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 […]
Read moreSpeech 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 […]
Read moreAddress 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 […]
Read moreAddress 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 […]
Read moreSpeech 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, […]
Read moreSpeech 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 […]
Read more“Invest in Italy”
Farnesina, 13 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) Ambassadors, Institutional Representatives, Representatives of foreign companies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you all to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today we want to answer just one question: why invest in Italy? The great economist John Maynard Keynes said that the social […]
Read moreAddress by the Hon. Minister at the First Meeting of the Italian-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation
Farnesina, 7 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) I am very happy to open the First Meeting of the Italian-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation. I welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs, my colleague Eduard Nalbandyan, his deputy Nazarian and Undersecretary Della Vedova. I would like to address a warm greeting […]
Read moreSpeech by the Hon. Ministerat the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso-Belluno at the “Farnesina meets companies” event
Treviso , 2 May 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) President Mario Pozza, (president of theTreviso-Belluno Chamber of Commerce) Senator Franco Conte, Prefect Laura Lega, Secretary General Romano Tiozzo Dear friends and entrepreneurs, Thank you very much for the warm welcome. My visit is part of a tour that is […]
Read moreSpeech by the Hon. Minister at Confindustria in Padua at the “Farnesina Meets Companies” event
Padua, 2 May 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered) Mr. Marco Stevanato (Confindustria Padova’s Delegate for internationalization)Dear friends and entrepreneurs,Thank you very much for the warm welcome. My visit is part of a tour that is taking me across Italy, from North to South, that we have called “The Farnesina […]
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