Libya: Italians continue to transfer out

Operations continue for the transfer out of Libya of Italian nationals requesting it. Another Italian Air Force plane, operating in coordination with the Foreign Ministry Crisis Unit and COI/Difesa, left Tripoli to land this afternoon in Pisa with 47 Italians and other nationals aboard. This week’s operations will conclude with this mission, which follows on […]

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“Venezuela remains a priority”: Under-Secretary Giro meets Italian community in Caracas and Maracay

On his third visit to Venezuela in the past nine months, Under-Secretary Giro met with Italian nationals in the cities of Caracas and Maracay. The large Italian community in that country – nearly 1.5 million – is a “highly significant and strongly-rooted group for which the government’s attention remains acute at this particularly delicate moment […]

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M.O.: Mogherini, bene tregua umanitaria. Ora non perdere opportunità di accordo duraturo

Il ministro degli Esteri, Federica Mogherini, ha invitato le parti a rispettare la tregua concordata per Gaza. “Dopo tanti, troppi morti e una crisi umanitaria gravissima, il cessate il fuoco di 72 ore deve essere finalmente rispettato e deve essere l’occasione per negoziare un accordo duraturo tra le parti”, ha detto Mogherini da Santiago del […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Made in Italy: anti-food fraud agreement between CIA and CSA

Made in Italy: anti-food fraud agreement between CIA and CSA Italy’s Confederazione italiana agricoltori (CIA) and Centro studi anticontraffazione (CSA) signed a protocol of collaboration aimed at identifying instruments and measures for combating the spreading counterfeiting of Made in Italy products, including foods. The agreement is reported to contain common actions that include analyses, meetings, […]

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Ebola epidemic. Foreign Ministry following the phenomenon, responds to WHO appeal to donors with 200,000 euros for Guinea

The Italian Foreign Ministry is carefully monitoring the Ebola virus epidemic on the African continent, and has responsed to the World Health Organization’s appeal to donors with a contribution of 200,000 euros for Guinea. With the worsening of the situation on a regional scale, further Italian interventions in coordination with the WHO and the other […]

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Israel and Iraq: Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli begins 3-day visit to the front

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli is about to embark on a demanding 3-day trip for the purpose of carrying Italy’s message of solidarity to the planet’s “hottest” spots: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Erbil. He took off this morning from the UN base at Brindisi on board a humanitarian flight for Tel Aviv carrying 30 […]

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Libyan parliament convened at Tobruk: Statement by France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States

Statement by the Governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States on the occasion of the opening session of the Libyan Council of Representatives “The governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States commend the members of the [Libyan] Council of Representatives for beginning their work today. […]

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Mogherini to visit Chile and Colombia from 5 to 7 August

Minister for Foreign Affairs Mogherini will make a mission to Chile and Colombia from 5 to 7 August. She will be received in Santiago by President Michelle Bachelet, meet with foreign minister Heraldo Muñoz and speak to ECLAC, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (Spanish acronym CEPAL). Minister Mogherini will then travel to […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015

Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015 The government of Thailand’s military junta approved a plan for the construction of a high-speed network calling for 18 million euro in funding between the start of construction and its estimated completion in 2022. Funding modalities have not yet been disclosed, but the junta declared that they will […]

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Humanitarian aid flown in for the people of Gaza

A flight carrying humanitarian aid donated by the Italian Cooperation for the people of Gaza will leave the United Nations base in Brindisi tomorrow for Tel Aviv airport The plane, which will also be carrying Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, will deliver 30 tonnes of emergency supplies include tents, blankets, emergency power generators, drinking water […]

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Pistelli: «Not merely aid, but true cooperation, » (Il Sole 24 ore)

Dopo venti anni, grazie al lavoro dei parlamentari di tutti i gruppi politici, al contributo della società civile, all’impegno dei due relatori, Lia Quartapelle e Giorgio Tonini, il Senato ha approvato l’altro ieri la riforma della cooperazione allo sviluppo. La gloriosa legge 49/87 va in pensione e lascia il posto a un’idea di cooperazione più […]

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Pistelli: «Not merely aid, but true cooperation, » (Il Sole 24 ore)

Dopo quasi trent`anni e molti tentativi falliti, ieri è stata approvata definitivamente la riforma della cooperazione. Molte le novità, da quelle simboliche – come la trasformazione del Mae in «Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale» – a quelle di sostanza, come la nascita di un`Agenzia che erogherà gli aiuti utilizzando Cassa depositi e […]

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