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Press Releases

22 March 2016

Minister Gentiloni on terror attack in Brussels

“I am following with bated breath the evolution of the situation in Brussels and I wish to express my condolences to the people of Belgium hit by yet another terror attack,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni. “All structures of our diplomatic and consular networks are working to  provide the best possible support to […]

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Press Releases

22 March 2016

Il Ministro Gentiloni sull’attacco terroristico a Bruxelles

“Seguo con il fiato sospeso l’evolversi della situazione a Bruxelles e mi stringo al popolo e al governo belga colpito da un nuovo attacco terroristico” così il Ministro degli affari esteri Paolo Gentiloni. “Tutte le strutture della nostra diplomazia sono attivate per prestare massima assistenza ai nostri connazionali” ha concluso Gentiloni.

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Press Releases

21 March 2016

​Italy’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, meets the Foreign Affairs Federal Counsellor of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkha

The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, met Foreign Affairs Federal Counsellor of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter in Neuchatel on Monday. The meeting confirmed excellent bilateral relations and positive economic and commercial potentials. Both ministers reiterated their common intention to enhance collaboration on issues about the border dividing the two countries and […]

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Press Releases

21 March 2016

Incontro del Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Paolo Gentiloni, con il Consigliere federale per gli Affari Esteri della Confederazione Svizzera, Didier Burkhalter

Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Paolo Gentiloni, ha incontrato oggi a Neuchâtel il Consigliere federale per gli Affari Esteri della Confederazione Svizzera, Didier Burkhalter. L’incontro ha confermato l’eccellente stato delle relazioni bilaterali e l’intensità dei rapporti economico-commerciali. I due Ministri hanno ribadito la comune volontà di rafforzare ulteriormente la collaborazione sulle questioni […]

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16 March 2016

Gentiloni in Prague, focus on bilateral economic relations

Rapidly strengthening economic relations between Italy and the Czech Republic will be the main theme of a visit to Prague by Minister Paolo Gentiloni today and tomorrow. The agenda will also include main European and international issues, such as immigration and conflicts in the Mediterranean. The visit takes place at a vital stage in bilateral […]

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11 March 2016

#Farnesina: Art as the communication channel between society and politics

“Politics is the offspring of creation; therefore culture must be thought of starting from art and subsequently reach politics through the appropriate mechanism. This is why it is so important that Italian art be present here, in a place open to the world,” Michelangelo Pistoletto told the Multi-media Editorial Board of the Farnesina and the […]

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10 March 2016

Secretary General Valensise in Skopje

Secretary General Michele Valensise held meetings in Skopje yesterday with the Secretary of State of the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elena Kuzmanovska, and the Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Fatmir Besimi. Ambassador Valensise emphasised Italy’s full support towards Skopje’s integration on the Euro-Atlantic stage and affirmed that the European Union’s […]

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10 March 2016

Gentiloni in Malta: Libya and migration crisis on the agenda

The migration crisis, fighting terrorism and Libya are the major issues on the agenda of the meetings that Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will have today at La Valletta, in addition to the bilateral relations between Italy and Malta. Minister Gentiloni is scheduled to meet with his colleague George Vella, the President of the Republic Marie […]

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Press Releases

5 March 2016

Note of the Farnesina on the migration plan

Italy understands Switzerland’s need to follow up on the popular referendum on migration issues called two years ago but believes that this must be done in close contact with the European Commission so as to single out solutions taking into consideration the people’s will on the one hand and the need not to discriminate European […]

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4 March 2016

Erasmus, Italian student wins first European scholarship to Iran

A 21-year-old woman from Cagliari, Valentina Simeone, is the first European student to enter Tehran University with an Erasmus scholarship after she outclassed colleagues from other nine EU universities. The European Union has decided to broaden the horizons of cultural exchange by granting 136 funded scholarships to young people from Iran, Iraq and Yemen for […]

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Interviews

29 February 2016

Gentiloni: “L’Europa è sull’orlo del precipizio” (Handelsblatt)

Traduzione dell’intervista rilasciata dal Ministro Paolo Gentiloni all’Handelsblatt Il Ministro degli Esteri italiano parla della crisi dei rifugiati. Il Ministero degli Esteri a Roma è un enorme palazzo bianco, con 1.300 stanze. Nello Studio del Ministro, le alti pareti bianche lasciano ampio spazio all’arte moderna. Gentiloni, esperto di comunicazione, ci pensa un po’ ma poi […]

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26 February 2016

Med Group in Cyprus puts focus on regional crises

The Syrian and Libyan crises and their consequences on the phenomena of migration and terrorism will be the focus of the yearly meeting of the Med Group foreign ministers which will be held today in Cyprus with the participation of Minister Paolo Gentiloni and his colleagues from  Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta, the French […]

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