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“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 moreMinister 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 moreIn 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 moreThe 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 moreThe 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 moreOn 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 moreA 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 moreA 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 moreThe event entitled “Visa Policy in Support of the Italian Economy”, that the Foreign Ministry organised for Italian business people, bankers, financiers and professionals, was aimed at attracting resources, capital, know-how and innovation to Italy simply by streamlining the visa granting procedure for investors, businessmen and people wanting to take up their residence in Italy for […]
Read moreNew agreements give strong impulse to Italy’s space sector and the opportunity to cooperate on new scientific and technological efforts to meet the challenge of space exploration, satellite communication, Earth observation and the management of natural disasters. These are the prospects contained in the New Agreement signed by the Government of the Italian Republic […]
Read moreThe Farnesina hosts the Plenary Assembly of the General Council of Italians Abroad(CGIE)with the attendance of 63 Council members representing Italian communities abroad and the Italian civil society organisations engaged in supporting emigrants. The meeting’s agenda includes reforming the bodies representing Italians abroad, the strategy to support the new movement of Italians abroad, the greater […]
Read moreOn Wednesday 22 November, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host an event entitled “Visa policy in support of the Italian economy” to present the new services the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation offers to attract resources, capital, know-how and innovation by simplifying visa application procedures for investors, businessmen and […]
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