Expo Dubai
The Italian Government has established the Italian General Commissioner’s Office of Section for Italian participation in EXPO 2020 Dubai with the responsibility of assisting the Commissioner General in planning and organising the Italian participation in the first Universal Exhibition to take place in the Arab world. “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” is the theme of […]
Read moreIn 2018 Italian is one of the five languages of the competition EPSO
As in 2017, also this year Italian will be one of the restricted group of languages used in the final selection of European Union officials. The news was confirmed by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) in a note disclosing data on the second language known, at least at B2 level, by the participants in […]
Read moreEgypt, the Regeni case Alfano
“We welcome the upcoming mission to Cairo by the magistrates from the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rome and the progress made in the investigations. We have learned that the pictures long requested by the top officials of the court in Rome will become available. The presence of our ambassador has contributed to the good results […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry present at CIBUS
CIBUS, Italy’s major international food and agri-food exhibition, has kicked off. Present at the opening of the exhibition on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was Vincenzo de Luca, Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation, who spoke at a conference on promoting and protecting Made-in-Italy products, together with the President of […]
Read moreMinister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with Portugal’s Foreign Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation last 7 May with his Portuguese counterpart, Augusto Santos Silva, on the case of Aldo Revello, who went missing while sailing in Portugal’s territorial waters on 2 May. Minister Alfano began by thanking Minister Santos on behalf of the Italian Government […]
Read moreAlfano: “I congratulate the Tunisian authorities for holding municipal elections”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “I congratulate the Tunisian authorities for holding municipal elections, a historic step for the young Tunisian democracy. Consulting voters will help encourage the Tunisian government and international community to do all they can to support reforms and the transition to democracy.”
Read moreElections in Lebanon
Alfano: “Congratulations for the performance of elections in Lebanon, which further strengthen the Institutions of the Lebanese State” The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “Allow me to express my congratulations for the performance of parliamentary elections in Lebanon yesterday, to which several thousand Lebanese living abroad also participated for the […]
Read moreMissing yachtsmen: the Foreign Ministry takes steps to resume the search
“The Foreign Ministry, through the Italian Embassy in Lisbon, is taking steps with Portuguese Authorities to resume the search for the sailboat with the two Italians.”
Read moreEU Budget
The proposals the Commission put forward yesterday provide an excellent starting point for the discussions we will hold in the next few months with other EU member states and institutions. Our goal will be to approve a multi-annual financial framework as a strategic tool to address the priorities of the European Union. The EU Commission proposed a […]
Read moreUndersecretary of State Amendola at the 5th Rabat Process Conference
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vincenzo Amendola, traveled to Morocco, where today he participated in the 5th Euro-African Conference on migration and development (also known as the Rabat Process). The event saw the participation of delegations from 58 countries from the European Union and Africa. The Rabat Process was initiated in 2006, […]
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