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Press Releases

19 March 2015

Italy – Austria: Valensise – Linhart meeting

Stability along the European Union’s eastern borders, political solutions to the Syrian and Libyan crises and the gradual European integration of the Balkan countries are important sectors for cooperation between Italy and Austria. This was what emerged from meetings in Rome between the delegations led by Farnesina Secretary General Michele Valensise and his Austrian opposite […]

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18 March 2015

“Mediterraneo” – Alla Farnesina riunione dei Paesi del Programma europeo di cooperazione transfrontaliera

Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha ospitato un incontro dei capidelegazione dei Paesi partecipanti al Programma europeo di cooperazione transfrontaliera “Bacino del Mare Mediterraneo”. Il Programma nasce nel quadro del Partenariato per il vicinato europeo, e promuove la cooperazione tra le regioni a cavallo della frontiera esterna della UE. Anche grazie […]

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16 March 2015

Gentiloni: nuovo contesto sull’immigrazione

Gentiloni, verso strategia unica UE e rafforzamento Triton in Libia, ”l’Italia fara’ la sua parte”, così come oggi e’ ”in prima fila” a sostegno del negoziato Onu Dalla discussione dei Ministri degli Esteri dell’Unione europea sulle tematiche migratorie emerge “un contesto nuovo” tra i 28 – ha detto il Ministro Paolo Gentiloni a conclusione dei […]

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6 March 2015

EU: Gentiloni in Riga for the Gymnich summit. Focus on situation in Libya, Ukraine and EU-Russia relations

7 March – Latvian MFA press release on Gymnich (original language) ‘EU Foreign Ministers in Riga demonstrate unequivocal unity’ On 6-7 March, Riga hosted the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers with participation of  Foreign Ministers from candidate countries and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. The ministers discussed […]

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26 February 2015

A new EU-US Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East

A two-day (26/27 February) conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation entitled “A new EU –US Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies”, was arranged by the MFAIC in collaboration with the Association Prospettive Mediterranee, the Ebert Foundation (FES-Italia), EURISPES, The University of Calabria, The Italian […]

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Accreditation Notices

25 February 2015

Recall – A new USA-EU Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies (Rome, 26 February 2015)

Please be reminded that on Thursday 26 February, starting at 15:30, the Farnesina will host the event “A new USA-EU Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies”. The conference is promoted by the Mediterranean Prospects Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ebert […]

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Accreditation Notices

23 February 2015

NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Un nuovo Piano Marshall USA-UE per il Mediterraneo ed il Medio Oriente: sviluppo economico e politiche di cooperazione (Roma, 26 febbraio 2015)

Giovedì 26 febbraio, a partire dalle ore 15:30, alla Farnesina, si terrà l’evento “Un nuovo Piano Marshall USA-UE per il Mediterraneo ed il Medio Oriente: sviluppo economico e politiche di cooperazione”. Il convegno, promosso dall’Associazione Prospettive Mediterranee in collaborazione con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, la Fondazione Ebert (FES-Italia), l’EURISPES, l’Università […]

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Press Releases

19 February 2015

Immigration – Gentiloni welcomes first step by EU

The European Commission had decided to extend the Frontex joint operation Triton to at least the end of 2015 and to allocate emergency funding of 13.7 million euros to Italy. The decision is the Commission’s response to the letter sent by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, to the High Representative […]

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Press Releases

16 February 2015

Gentiloni: letter to EU for deeper commitment to Mediterranean emergency

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni sent a letter today to the European Union urging deeper commitment to the ongoing emergency in the Mediterranean region. The letter was addressed to High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and the other six […]

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Interviews

13 February 2015

Gentiloni: “More money and means for Triton. EU doing too little to save human lives” (La Repubblica)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs was quoted after the tragedy at Lampedusa: “the largest economic area in the world cannot spend so little on a humanitarian crisis that everyone considers intolerable”. Interview by Vincenzo Nigro Minister Gentiloni, the government has been accused of wrongly replacing Mare Nostrum? What is your response? “Let’s try and avoid […]

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Interviews

11 February 2015

Gentiloni: an autonomous region in the east modelled on our South Tyrol (La Stampa)

“An autonomous region in the east modelled on our South Tyrol” Gentiloni: the military option would help Putin in the end, sanctions more effective Interviewed by Paolo Mastrolilli, correspondent in New York “We do not consider supplying weapons to Ukraine a good idea. We are hoping in the success of the negotiations; our South Tyrol […]

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9 February 2015

Ukraine: Gentiloni says no alternative to negotiations

There is “no alternative to negotiations” for settling the Ukraine crisis. This was the Italian position that Minister Paolo Gentiloni reiterated during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. ”Unitary position”Expressing his hopes for Europe’s “unitary position”, particularly on urging Moscow to foster a positive outcome to the talks, Gentiloni confirmed that Italy “does not […]

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