Alfano: “OSCE in Palermo for a safer Mediterranean” (Giornale di Sicilia)
Palermo and Sicily have hosted 300 delegates from 64 Countries and have put the Mediterranean back at the centre of the world political debate. By virtue of its several thousand-years-old history and its openness to different civilisations, we have chosen Palermo to host the ministerial Mediterranean Conference of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in […]
Read moreAlfano: «A Mediterranean Erasmus. Integrating the Southern shore is crucial for security» (Corriere della Sera)
A «Mediterranean Erasmus» to create the conditions for greater cultural integration among the Countries bordering the Mediterranean was the announcement made by the Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano. Today, in Palermo, he will open the first OSCE Conference, jointly held with the Countries of North Africa and entirely dedicated to the problem of migrants and their […]
Read moreAlfano: «Mediterranean, the border that unites» (La Stampa)
Dear Editor, There are borders that unite and borders that divide: the Mediterranean is one of those that unite. I will reaffirm this in Palermo tomorrow, at the presentation of “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean”, the cultural programme that the Foreign Ministry, through its network of Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes, intends to implement in […]
Read moreAlfano: “Italian, a language to spread” (Corriere della Sera)
Dear Editor, let me start with a matter of fact: Italian is one of the most loved and studied languages in the world. In our internal debate, which is mainly focused on the risk of the progressive grammatical and linguistic degradation, we often overlook the appeal that our language has abroad, with more than two […]
Read moreAlfano: «Green light to Italy’s agenda. Now let’s not get caught in Brussels red-tape» (Corriere della Sera)
“Paris has confirmed the Italian agenda,” said Minister Angelino Alfano. The format of the Paris Migration Summit was similar to that of the Conference hosted at the Farnesina on 6 July. “It was on that occasion that we brought together the Ministers of Italy, Spain, France and Germany (plus the Netherlands and Austria) and those […]
Read moreAlfano: «Dialogue with Egypt to stabilise Libya» (Il Messaggero)
“Despite the nuances between different Egyptian interlocutors, Egypt is an essential actor in resolving the Libyan crisis. I am planning to meet with the Egyptian Foreign Minister in mid-September in London at a restricted meeting on Libya called by Boris Johnson. On that occasion, I will stress once again the need to join efforts in […]
Read moreInterview by Minister Alfano on Bild – “Europe has stood us up”
“Europe has stood us up” The Italian Foreign Minister on Bild by Paul Ronzheimer Bild: Mister Minister, is the situation on the Mediterranean route comparable to the migration crisis in 2015? Angelino Alfano: The number of migrants who have come to Italy this year has reached a dimension that is very difficult for us […]
Read moreAlfano: “Italy’s agenda for Libya” (Corriere della Sera)
Today at the Farnesina, the Foreign Minister will meet with the United Nations Special Representative for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on his first mission to Europe since he took office. It is an important visit because it offers Mr Salamé the opportunity of reporting on the outcome of the meetings he had in Tripoli and Tobruk, […]
Read moreAlfano: «In Libya there are too many initiatives. Let us unify efforts on the UN-led mediation» (La Stampa)
Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano was satisfied when leaving the Conference of Ambassadors organised, as is customary, every year at the Farnesina. At the end of the event, which was also addressed by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, he discussed with «La Stampa» the guidelines for the next few months in the world, in […]
Read moreAlfano: Here is Italy’s Agenda for Africa (La Repubblica)
To the Editor-in-Chief, Last Sunday’s op-ed by Eugenio Scalfari ends with a wise exhortation to help Africa, also in view of the growth with which that great Continent will pay us back. Africa is a source of many global challenges: political, economic, migratory, environmental and demographic. They are all separate challenges but are interlinked. […]
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