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Press Releases
21 September 2017
UNGA. Ministerial Meeting on Mali. Italy will not fail to support the population in the region

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, attended the Ministerial Meeting on the Implementation of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali organised by the UN Department for Peace Keeping Operations and the Government of Mali, on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting is aimed at taking […]

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21 September 2017
UNGA. Riunione ministeriale sul Mali. L’Italia non farà mancare il suo supporto alle popolazioni della regione

  Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Angelino Alfano ha partecipato alla Riunione Ministeriale sull’attuazione dell’Accordo per la pace e la riconciliazione in Mali, organizzata dal Department for Peace Keeping Operations dell’ONU e dal Governo maliano, a margine dell’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite. Obiettivo dell’incontro: fare il punto sui progressi del processo […]

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16 September 2017
Development Cooperation. Alfano: “Chad and Niger: humanitarian and development initiatives approved for a total of 7 million euros”

“Libya’s southern neighbouring Countries are the focus of our development actions: I have in fact arranged for the approval of new humanitarian and development initiatives for a total of 7 million euros for vulnerable groups in Chad and Niger through the Italian Cooperation service,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. […]

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14 September 2017
Sudan – Italy’s commitment to reintegrating ex-combatants in Sudan

A ceremony was held in Khartoum at the headquarters of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program (“DDR”) to mark the occasion for putting into operation the computer equipment recently donated to Sudan organisations by Cooperation Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (“AICS”) in Khartoum.  Attendees at the ceremony included the General Commissioner of […]

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Press Releases
13 September 2017
Alfano: “Italy supports the WFP’s school canteen programme in Mali”

“Through the Italian Cooperation service, I have arranged for an immediate half-million-euro contribution to the World Food Program to fund a school canteen programme in Mali,” announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He continued: “The programmes promoting school canteens represent an important educational instrument by enabling minors to have at […]

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5 September 2017
South Africa – “Unfindable”, a docufilm on Ettore Majorana, screened in South Africa

The disappearance of Ettore Majorana, considered to be the greatest twentieth century Italian physicist, which occurred in March 1938 on a ferry trip between Palermo and Naples, is one of the biggest Italian mysteries of the last hundred years. This genius from Sicily will be brought back to life in the docufilm entitled “Unfindable” (“Nessuno mi troverà”) […]

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29 August 2017
Khartoum: launch of the UNICEF project financed by Italy for the protection of vulnerable minors

The Italian Government’s commitment to protect vulnerable minors continues with the launch of the initiative: “Integrated protection of childhood for abandoned and unaccompanied minors in the State of Khartoum and in the States of the East”. The programme, financed by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) with 1,000,000.00 euros, will be implemented by […]

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Press Releases
16 August 2017
Alfano: “Emergency contributions to Nepal and Sierra Leone”

“Italy has decided to send an immediate sign of solidarity to the people of Nepal and of Sierra Leone to at least partially contribute to alleviating their terrible distress and grief caused by the recent mudslides,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. Minister Alfano added: “The Italian Cooperation service has […]

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16 August 2017
Presidential elections in Kenya

“I express sincere appreciation for the correctness of the democratic process shown in the presidential elections in Kenya, as acknowledged by the missions of the African Union, the European Union as well as by the other international Observers, and I congratulate President Kenyatta for his re-election,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, […]

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14 August 2017
Durban – An exhibition on Italian industry arrives in South Africa

(14 August, 2017) ​The traveling exhibition “50+! Il Grande gioco dell’industria. Oggetti che hanno fatto la storia dell’impresa italiana” (“50+! The Great Industrial Game. Objects that have made the History of Italian Industry”), illustrating the history of Italian business through 50 objects, will soon be displayed in Durban, in South Africa. The exhibition will be opened […]

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11 August 2017
Tunisia: “Cinéma au Musée” of Sousse. Includes the screening of some of the “crown jewels” of the cinematheque

An unprecedented twinning will be launched from 26-30 August 2017 between the seventy-year-old Italian Cinematheque and the newly created Tunisian Cinematheque with the presentation of “The 70 years of the Milan Cinematheque” as part of the 3rd edition of the “Cinéma au Musée” (at the Sousse Archaeological Museum). The event is co-organised by the Association […]

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