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Press Releases
14 September 2017
Minister Alfano is in London to attend the Ministerial Meeting on Libya

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, is attending the Ministerial Meeting on Libya at Lancaster House, in London. The format includes the participation of the foreign ministers of Italy, United Kingdom, United States, France, Egypt and United Arab Emirates. Attending the meeting is also the Special Representative of the UN […]

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Press Releases
14 September 2017
Il ministro Alfano a Londra per la Riunione Ministeriale sulla Libia

  Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Angelino Alfano, ha partecipato   alla Riunione Ministeriale sulla Libia a Londra, a Lancaster House. Il formato ha visto la partecipazione dei ministri degli Esteri di Italia, Regno Unito, Stati Uniti, Francia, Egitto ed Emirati Arabi Uniti. Presente anche il Rappresentante speciale delle Nazioni Unite […]

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In detail
12 September 2017
The Foreign Ministry launches a new online portal from which to obtain an entry visa for Italy and the Schengen Area

The Foreign Ministry launches a new online portal from which to obtain an entry visa for Italy and the Schengen Area. The project, called “VISA e-@pplication”, was entirely developed with European funds and is part of the European Union’s plan to completely dematerialise entry visas through e-visa application forms common to all the EU member […]

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Press Releases
7 September 2017
Minister Alfano is in Tallinn to attend the informal meeting of the foreign ministers

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in Tallinn today to attend the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers (strategic discussion format – Gymnich). Minister Alfano will arrive at the Estonian capital at around 12:30 p.m., where he will be met at the Tallinn Creative Hub Kultuurikatel by the […]

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Press Releases
7 September 2017
Il ministro Alfano a Tallinn per la riunione informale del ministri degli Esteri

  Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale, Angelino Alfano, si è recato a Tallinn per partecipare alla riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri UE in formato Gymnich. Il ministro Alfano è giunto nella capitale estone verso le 12:30 ed è stato accolto, presso il Tallinn Creative Hub Kultuurikatel, dall’Alto Rappresentante dell’Unione per […]

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Press Releases
1 September 2017
Alfano: “Diplomats are the engineers who build the bridges of dialogue”

“The global scenario changes at a fast-moving pace and we are now faced with a situation that is very volatile and intensely menacing, which can only be governed through dialogue and multilateralism, with the aim of achieving a coordinated action between the United Nations, NATO and EU. In this context, the Mediterranean is crucial in […]

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Press Releases
20 August 2017
Alfano in Barcelona: “Terrorists attack our liberty”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, was met at his arrival at the airport by the Spanish Foreign Minister, Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo. Mr Alfano embraced his counterpart, expressing his deep emotion and the condolences of Italy, a long-dated and brotherly friend of Spain. “The terrorists – Minister Alfano said – attack […]

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Interviews
14 August 2017
Interview by Minister Alfano on Bild – “Europe has stood us up”

“Europe has stood us up” The Italian Foreign Minister on Bild by Paul Ronzheimer   Bild: Mister Minister, is the situation on the Mediterranean route comparable to the migration crisis in 2015?   Angelino Alfano: The number of migrants who have come to Italy this year has reached a dimension that is very difficult for us […]

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In detail
3 August 2017
Article on “The Lancet” on the European Medicines Agency​

Offline: Medicines leadership—Britain’s loss, Europe’s gain (The Lancet) Richard Horton The shadow of Brexit continues to darken. One consequence is the loss of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from London to continental Europe. The EMA, together with the European Banking Authority (EBA), is one of the prized institutions of the European Union. It is responsible […]

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Press Releases
2 August 2017
Alfano: “We welcome with great favour the news of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighbourly Relations between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria”

We welcome with great favour the news of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighbourly Relations between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria. The prime ministers of Macedonia and Bulgaria, only a few weeks after the Trieste Summit, which they both attended, obtained a very important result by taking a […]

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Press Releases
31 July 2017
Minister Alfano has a telephone conversation with his French counterpart​

“With my colleague Le Drian, we had an in-depth discussion over the situation in Libya. I told him that it is important that the points agreed in Paris be followed up with tangible actions, measurable by the United Nations, by the international community and also by the same Libyan population. This is another reason why […]

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