Ministri precedenti

Press Releases

14 May 2017

Alfano: “Italy firmly condemns the new missile test conducted last night by North Korea”​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “Italy expresses its firm condemnation for the ballistic missile test conducted last night by North Korea. The test represents another clear violation of numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions. North Korea’s missile and nuclear programme constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security and […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2017

Alfano: “Auguri a Giovanni Castellaneta, nuovo Segretario Generale dell’Iniziativa Adriatico-Ionica”

“E’ con soddisfazione che formulo all’ambasciatore Castellaneta i migliori auguri per il nuovo, importante incarico di segretario generale dell’Iniziativa Adriatico-Ionica, progetto cui l’Italia attribuisce assoluto rilievo. Al contempo, ringrazio l’ambasciatore Pigliapoco per l’impegno e la dedizione con i quali ha svolto il proprio ruolo in questi anni”. Così il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2017

Alfano: “The Italian Language reaffirmed at European Institution level”

“For the first, time Italian is one of the restricted group of languages used in the final selection of European Union officials,” announced Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano. The news was confirmed by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) in a note disclosing data on the second language known, at least at B2 level, by the […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2017

Press conference to present “Mediterranean Conference” postponed

The press conference by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, scheduled for 5 p.m. today at the Prefecture of Palermo to present the “Mediterranean Conference”, which will be held in Palermo on 24 and 25 October 2017, has been postponed to a later date due to sudden and unexpected engagements of […]

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Press Releases

12 May 2017

Alfano: great satisfaction over the return of Cristian Provvisionato to Italy

“Cristian Provvisionato is free and on his way back to Italy together with Undersecretary of State Vincenzo Amendola. I wish to express my great satisfaction at the release and return of our compatriot to Italy. I spoke with him over the phone and he sounded excited and happy to return home,” said the Minister of […]

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Press Releases

11 May 2017

Fund-raising event for the regions of central Italy struck by the earthquakes

“The seismic events that hit central Italy in August and October of 2016 deeply moved and touched the one and a half million Canadians of Italian descent, as well as the federal, provincial and municipal authorities in Canada and all the Canadian people who made great efforts to provide tangible assistance in the areas struck […]

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Press Releases

11 May 2017

Minister Alfano confirms the release of Italian citizen Yuri Guaiana

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, has confirmed the release from administrative detention of Italian citizen Yuri Guaiana, who was previously held by Russian authorities. “The Italian Embassy and the Italian General Consulate in Moscow, whom I asked to take immediate action, have assisted Mr Guaiana and obtained a swift and […]

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Press Releases

9 May 2017

Information note on Mr Cristian Provvisionato

The Foreign Ministry informs that last 26 of April the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received Ms Doina Corman, the mother of Cristian Provvisionato, to reaffirm his utmost commitment to reach a prompt solution of the case.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close cooperation with the Italian Embassy in […]

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In detail

8 May 2017

Minister Alfano on mission to Tripoli

“Italy reaffirms with determination its support to an inclusive dialogue and reconciliation process, which is the only possible way to stabilize and consolidate the Country and its institutions,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internaitonal Cooperation during his mission to Tripoli on Saturday, 6 may. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, […]

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In detail

8 May 2017

Telephone conversation between Minister Alfano and the United High Commissioner for Refugees

On Friday, 5 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to take stock of the situation in Libya and of the UNHCR Plan for the Country.   After receiving an update on the UNHCR’s action and future […]

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Press Releases

8 May 2017

Alfano: “The upcoming reopening to the public of the IsIAO Library is an important fruit of the cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the MiBACT”

“I am very happy that within the context of the 9th edition of “Farnesina Porte Aperte” (“Farnesina Open Doors”), more than 6 years after the closing of the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente (IsIAO), the Institute’s prestigious library will reopen to the public on the premises of the National Central Library of Rome,” said […]

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Interviews

8 May 2017

Alfano: «Tripoli must pay its debts; NGO’s shed light on their accounting» (Il Messaggero)

“Regulating migration flows and stabilising Libya” was the aim of yesterday’s mission to Tripoli by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, who then returned to Italy to fly to Argentina. “The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will be able to register them directly in the camps,” said the […]

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