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“My visit to Niamey is the culmination of an intense year of meetings at the highest levels between Italy and Niger, which have contributed to further strengthening the ties between the two countries. Niger has become a strategic ally in Italy’s foreign policy in Africa. Italy has opened its embassy in Niamey, which I […]
Read morePOSTAL VOTING FOR ITALIAN CITIZENS RESIDENT ABROAD The Italian Parliamentary elections will be held in 2018, and citizens who are resident abroad will be able to vote. Italian citizens can elect representatives to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic by voting for candidates who put themselves forward for the Overseas Constituency. VOTING is […]
Read more“I am writing to you while I am on a mission to Niger, Senegal and Guinea.”In 2017 Africa has played a central role in Italy’s foreign policy: we have conceived an innovative format, which was acknowledged by Heads of State and Governments at the Ministerial Conference of Transit Countries, that was held at the Farnesina […]
Read moreItalian voters and their families living abroad for at least three months, for study, work or medical care, when the Parliamentary elections are held, are entitled to vote by post, as arranged by Italian Consular offices (Law no. 459 of 27 December, 2001 para.1 of Art. 4-bis). The voting notification card will be delivered to […]
Read more“Sub- Saharan Africa represents a priority for Italy’s foreign policy, and this is why I have deciced to go on my first 2018 mission to West Africa and the Sahel, to visit Niger, Senegal and Guinea. We have designed a broad and equal partnership with Africa, ranging from development cooperation to security, including investments and […]
Read more“Dialogue, Ownership, Responsibility” main motto of the Italian 2018 OSCE Chairmanship, says Italy’s Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano. VIENNA, 1 January 2018 – “Strengthening multilateralism as an instrument to relaunch the “spirit of Helsinki” and to further promote peace, security, stability and co-operation is Italy’s key priority for its 2018 OSCE Chairmanship,” said today the Italian […]
Read moreAngelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, travelled to Tripoli on 23 December to convey the Government’s greetings and wishes to all the men and women who, with their work on the frontline, every day testify to Italy’s presence and closeness to the Institutions and to the people of Libya. Minister Alfano […]
Read moreExcellencies, distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to welcome you all to the Farnesina on the occasion of these special celebrations of the eight hundredth anniversary of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. In particular I wish to thank our foreign guests and all those who have contributed to organizing this two-day event […]
Read moreIllustrious Rector, Eminences, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be here with you at the beginning of this two-day conference held in Rome and in Assisi, celebrating the eight hundredth anniversary of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. In particular, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to the […]
Read more“In today’s fast-moving, technological, globalised world, the Farnesina has increasingly been making its mark as a reference point for the public. Services offered to Italians abroad and to companies, development aid activities, promotion of our culture, current international political affairs, opportunities for work and study: all of this and more is available on the new, user-friendly […]
Read moreThirty-three young diplomats pledged their loyalty to the Republic of Italy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, under the hand of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano. “You start a mission today: the greatest values of our Republic, our Italian identity and our European identity are expressed in the oath you […]
Read moreRigorously in black and white to tell the wealth of civilizations, myths, and the extraordinary nature of the ‘Mediterranean’. This is the title given to the collection of photographs by Mimmo Jodice which is part of a project curated by the Scientific Committee of the Farnesina Collention, in cooperation with the Mart of Rovereto and […]
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