Letter of the Secretary General Elisabetta Belloni to the daily Secolo XIX
The article published by the daily on 22 April 2017 about the diplomatic career, requires the following specifications. The public competition for admission to the diplomatic career is far from being a so-called “cronyville,” as proven by facts (as an example, only one individual out of the 33 who passed the competitive examination, was a relative of […]
Read moreAlfano: «Ankara’s accession to the EU is not an issue on the table now» (Corriere della Sera)
And now what? How do we handle our relationship with Turkey after it has gone back to being a State with strong authoritarian traits and, at the same time, remains a Country bordering both with the European Union and with a warring Syria and that, within NATO, has the second-largest armed force in terms of […]
Read moreAlfano “Justified response by violations in Damascus. But now let us resort to the UN” (Corriere della Sera)
“Minister Alfano, are we sure that Assad used chemical weapons during the Khan Sheikhoun bombing, or was the area bombed with conventional armaments from ISIL chemical weapon stocks, as Russia maintains?”“Practically speaking, the missiles launched from U.S. ships struck the Syrian bases where the attacks to civilians originated. In other words, the U.S. response is […]
Read moreAlfano: «Europe is worried but Moscow should not be isolated» (Il Messaggero)
“I talked about the Navalny case with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. I raised the issue both in the bilateral meeting with my counterpart and in the press conference. I expressed my concern for what happened and asserted my full agreement with the stand taken by the European Union,” stated Angelino Alfano, the Italian Foreign Minister, […]
Read moreInterview of Minister Alfano with Ria Novost
Mister Minister, soon you are to meet again with Sergey Lavrov; it will be your second meeting after the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bonn. What are the points you intend to discuss with your Russian counterpart? My meeting with Sergey Lavrov will offer a valuable opportunity to discuss the principal international dossiers, in connection […]
Read moreMario Giro: “We are the children of anxiety. This is how we can tackle the challenge of fear” (Avvenire)
Europe’s journey, as Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni called it, has come to a difficult turn. Once again Europeans must make “the oldest of choices: between good and evil,” he added. These are weighty words that oblige us to look inside our being European in order to respond to the call of history voiced by Pope […]
Read more“Challenge facing Italian cooperation. Our priority is Africa” (by minister Alfano)
Angelino Alfano, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has reflected on the challenges that lie ahead for Italian cooperation. Setting aside political current affairs, the crazy attack on Westminster, the terrorism emergency, the Treaties of Rome, the minister spoke for 40 minutes about what the goals of the next three-year period will be. He […]
Read moreAlfano: “EU, three routes to follow to avoid insignificance” (La Stampa)
Dear Mr. Editor, we wish to be the builders of a new Europe, fully aware of its scope, capable of ‘feeling’ every single piece, as if they were the piano keys playing a single note. The celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome are a progressive event, which will attract and fascinate […]
Read moreAlfano: “Teamwork for the Italy of tomorrow” (Il Sole 24 Ore)
The idea of design, of designing the future comes to us from afar, from the workshops of the Renaissance, in which craftsmanship, the search of innovation and the ties with the local territory merged into every product. That is how big talents were born, the Masters of the time as well as the inventions that […]
Read moreAlfano: “The vision shared by Italy and the Holy See should be enhanced” (Avvenire)
Dear Editor, Today is an important day for relations between Italy and the Holy See: we are commemorating the signing of the Lateran Treaty. When the Treaty was signed in 1929 and then followed by the New Concordat in 1984, those achievements were greeted very favourably on the two banks of the Tiber. The shared […]
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