The week from 1 to 7 January 2018
A new and important engagement for Italy is ushered in by the new year – chairing the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for 12 months. It is a challenge resting on the key principle of strengthening multilateralism to relaunch the “Helsinki spirit”. This is “without looking at the past,” Alfano highlighted on […]
Read moreMinister Alfano is on a mission to Guinea
The last stop is Guinea, with meetings in Conakry with the Foreign Minister Mamadi Tourè and the President of the Republic, Alpha Condè. Alfano had “a cordial and in-depth meeting” with President Condè. “Our bilateral cooperation with Guinea is growing stronger, as shown by the opening of the Italian embassy in Conakry, which will soon […]
Read moreMinister Alfano in Africa
“Sub-Saharan Africa is a priority for Italy’s foreign policy, and this is why I have decided that my first mission in 2018 should include West Africa and Sahel and to visit Niger, Senegal and Guinea. We have a broad partnership with Africa that encompasses a wide range of fields from development cooperation to security, including […]
Read moreMinister Alfano on a mission to Senegal
“My mission to Dakar is further proof of a gradual strengthening of the bilateral relations between Senegal and Italy, which in the past year have grown even stronger because of the commitment we share in facing up to the socio-economic causes of migration, and thanks to the close cooperation we had within the UN Security […]
Read moreMinister Alfano is on a mission to Niger
“My visit to Niamey is the culmination of an intense year of meetings at the highest levels between Italy and Niger, which have contributed to further strengthening the ties between the two countries. Niger has become a strategic ally in Italy’s foreign policy in Africa. Italy has opened its embassy in Niamey, which I […]
Read moreVoting for Italian citizens resident abroad
POSTAL VOTING FOR ITALIAN CITIZENS RESIDENT ABROAD The Italian Parliamentary elections will be held in 2018, and citizens who are resident abroad will be able to vote. Italian citizens can elect representatives to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic by voting for candidates who put themselves forward for the Overseas Constituency. VOTING is […]
Read moreLa settimana del ministro dal 18 al 23 dicembre 2017
Lunedì entra nel vivo la missione in Cina del ministro Angelino Alfano. L’incontro con il collega Wang Yi e l’ottavo Comitato governativo restituiscono l’immagine di una partnership strategica globale. “La Cina è il nostro secondo partner extraeuropeo, dopo gli Usa, e l’interscambio si avvicina, e a volte supera i 30 miliardi di euro”, ha sottolineato […]
Read moreJunior diplomats’ swearing-in ceremony
Thirty-three young diplomats pledged their loyalty to the Republic of Italy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, under the hand of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano. “You start a mission today: the greatest values of our Republic, our Italian identity and our European identity are expressed in the oath you […]
Read moreThe ‘Mediterranean’ by Mimmo Jodice
Rigorously in black and white to tell the wealth of civilizations, myths, and the extraordinary nature of the ‘Mediterranean’. This is the title given to the collection of photographs by Mimmo Jodice which is part of a project curated by the Scientific Committee of the Farnesina Collention, in cooperation with the Mart of Rovereto and […]
Read moreCall for candidates for the Italian Language Graduates project
The University for Foreigners of Siena has published on its Website the call for candidates for the “University Graduates for Italian” project on the basis of which to select Master course graduates from Italian Universities who want to teach Italian at foreign Universities. The call for candidates can be viewed and downloaded from the Website […]
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