Malta and Italy: a unique relationship & More News Here

Italy and Malta preserve a particular relationship, distinguished by deep-rooted political, cultural and business ties, in addition to shared historic expertise and custom. During my first yr as Italian Ambassador to Malta, I did my utmost to strengthen much more present connections and create new ones, in any doable related area of bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

After the difficult years of COVID, we’re reviving the Italian presence in Malta, beginning with occasions related to the 76th-anniversary celebrations of the  Italian Republic.

For instance, this Sunday, at 8pm, the recording of an experimental musical occasion, ‘Ave Maris Stella. Polifonia di voci e sirene’ will happen at Valletta’s Grand Harbour.

The efficiency – which is free, directed by Maestro Marco Mencoboni and devoted to our friendship – shall be enacted from boats moored within the Grand Harbour. The occasion shall be audible within the space alongside Floriana; specifically, the areas of the King’s George Recreational Ground (situated in entrance of the Embassy of Italy), on the left nook of the Upper Barrakka Gardens, on the Telgħa tal-Kurċifiss, on the Herbert Ganado Gardens and alongside the part going through the jetty of Triq Girolamo Cassar.

The Italian and Maltese folks have a actually unique relationship, began lengthy earlier than the 2 states have been born. Italy has always supported Malta, offering robust political and financial backing. Even in the present day Maltese pals usually remind me of such assist, carried out via 5 monetary protocols that provided essential help and capability constructing in a big selection of areas over greater than 20 years (Nineteen Eighties to early 2000s).

Italy has been one of many staunchest supporters of Malta’s membership of the EU, on political phrases and additionally in offering substantial assist to facilitate the transition to European laws and requirements. Projects disseminated throughout Malta bear witness to that collaboration: upgrading of highway community, waste disposal and therapy, restoration of extraordinary Maltese cultural heritage, assist to the search and rescue capabilities, addressing floods and distinctive meteorological occasions and rather more.

Today, the relations with Malta could possibly be outlined, for my part, as a virtuous instance at a bilateral, regional and European degree. Such relations are robust on the highest institutional degree and at people-to-people degree.

I want to recall, as a image of such a friendship, the quite a few gestures of assist by the Maltese authorities for Italian residents in Malta. Among many, administration and repatriation of Italian residents throughout totally different COVID-19 pandemics waves. Further to this cooperation – however the boundaries imposed by COVID-19 – throughout my first yr as Ambassador of Italy we managed to considerably enhance political, financial, cultural and people-to-people relations between Rome and Valletta.

At a political degree, we promoted quite a few missions of key Maltese ministers in Italy and we established some key devices to proceed with dialogue on bilateral and multilateral subjects, comparable to atmosphere, maritime and vitality issues.

As to cultural actions, we resumed the initiatives of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, selling – for example – Maltese classical musical heritage via Italian performers, beginning with Maltese composer Girolamo Abos. The choir of the Farnesina carried out his sensible Stabat Mater a few weeks in the past, as a premiere in the identical church the place the composer was baptised.

As of in the present day, Italy is by far Malta’s first business associate. Italy can supply Malta the very best degree of experience in quite a few fields