Ministri precedenti

In detail

15 February 2016

Italy-Unesco Agreement signed

‘Blue helmets’ of culture set up in Rome to protect the world’s artistic heritage. Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Unesco Director General Irina Bokova have signed an agreement to create an Italian task force and a training centre in Turin. The “Unite for Heritage” task force will consist of specialised personnel (civilian experts […]

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Press Releases

13 February 2016

Siria: Italia a Ginevra per la riunione della Task Force Umanitaria

A seguito dell’accordo raggiunto alla riunione ministeriale di Monaco di Baviera dell’International Support group for Syria, l’Italia ha partecipato ieri a Ginevra con l’Inviato per la Crisi in Siria, alla prima riunione della Task Force umanitaria sotto la Presidenza di Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor per gli affari umanitari dell’Inviato speciale del Segretario Generale dell’ONU per la Siria De […]

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Press Releases

12 February 2016

Syria: Italy pledges 3 million euros for humanitarian aid

In view of the humanitarian truce agreed in Munich on Thursday, Italy has allocated three million euros for humanitarian aid in Syria. ”These are emergency actions to alleviate the suffering of the tens of thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, fleeing the bomb attacks and the ongoing violence in the north of the country, […]

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In detail

11 February 2016

Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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Press Releases

10 February 2016

Meeting of Minister Gentiloni with the trade unions representing the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Minister Gentiloni met today with the trade unions representing all categories of workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Italy is increasingly becoming a key player in the international arena on many matters involving counter-terrorism, economic diplomacy, the United Nations and the European Union. Minister Gentiloni said that on all of these […]

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Interviews

10 February 2016

Gentiloni: «The horror of the Foibe massacres must teach Europe to integrate and have trust» (Il Messaggero)

Ten years have now elapsed since the declaration of the “Day of Remembrance” for the victims of the Foibe massacres and the exodus from Fiume-Rijeka, the Giulia region and Dalmatia, the tragedy that involved the Italian minorities living in the eastern Adriatic. It is a sufficient lapse of time to draw a first balance and […]

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Press Releases

9 February 2016

Joint Communiqué – Charting the way ahead. An EU Founding Members’ initiative on strengthening Cohesion in the European Union

Joint Communiqué The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands met on 9 February 2016 in Rome. They declare: as Europe is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community on 25 March 2017, we are concerned about the State of the European project. Indeed, […]

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9 February 2016

E.U. Founding Countries meet in Rome

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six E.U. Founding Countries discuss migration challenges and integration at Villa Madama The Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are meeting today at Villa Madama in Rome to  discuss the future of the European Union and […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2016

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome,  in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]

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Interviews

8 February 2016

Gentiloni: «Italy won’t be satisfied with a convenient truth; Egypt must help our agents» (La Repubblica)

Italy demands the truth and will not accept convenient versions on the death of Giulio Regeni. For Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, no realpolitik reasons apply here; the people responsible for the crime must be punished. Mr Minister, will we come to know the truth on the murder? «We have asked and obtained that investigative agents […]

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Press Releases

7 February 2016

Nord Korea: missile launch is a new provocation and a threat to international peace and security

“The launch of a long-range missile last night constitutes a further provocation by North Korea which, only one month after running a nuclear test, has once again openly violated the Security Council resolutions, jeopardising international and regional peace and security,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, after receiving news of […]

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Interviews

6 February 2016

“L’Europa si è svegliata molto tardi” (Der Spiegel)

ITALIA. Il Ministro degli Esteri Gentiloni si esprime sul più difficile conflitto della storia dell’UE e spiega perché su molte cose è d’accordo con Angela Merkel.   Paolo Gentiloni, 61 anni, romano di famiglia nobile, è da 15 anni membro del Parlamento nelle file dei Socialdemocratici. Nell’ottobre 2014 è stato nominato Ministro degli Esteri. Per […]

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