ECMWF data centre in Bologna. Alfano: “The Headquarters Agreement has been promptly put into effect as a sign of Italy’s tangible commitment”
“Last Thursday we celebrated the designation of Bologna as the headquarters for the new data centre of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Only one week later, I am particularly happy to inform you of the ratification and coming into force of the agreement for the data centre headquarters,” said the Minister of […]
Read moreAlfano meets AICS director Frigenti at the Agency’s headquarters
“Italian Cooperation is no longer the ‘sum-total’ of the single cooperation agencies. Today we are an ‘Italian Cooperation System’ and we must tackle major issues such as the big challenges linked to developing as a very closely-knit team,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, told Laura Frigenti, the director of the […]
Read moreAlfano: “Satisfaction at the release of the Italian activists detained in Russia”
“It is with great satisfaction and joy that I confirm that the five Italian activists under administrative detention in Russia have been released and will shortly return to Italy,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano. He added: “This wonderful success was also made possible thanks to the prompt intervention of the Foreign Ministry […]
Read moreAlfano talks to his counterparts from Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: “Let’s get to work on de-escalating the tension in the Gulf”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano, had a dense working agenda yesterday afternoon, having held telephone conversations with the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir. […]
Read moreThe G7 Friends of the Gulf of Guinea G7++ Group meets in Rome
More than 120 participants from over 40 Countries, regional organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and companies met in Rome on 26 and 27 June 2017 under the Italian Presidency of the G7 to discuss the security conditions of navigating in the Gulf of Guinea, where ships are often attacked by pirates and which is involved in maritime […]
Read moreToday the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin
Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin. The Ukrainian crisis is a relevant issue for the Italian Presidency of the G7 and was at the top of the agenda both in the Lucca and Taormina summits. The main points underscored were […]
Read moreAlfano announces the opening of a visa help-desk in Tobruk, East Libya
“Starting from next 29 June, also the Libyan citizens in the Eastern part of the Country will be able to book a date on which to apply for a visa to Italy through a help desk to be open in Tobruk. This is very important news,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Read moreItalian stabbed in London
The Italian Consulate General in London, in close coordination with the Foreign Ministry, is in contact with the family of the Italian youth stabbed in London to provide them all the assistance possible, and with the British authorities who are investigating the crime.
Read moreConference: “From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany”
“This April last, on the eve of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, we met at Sant’Anna di Stazzema to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre that took place in August 1944. The National Peace Park, which today rises over that place, keeps alive the memory of the crimes perpetrated by Nazism and Fascism […]
Read moreUndersecretary of State Amendola on visit to Trieste
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, was on a mission in Trieste where today he participated in the Senior Officials Meeting with the closest aides of the Heads of State and Government taking part in the Summit of the Western Balkans Process, to be hosted in Trieste on 12 July. In his address to […]
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