Alfano: “The World Humanitarian Day is an important opportunity to recall the commitment of Italian Cooperation in favour of the weakest”

“Also this year, the World Humanitarian Day, established by the United Nations to commemorate the attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, represents an important opportunity to reflect on the ever-growing number of humanitarian crises in the world,” said Foreign Minister Alfano. According to an estimate by the United Nations, there […]

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Alfano talks to the families of the victims. He will soon be in Barcelona

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, at the end of a telephone conversation with the families of the Italian victims, said: “I have spoken with the families of the Italian victims who died in Barcelona. I conveyed to them our sympathy and all the possible support in these difficult hours and […]

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Alfano: “We have made arrangements to reinforce our Consulate in Barcelona”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “Our Embassy in Madrid has arranged for a mission to reinforce the Consulate General in Barcelona to give all possible support to our fellow citizens. To this end, some of our people from the Ministry’s Crisis Unit will leave for Barcelona with the first available […]

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Alfano: “At work to provide assistance to Italian citizens in Barcelona”

Grief for the terrible attack that has struck at the heart of Europe. Closeness to the families of the victims and  the injured.

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Telephone conversation of Minister Alfano with his Spanish counterpart on the Ciotti case

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today had a telephone conversation with the Spanish Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis​, to talk about the tragedy that befell Niccolo’ Ciatti. “Italy is deeply saddened and astonished at what happened at Lloret de Mar, where young Niccolo’ Ciatti was brutally murdered by three Chechen young […]

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Alfano: “Emergency contributions to Nepal and Sierra Leone”

“Italy has decided to send an immediate sign of solidarity to the people of Nepal and of Sierra Leone to at least partially contribute to alleviating their terrible distress and grief caused by the recent mudslides,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. Minister Alfano added: “The Italian Cooperation service has […]

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Alfano: “Humanitarian flight carrying emergency first-aid kits to be delivered to Sabratha, Libya”

“A humanitarian flight of the Italian Development Cooperation service took off this morning with a load of nearly 11 tons of relief supplies to be dispatched to the University Hospital of Sabratha, 80 km west of Tripoli, in Libya,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. The Italian Air Force aircraft, […]

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Clarification on the cyberattacks on the Foreign Ministry

The news recently published by several Italian media organisations on the hacker attacks on the computers of the Foreign Ministry refer to long-past and well-known events. We hereby again specify that those hacking attempts exclusively involved non-encrypted information and communication systems. Therefore, no secret information has been taken from the Foreign Ministry. The sensitive information […]

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Presidential elections in Kenya

“I express sincere appreciation for the correctness of the democratic process shown in the presidential elections in Kenya, as acknowledged by the missions of the African Union, the European Union as well as by the other international Observers, and I congratulate President Kenyatta for his re-election,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, […]

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Alfano: “Disclosing the truth on the Regeni case remains our priority”

Minister Alfano: “Our decision is mostly motivated by the conviction that Ambassador Cantini, through top-level relations with the relevant Egyptian authorities, will contribute to strengthening judicial cooperation and intensifying every activity useful in making progress in investigation activities, leaving no area unexplored. The fact that Egypt is an unavoidable interlocutor on issues of primary importance […]

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Berlin – Literature, Elena Ferrante’s Naples seen through the lens of Ottavio Sellitti

(14 August, 2017) Elena Ferrante and her Neapolitan novels will take center stage in Berlin. A photographic exhibition by Ottavio Sellitti, entitled “Where is Elena Ferrante”, is due to open on 7 September at the Italian Cultural Institute in the German capital. It will offer visitors a chance to navigate the neighbourhood that is the […]

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Durban – An exhibition on Italian industry arrives in South Africa

(14 August, 2017) ​The traveling exhibition “50+! Il Grande gioco dell’industria. Oggetti che hanno fatto la storia dell’impresa italiana” (“50+! The Great Industrial Game. Objects that have made the History of Italian Industry”), illustrating the history of Italian business through 50 objects, will soon be displayed in Durban, in South Africa. The exhibition will be opened […]

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