Speech of the Hon. Minister presenting the program of Italy’s Presidency of the OSCE in 2018 -Vienna, 20 July 2017

(The authentic text is only the speech that was actually delivered)  Mr President (Ambassador Clemens Koja), Distinguished Permanent Representatives, I wish to thank you for having invited me to present the priorities of Italy’s Presidency in 2018. Please allow me to congratulate the Austrian Presidency for the excellent work it is doing this year as […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the Roadshow for internationalisation Bolzano, 19 July 2017​

Allow me to address a warm welcome to all our friends from the world of business and especially to: President Arno Kompatscher (of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano); President Michl Ebner (the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano); President Federico Giudiceandrea (of Assoimprenditori Alto Adige); the representatives of MISE, ICE, SACE, SIMEST, Prometeia and IDM Alto Adige (Local Promotion Agency); and […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the International Conference ““Protecting Religious Communities – Investing on youth as the major players of a new season of rapprochement, dialogue and peaceful coexistence among peoples”

Allow me to extend a warm welcome to everyone and especially to Msgr. Gallagher. We are honoured by his presence, which confirms the extraordinary vitality and deep harmony of views in the relations between Italy and the Holy See. Today’s is not just another one of the many Conferences organised to discuss an issue. Firstly […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the 12th Conference of Ambassadors “Security and Growth: Challenges for Italy and Europe”- Farnesina, 24 July 2017

(The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) Mister President of the Republic, Madam President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Undersecretaries, Honourable Deputies and Senators, Madam Secretary-General, Your Excellencies the Ambassadors, It is a great honour for me to welcome President Mattarella. I would also like to address a heartfelt […]

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Algiers – Arab music with an Italian twist

The Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers tonight will open its doors to music. Nabil Hamai, a violinist and a composer, will perform in the institute hall ‘Un quadrato di cielo’, a homage to Italian and Algerian music. Nabil will be accompanied by Ahmed Kareb (piano), Nardjess Reguieg (voice) and Mabrouk Hamai (qanun). Son of the […]

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Exhibitions, “Favole pittoriche” by Anna Claudi moves to Uruguay

The exhibition “Favole pittoriche” (“Pictorial Fables”) by Marche-born painter Anna Claudi (Serrapetrona 1894 – Rome 1976) is continuing its tour of Latin America. After the success recorded in Argentina, with three displays in Rosario, Tigre and Buenos Aires, the exhibition – organised and promoted by the Regional Council of Marche, Centro Studi Marche and Fondazione […]

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Milan puts up its candidacy as the new headquarters of the European Medicines Agency

“Milan is an Italian point of excellence: it is the economic capital of the Country, but is also capable of delivering very high-level public services. A city of easy and pleasant living. This is why the Government has decided to put up Milan’s candidacy to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA). We are aware that […]

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Matthew Giuffrida will be on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco

Matthew Giuffrida, a painter who was born near New York City, raised in Washington and now living and working in California, at Vallejo, said of his artistic experience: “During the course of my 45-year-journey as a painter, I have had the opportunity to travel and see many works of art – some famous and some […]

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Conference of the Ambassadors in Milan

“Milan is Italy’s economic capital and this is why we have decided to close the 12th Conference of Ambassadors in this city, which has a great symbolic value for economic diplomacy, an instrument that is being increasingly leveraged to obtain important tangible results, which are estimated to contribute 1% to the Country’s GDP. After analysing […]

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Minister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with his French counterpart

This morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. During the conversation, which was scheduled during the bilateral meeting between the two ministers last Monday in Rome, Le Drian reported on the outcome of the initiative launched by French President […]

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INFORMATION NOTICE – 4th Day of the 12th Conference of Italian Ambassadors (Milan, 27 July 2017)

On Thursday, 27 July, at 2:45 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will attend the afternoon session (at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca) of the Milan edition of the twelfth Conference of Italian Ambassadors dedicated to the theme: “Milan and Made in Italy products: the key elements in promoting Brand Italy in the […]

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The Farnesina today hosted the signing ceremony of two Memorandums of Understanding between MEDENER and RCREEE and between MEDENER and RES4MED

The President of the Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for for the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy – MEDENER – signed two Memorandums of Understanding on 25 July, 2017: one with the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) and the other with the Association for Renewable Energy Solutions for the […]

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