Alfano: “With the Week of Italian Cuisine we want to contribute to achieving the Government’s goal of 50 billion in trade volumes in this sector by 2020″
“The second Week of Italian Cuisine in the World is the summary of a process that kicked off from the heritage of Expo 2015 and that is increasingly involving the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic network abroad as the linchpin in the promotion of the 4 Pillars of Made in Italy products: interior decoration, fashion, automation and […]
Read moreMinister Alfano meets with his counterpart Zaharieva
“I am particularly pleased with the excellent level of bilateral relations between our two countries and our very intense political dialogue. We wish to press ahead with our political consultations, also in view of the upcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to […]
Read moreCooperazione culturale al centro della 3^ riunione del Comitato Ministeriale Congiunto italo-palestinese. Alfano: lavoriamo per un “erasmus del mediterraneo”
Molto proficuo il bilancio della terza riunione del Comitato Ministeriale Congiunto italo-palestinese in programma oggi alla Farnesina e presieduta dal ministro degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Angelino Alfano e dal suo omologo Riad Malki, assistititi da due nutrite delegazioni (MIUR e MIBACT per parte italiana e Ministero del Governo Locale e dell’Economia per […]
Read moreCommemoration ceremony for the fallen victims of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Colonies in World War I
Today, at Palazzo della Consulta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, accompanied by the Secretary-General, Elisabetta Belloni, and the President of the Constitutional Court, Paolo Grossi, commemorated the fallen victims of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Colonies in World War I. Both the Farnesina and the Constitutional Court wished to remember the employees […]
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Alfano: Italy donates 3 million Euros for the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic “The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic is one of the most dramatic in Africa; over half of the population, 2.7 million people, depend on international assistance in order to survive,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]
Read moreMinister Alfano in Moscow
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, is on a diplomatic mission in Moscow to co-chair, with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, the 15th Session of the Italo-Russian Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation Council (CIRCEIF), organised at the Reception House of the Government of the Russian Federation. Minister Alfano will […]
Read moreForeign Minister on diplomatic mission to United Arab Emirates
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, while on a diplomatic mission to the United Arab Emirates, took part in the 8th Sir Bani Yas Forum for an intense day of in-depth reports and discussions on topical international issues. On the sidelines of the event, the Italian Foreign Minister had talks with […]
Read moreJoint Statement of Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are deeply concerned at the ongoing detention of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy. Metwally Hegazy was detained at Cairo airport on September 10th on his way to the UN Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances working group. We are concerned at the detention conditions that Metwally Hegazy […]
Read moreUndersecretary Amendola presides over the first public meeting of the Security Council during the month-long Italian presidency
The agenda included a briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi. The meeting was particularly significant for both the subject matter involved and being the last address by a High Commissioner to the Security Council since 2009 (when the current UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, held the position). The High Commissioner extended his […]
Read moreMinister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Abdul Rahman Swehli
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation today with the Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Abdul Rahman Swehli. During the telephone conversation, the Foreign Minister underscored the importance of the Action Plan to stabilise Libya promoted by the UN Special Representative, Ghassan Salamé, reaffirming his great concern for […]
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