Alfano: “This Sea unifies. We must invest in projects for youth”

Strengthening security by multiplying agreements such as the one finetuned with Niger but also investing on the age-old unifying and not divisive idea of the “Mare Nostrum”, 200 million for the Africa Fund, an Erasmus programme for the Mediterranean, and one thousand cultural cooperation projects. Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano heralds the opening of the Med […]

Read more

The Italian strategy in the Mediterranean

  Today, the Mediterranean is a region that is more fragmented and – at the same time – more interconnected than ever. On the one hand, it is the centre of violent crises and sectarian disputes; on the other, a global platform of economic, energy and infrastructural interconnectivity between Europe, Africa and Asia. “Italy – affirmed […]

Read more

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – IDLO Assembly of Parties and Partnership Forum 2017 (Farnesina, 28-29 November 2017)

On Tuesday, 28 and Wednesday 29 November, concomitantly to the annual Assembly of Parties of IDLO (International Development Law Organization), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the IDLO Partnership Forum “Sustaining peace, sustainable development: the contribution of the rule of law”.   The event is open to the press: On 28 […]

Read more

INFORMATION NOTICE – Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers (Brussels, 5-6 December 2017)

We inform that the Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers will take place in Brussels on 5 and 6 December and will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. This is a reminder that the deadline for the accreditation of the press is 6 p.m. on 27 November 2017. The […]

Read more

Security challenges in the Mediterranean

“It is now my pleasure to deliver Italy’s national statement. The focus of today’s Security Council meeting is on an issue of worldwide implications. The Mediterranean is a small sea, almost the size of a large lake when seen on a map. However, it is where much of our global security is at stake. It […]

Read more

Second day of the Plenary Assembly of the General Council for Italians Abroad

Minister Alfano opened the Plenary session of the General Council for Italians Abroad with the following statement: “The more than 5.5 million Italians around the world represent a priceless resource for our Country. Our daily commitment must be to support our fellow-Italians in every corner of the Earth to better capitalise on this precious resource.” 

Read more

Russia – Two prestigious volumes published by the Italian Embassy in Moscow

In the last couple of weeks, the Italian Embassy in Moscow presented two important editorial projects which it edited and published in Italian and Russian. Even if the themes treated are different, the two volumes consolidate the success of Italy’s cultural diplomacy in Russia and represent one of the loftiest efforts of bilateral cultural cooperation, […]

Read more

Farnesina Collection – “Mecenati del XXI secolo – Institutional art awards” 2017 edition

The Farnesina Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was awarded the 2017 “Mecenati del XXI secolo – Institutional art awards”  prize as the best art collection in a public institution. The award ceremony took place today at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MIBACT). This award was organised […]

Read more

Conviction against Radko Mladic by the criminal tribunal

The sentence handed down today by the International Criminal Tribunal pertaining to the former Yugoslavia against Ratko Mladic concerns one of the most painful chapters of modern European history. The Court has performed the vitally important task of promoting justice and fighting against impunity in its work over the past few years. Italy has always […]

Read more

Press accreditation notice – Italian Turkish forum and press point Minister Alfano and Turkish Foreign Minister Cavuşoğlu (Rome, UniCredit offices, 23 November 2017)

On Thursday, 23 November 2017, the tenth edition of the Italian-Turkish Forum will take place at the UniCredit offices in Rome, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, in attendance, along with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu. The two Foreign Ministers will have bilateral talks at the UniCredit offices at 11:00 a.m., […]

Read more

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Round Table “Research and innovation in Italy, Portugal and Spain in a global context” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 23 November 2017)

A round table on “Research and innovation in Italy, Portugal and Spain in a global context” will be held on Thursday, 23 November 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. As is customary, the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish COTEC Foundations will take stock of the status, performance and prospects […]

Read more

Headquarters Agreement signed between Italy and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

A Headquarters Agreement between Italy and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to establish an office of the European agency in Rome was signed this morning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by the Director General for the European Union Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, and the Executive Director of the EASO, José Carreira. […]

Read more