Cooperation: 2016 Plan passed. Gentiloni: “Concrete action to relaunch Development Cooperation’s strategic role”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation chaired the meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee held at the Farnesina. The Committee defined the 2016 plan with a total of 448 million Euros, of which roughly 213 million for the multilateral channel, approximately 120 million for the bilateral channel and over 113 million for […]
Read moreMarines: postponed hearing on Massimiliano Latorre’s permanence in Italy
The Foreign Ministry informs that the hearing on the permanence of Massimiliano Latorre in Italy scheduled for today has been postponed to 26 April at the request of the Supreme Court of India.
Read moreItalian emergency aid to Libya
During the past month of March, Italian Cooperation contributed 1 million euro to the World Food Programme (WFP) with the aim of providing food assistance for 1 month to 70,000 beneficiaries (14,000 households), selected among the most vulnerable categories (15 percent were infants under 5 years of age, and 36 percent minors between 5 and 17 […]
Read moreCaso Regeni: Sottosegretario Amendola ribadisce, impegno dell’Italia volto all’accertamento della verità
“Ribadisco che il richiamo a Roma per consultazioni dell’Ambasciatore al Cairo Maurizio Massari disposto dal Ministro Gentiloni fa seguito agli sviluppi insoddisfacenti delle indagini sul caso Regeni e in particolare alle riunioni svoltesi a Roma tra i team investigativi italiano ed egiziani” ha detto il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Vincenzo Amendola. “L’impegno e l’orientamento dell’Italia […]
Read moreQuarta riunione del Counter-Isil Finance Group (CIFG)
Il 7 e 8 aprile, Italia, Stati Uniti e Arabia Saudita hanno co-presieduto presso il Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze la quarta riunione del Counter-ISIL Finance Group (CIFG). L’attività del Gruppo, inaugurata il 19-20 marzo 2015 alla Farnesina con l’adozione di un Piano d’Azione, si inquadra nel più ampio sforzo della Coalizione Internazionale anti-Daesh creata nel […]
Read moreRegeni murder case – Italian Ambassador in Cairo, Maurizio Massari, is recalled to Rome for consultations
Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni has recalled to Rome the Italian Ambassador in Cairo, Maurizio Massari, for consultations. The decision follows recent developments in the investigation into the Regeni murder case and specifically the meetings held in Rome yesterday and today between Italian and Egyptian investigators. As a result urgent decisions are needed on the most proper […]
Read morePhilippines: Freed Italian national Rolando Del Torchio
Rolando Del Torchio, an Italian citizen kidnapped in the City of Dipolog, in the Philippines, in October 2015, was released today and is temporarily in the custody of the Philippine Authorities which found him in the Sulu Archipelago. The Italian Embassy in Manila and the Crisis Unit of the Italian Foreign Ministry have remained […]
Read moreWe are extremely saddened by the death of Mons. Gonçalves
Africa has lost one of its most brilliant architects of peace, declared Deputy Minister Mario Giro on learning of the death of Mons. Jaime Gonçalves, one of the protagonists of the peace process in Mozambique, which ended with the signing of the Agreement in Rome in 1992. His tenacity, combined with a profound love for […]
Read moreMyanmar: Gentiloni expresses appreciation for the release of political prisoners
From Yangon, where he is on an official visit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, expressed “appreciation for the decision of the Burmese Government” to release over the next two weeks the political prisoners, activists and students currently in custody. During his two-day visit to Myanmar, Minister Gentiloni met Foreign Minister […]
Read moreAdozioni RDC: la Farnesina continua a rilasciare i visti per l’Italia ai minori congolesi
La Farnesina si appresta a rilasciare, attraverso l’Ambasciata a Kinshasa, 8 nuovi visti d’ingresso in Italia a minori adottati da coppie italiane e autorizzati oggi dalla Presidente della Commissione Adozioni Internazionali. I bambini si aggiungeranno rapidamente dunque ai 43 minori i cui visti erano stati rilasciati dall’Ambasciata la settimana scorsa, e potranno così – appena […]
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