several journeys to Italy from 2011 to 2015. “The […]

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Tunisia – Shared places of worship and architectural affinities between Italy and Tunisia

As part of the “Lieux saints partagés” exhibition hosted at the Bardo National Museum, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis will present the conference “Shared places of worship and architectural affinities” with Paolo Belloni, architect and professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and Najla Allani, director of the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme of Sidi Bou […]

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Alfano – «No hype nor stonewalls but changes to harmonise the Chamber and the Senate» (Il Messaggero)

Minister Alfano, are we now headed directly towards elections? “We must harmonise the two election systems for the Lower Chamber and the Senate, as was requested by President Mattarella. But I’m saying this loud and clear: it is not a way of buying time because we suggest an arthroscopic intervention. The ‘Italicum’, as amended by […]

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Libya: Minister Alfano has a telephone conversation with his counterpart Mohamed Taha Siala

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and his Libyan counterpart, Mohamed Taha Siala, ​held a telephone conversation this afternoon during which they confirmed the importance Rome and Tripoli have attached to the swift conclusion of a bilateral Memorandum on Illegal Immigration and Human Trafficking. Minister Siala, who asked for a telephone conversation […]

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The Foreign Minister recalls the young researcher one year after his death

One year since his demise, which occurred in Cairo on the day in which Egypt commemorated its revolution, the tragic death of Giulio Regeni is still an open wound, not only for his family, to whom we address our thoughts, but for our whole Country.   The search of the truth is not a private […]

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Bolivia – Photo-book of the “Amazonía sin Fuego” programme presented in La Paz

The initiatives implemented under “Amazonía sin Fuego”, the programme launched by the Italian Cooperation service to reduce forest fires in the Bolivian Amazon, have been collected in a book: a photo-book containing marvellous shots by RAI journalist Liza Boschin. The volume, which draws its name from the project, was recently presented in La Paz at […]

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Turkey – Istanbul echoes the sound of “Four centuries of Sephardic music”

Istanbul remembers Sephardi Jews and their Spanish-score music repertoire, which was brought to the Orient after they were expelled from Spain, with a concert organised to commemorate the International Holocaust Memorial Day. The event, entitled ‘Voces de Sefarad, four centuries of Sephardic music’, will feature an ancient repertoire of popular music drawn from the music […]

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Sudan – Top Italian businesses target Sudan

Italy is ever closer to Sudan, with new trade and financial agreements in the pipeline. An important sign comes from the Khartoum International Fair, the Country’s leading trade show open to international companies interested in closing business and joint venture agreements with Sudanese companies. The red, green and white ribbon-cutting inaugural ceremony at the Italian […]

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