Ministri precedenti

Press Releases

28 June 2017

Alfano meets AICS director Frigenti at the Agency’s headquarters​

“Italian Cooperation is no longer the ‘sum-total’ of the single cooperation agencies. Today we are an ‘Italian Cooperation System’ and we must tackle major issues such as the big challenges linked to developing as a very closely-knit team,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, told Laura Frigenti, the director of the […]

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Press Releases

28 June 2017

Alfano: “Satisfaction at the release of the Italian activists detained in Russia”

“It is with great satisfaction and joy that I confirm that the five Italian activists under administrative detention in Russia have been released and will shortly return to Italy,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano. He added: “This wonderful success was also made possible thanks to the prompt intervention of the Foreign Ministry […]

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Press Releases

27 June 2017

Alfano talks to his counterparts from Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: “Let’s get to work on de-escalating the tension in the Gulf”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano, had a dense working agenda yesterday afternoon, having held telephone conversations with the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir. […]

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Press Releases

27 June 2017

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin. The Ukrainian crisis is a relevant issue for the Italian Presidency of the G7 and was at the top of the agenda both in the Lucca and Taormina summits. The main points underscored were […]

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Press Releases

27 June 2017

Alfano announces the opening of a visa help-desk in Tobruk, East Libya​

“Starting from next 29 June, also the Libyan citizens in the Eastern part of the Country will be able to book a date on which to apply for a visa to Italy through a help desk to be open in Tobruk. This is very important news,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Accreditation Notices

26 June 2017

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Press point by Minister Alfano and his Iranian counterpart (Farnesina, 28 June)​​

On Wednesday, 28 June, at 7:15 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event are requested to apply […]

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Press Releases

26 June 2017

Conference: “From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany”

“This April last, on the eve of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, we met at Sant’Anna di Stazzema to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre that took place in August 1944. The National Peace Park, which today rises over that place, keeps alive the memory of the crimes perpetrated by Nazism and Fascism […]

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26 June 2017

Alfano: “The Italian-Libyan Economic Forum will be held in Agrigento”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “The first Italian-Libyan Economic Forum will be held in Agrigento next 8 July.” I chose Agrigento because of its strategic position across from Libya and in the Mediterranean. It will be a particularly important event in the perspective of outlining economic recovery scenarios in Libya. […]

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Press Releases

24 June 2017

Italy makes an emergency contribution to the UNHCR to provide humanitarian assistance to Congolese refugees in Angola

“Through the Italian Development Cooperation service, we have arranged to allocate 300,000 euros to the UNHCR to meet the dramatic humanitarian emergency in the Kasai Region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These resources, which are to be added to the 1,100,000 euros paid at bilateral level to support the Country’s health care system over […]

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Accreditation Notices

24 June 2017

PRESS ACCREDITATION ​NOTICE – Conference “From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany. State of research and the results of the ANRP projects” (Farnesina, 27 June 2017)​

On Tuesday, 27 June 2017, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., the Farnesina will host the conference entitled “From a divided memory to a shared history between Italy and Germany. State of research and the results of the ANRP projects” (Italian national association of former POWs).   The Conference will begin with remarks by the Minister […]

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Press Releases

22 June 2017

Alfano: “I wish the best success to Salamé, the new UN Special Envoy for Libya”

“Allow me to express my sincerest congratulations to Ghassan Salamé for his recent appointment as United Nations Special Envoy for Libya and I wish him all the success possible,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He added: “I am sure that Ghassan Salamé will know how to exercise his delicate […]

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Press Releases

22 June 2017

Bologna designated as the ECMWFDATA Center. Alfano “A prestigious teamwork success for Italy. Well done”.

 “I am extremely satisfied at this result: a prestigious systemic success for our Country, yet more proof that we know how to do teamwork and capitalise on the outstanding resources we dispose of and that our partners recognise,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on commenting the news of the […]

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