Minister Alfano’s interview to: The Jakarta Post

Q) Italy is Indonesia’s biggest CPO importer in EU. But earlier this month, the European Parliament approved the draft measures to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels in 2021. As the largest producer of palm oil, Indonesia believes this is a protectionist move. What’s Italy’s position in this matter, and will it participate […]

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Alfano on a diplomatic mission in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand 7-9 February 2018

  An intense three-day trip to Southeast Asia will start tomorrow for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He will make stops in Jakarta, Singapore and Bangkok. The diplomatic mission will begin in the Indonesian capital, where Alfano will meet his counterpart, Retno Marsudi. Their meeting will be followed by a […]

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Alfano: “Italy gives the highest priority to the fight against any form of violence and discrimination against women”

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is an important opportunity to emphasise the need to eradicate such practices and focus on the wider theme of countering any form of violence and discrimination against women, to which Italy gives the highest priority,” said Minister Alfano on the occasion of this important Day.”Female […]

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”Italy, Cultures, Mediterranean” presented in Amman

The director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and area coordinator Paolo Sabbatini presented on 4 February in Amman the extensive programme of the event entitled “Italy, Cultures, Mediterranean” to take place throughout the current year.  From Dante to Petra and passing through Matera, the event will encompass conferences, exhibitions, and ornamental fountains. The presentation […]

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Minister Alfano: “We are deeply concerned about the latest developments in the Maldives. We expect local authorities to fully comply with the Supreme Court ruling”

“We are deeply concerned about the latest developments in the Maldives. The news about the declaration of the State of Emergency is alarming. We expect local authorities to fully comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling, and refrain from doing something that could jeopardize the stability and security of the Country. We also expect them to […]

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EUNIC Project: an Italian-German joint headquarters opened in Strasburg

Within the context of the close cultural cooperation relations binding Italy and Germany, the Italian Cultural Institute in Strasburg has been hosting the offices of the local Goethe Institut on its premises for several months. It is a targeted pilot project that was finalized last March through the signing of a convention between the two […]

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Second edition of the conference ‘A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security’

Upon the initiative of the Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, African and European Countries of transit and destination of migration flows are meeting at the Farnesina today for the second edition of the conference ‘A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security’.  The Minister explained: “It is a new dialogue format based on […]

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“I am very pleased with the overall budget of the first joint committee of 2018, which approved 42 projects for a total of about 265 million euros”

“I am very pleased with the overall budget of the first joint committee of 2018, which approved 42 projects for a total of about 265 million euros, with 95 earmarked for aid credit and 150 as voluntary funding to international organisations”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, used these words to […]

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Italy’s Presidency of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative and of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region

Italy’s rotating Presidency of the AII (Adriatic and Ionian Initiative) and of EUSAIR. On 1 June 2017, Italy took over the rotating Presidency of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative and of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), which will end with the Ministerial Meeting and with the EUSAIR Forum scheduled for 24-25 […]

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Week from 29 January to 4 February

The Minister’s first engagements for the OSCE chairmanship: from the Conference on Anti-Semitism in Rome to the mission to Ukraine and Russia A large conference on the fight against anti-Semitism was held in Rome with representatives of OSCE Participating States and the leaders of the world’s most important Jewish organizations: Minister Alfano planned this Conference […]

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Annual Conference of Scientic Attachés​

Today the Farnesina is hosting a conference of the world’s leading figures from the world of research, universities, innovative companies and start-ups and Scientific Attachés, who have been convened in Rome from their overseas offices for their annual meeting. The central theme of the debate will be the key topic of Health 4.0. The network […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Second Edition of ministerial Conference: A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security (Farnesina, 6 February 2018)

On Tuesday, 6 February, at the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, the Farnesina will host the second edition of the ministerial conference: “A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security”. Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Libya, Malta, Niger, the Netherlands, Spain, Sudan and Tunisia are the African […]

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