Republic of Korea – Maestro Chung is recognized with the OSI Commander Award

The Italian Ambassador to South Korea, Marco della Seta, today presented South Korean conductor Maestro Chung Myung  Whun with the Award of the Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Repubblica Italiana (OSI) This South Korean maestro has a professional story that is deeply intertwined with the Italian musical experience: he was assistant to Maestro Giulini at […]

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Speech by the Hon. Minister at the “Magna Graecia”University of Catanzaro on the issue of “Human Rights and the Crisis of Tolerance”

(The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) Catanzaro, 16 June 2017 Dear Rector, Dear Students, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to visit the “Magna Graceia” University of Catanzaro. Uttering the name “Magna Graecia” evokes the exceptional influence of these lands, once tied to Athens, on Western thought and […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the event “Italy. A Country for Travellers” – Presentation of the Strategic Tourism Plan 2017-2022

Farnesina, 20 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to extend a welcome to you all and especially to:  –          the Diplomatic Corps, –          Minister Dario Franceschini, –          Vice President Giovanni Lolli, –          the representatives of Ministries, Regions and Local Authorities, –          the […]

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The Hon. Minister Alfano’s Address to the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” – Internationalisation of universities and Italian foreign policy

Urbino, 15 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) Illustrious Rector, Dear professors, Dear students,   I am very happy to be here today, in one of Italy’s and Europe’s oldest universities. Urbino has always been a city open to the world.  Its illustrious representatives, like Raffaello, used the global language of […]

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Speech by the Hon. Minister at the event “Italianism – The design of words. The words of designers”

Farnesina, 15 June, 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to express my heartfelt welcome to the Farnesina and thank all  those people who have collaborated with us to organise  this beautiful event, and in  particular I wish to thank: – Dr. Paolo Marchesini – Dr. Renato […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the event “South 4.0 – Development opportunities for the South” at the Libera Università Mediterranea “Jean Monnet”

Bari, 23 June (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   Illustrious Rector Prof Emanuele Degennaro, President Michele Emiliano, President Vincenzo De Luca, Dear Colleagues and Undersecretaries, Dear Students, Ladies and Gentlemen, The name of this magnificent University recalls the Mediterranean and pays homage to Jean Monnet, one of Europe’s founding fathers. I […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the Opening of the 28th edition of the Rimini​ Meeting – “What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it’s yours”

Rome, 22 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   Let me congratulate all the organisers and designers of the Rimini Meeting 2017. It will be a great pleasure to be in Rimini in August, together with the Secretary-General of NATO Stoltenberg. With the words of a great German intellectual, Johann […]

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Speech by the Hon. Minister at “The Farnesina meets Companies”

Bari, 23 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   President Ambrosi, Dear friends and entrepreneurs, Thank you very much for your warm welcome.    As you know, my visit is part of an initiative that is taking me across Italy, from North to South, called “The Farnesina meets Companies”. Today, […]

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Speech by the Hon. Minister at the event entitled From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany”

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2017   (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   I would like to thank the Associazione Nazionale Reduci dalla Prigionia (ANRP) [Italian National Association of former POWs] for organising this event. It is an honour to host it here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I am […]

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Libya – 1st Italo-Libyan Economic Forum

The first Italo-Libyan Economic Forum, organised by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, with Libya’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeg, will be held in Agrigento on 8 July, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Forum, which was first proposed by Minister Alfano while on a visit to Tripoli on 6 […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 7 July: latest news from the world

Spain: “My Start Bcn” initiative kicks off for virtuous Italian start-ups   The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, in partnership with the Incubator for innovative enterprises of the Turin Polytechnic and with the support of the Italian Consulate General of Barcelona, has launched the initiative entitled “My Start Bcn”. It is a programme aimed […]

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Farnesina – E-services and innovation in the Shengen Visa

The Farnesina hosts an important workshop on innovation in the entrance visa service which will be attended by representatives of the main Schengen Countries. The workshop will also be attended by representatives of the Estonian Presidency, which has identified e-governance as a priority of the semester that has just begun, and of the European Commission. […]

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