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    20 July 2014
    Middle East: Mogherini cites intollerable casualty toll, urges stop to shelling

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini urged the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to halt the shelling. “With each passing hour the number of dead and wounded rises as the shelling destroys homes and public buildings. We have also learned that the Um el Nasser Child Center, which the Italian Cooperation contributed to opening, has […]

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    20 July 2014
    Mogherini and Elaraby discuss Gaza and Libya

    The Middle East crisis and the situation in Libya were the main topics of discussion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s telephone meeting today with Arab League secretary Nabil Elaraby. Mogherini assured Italy’s support for the plan drafted by Egypt and the Arab League for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel, and she and […]

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    19 July 2014
    Ukraine: Mogherini contacts Zannier. Impartial inquest to be guaranteed

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini spoke by telephone this evening with OSCE secretary-general Lamberto Zannier, who informed her on OSCE observers’ access to the site near the Ukraine-Russian border where a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down yesterday evening. “The separatists must ensure access to the area, and a rigorous and impartial inquest leading […]

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    Press Releases
    18 July 2014
    Mogherini meets Fabius. Discussion focuses on Middle East and Ukraine

    The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine were the focus of a discussion in Cairo today between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and her French opposite number, Laurent Fabius. Like Minister Mogherini, Fabius has been engaged in a number of visits to the region. Both ministers agreed on the diplomatic efforts being made by Italy […]

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    18 July 2014
    Lima – Italy taking part in the international book fair

    Italy is one of the countries taking part in the 19th International Book Fair in Lima, which runs from 18 July to 3 August 2014. Representing our country will be the Italian Cultural Institute, which will have its own stand and will be organising a round table featuring Italian writer and publisher Marco Cassini. This […]

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    18 July 2014
    Farnesina – Meeting with Board of Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino

    The Directorate General for Country Promotion recently hosted the board meeting of the Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino (The Carlo Alfonso Nallino Institute for the East), Italy’s main research institute specialising in the Arab-Islamic world. The meeting examined various ideas for cooperation between the Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in areas of […]

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    18 July 2014
    Germany – Italian Presidency takes centre stage in Munich

    The Italian Presidency of the EU Council will take centre stage in Munich on 26 and 27 July 2014. Our Consulate General has organised a number of events in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and a number of Italian and international organisations and voluntary associations. The programme of events, featuring Italian artists, musicians and […]

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    18 July 2014
    European Union: original treaties on display at the Farnesina

    The Farnesina is celebrating the Community’s history with an exhibition of the original treaties marking its birth and the road travelled since then. Cases have been set up in the Mosaic Hall to display the documents, from the first Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 to the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties that […]

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