Alfano: “The Italian-Libyan Economic Forum will be held in Agrigento”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “The first Italian-Libyan Economic Forum will be held in Agrigento next 8 July.” I chose Agrigento because of its strategic position across from Libya and in the Mediterranean. It will be a particularly important event in the perspective of outlining economic recovery scenarios in Libya. […]
Read moreItaly makes an emergency contribution to the UNHCR to provide humanitarian assistance to Congolese refugees in Angola
“Through the Italian Development Cooperation service, we have arranged to allocate 300,000 euros to the UNHCR to meet the dramatic humanitarian emergency in the Kasai Region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These resources, which are to be added to the 1,100,000 euros paid at bilateral level to support the Country’s health care system over […]
Read moreUndersecretary Amendola’s second day of mission to Minsk
The second day of the Minsk visit by Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, on Friday June 23, included bilateral meetings with Belarus’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey and Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov and Oleg Kravchenko. Mr Amendola was accompanied at the meetings by the Italian Ambassador, Stefano Bianchi. The agenda included political relations, economic, cultural and scientific connections […]
Read moreAnnouncement for industrial research projects funding between Italy and India
Within the framework of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Republic of India and the Republic of Italy, signed in New Delhi on 28 November 2003 and enforced on 3 November 2009, the Directorate General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation of Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Department of Science and Technology of the […]
Read moreItaly-Israel, the Mixed Commission for Science and Technology meets at the Farnesina
The 17th meeting of the Italy-Israel Mixed Commission was held at the Farnesina on 21 June 2017. The meeting was organised by the Office IX of the Directorate General for Economic and Cultural Promotion and Innovation (DGSP) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) as part of the Cooperation Agreement on Science, […]
Read moreMinister Alfano in Bari for “The Farnesina Meets Companies” roadshow
“Apulia’s economy, which has recovered over the last two years, can count on the traditional agro-food sector but also on cutting edge and technology-intensive activities such as the aerospace sector. Today, Apulia’s image abroad is that of a dynamic region that combines product quality with technological innovation and great assertiveness. On the other hand, […]
Read moreAlfano: “I wish the best success to Salamé, the new UN Special Envoy for Libya”
“Allow me to express my sincerest congratulations to Ghassan Salamé for his recent appointment as United Nations Special Envoy for Libya and I wish him all the success possible,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He added: “I am sure that Ghassan Salamé will know how to exercise his delicate […]
Read moreUndersecretary Amendola on mission to Minsk, in view of Trieste Summit
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, participated in a Ministerial Meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Minsk on Wednesday 22 June. CEI, the intergovernmental forum on regional cooperation, was chaired by Belarus this year, in preparation for the upcoming Summit on the Western Balkans which Italy will host in Trieste. Italy is among the founding countries […]
Read moreBologna designated as the ECMWFDATA Center. Alfano “A prestigious teamwork success for Italy. Well done”.
“I am extremely satisfied at this result: a prestigious systemic success for our Country, yet more proof that we know how to do teamwork and capitalise on the outstanding resources we dispose of and that our partners recognise,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on commenting the news of the […]
Read moreEurope: Minister Alfano in Brussels today
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in Brussels today, 22 June, for institutional meetings. At 10:30 a.m. he will have a meeting with the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. The meeting, only a few weeks before the next Western Balkans Summit which will […]
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