Utoya: Della Vedova says pain and shock unchanged 3 years later

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova expressed “the pain and shock that remains unchanged on the third anniversary of the massacres of Oslo and Utoya” in a letter to his Norwegian colleague Baard Glad Pedersen. “I wish to extend my hearfelt solidarity to the people and government of Norway”, Della Vedova wrote, as well […]

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Declaration issued from Brussels by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy

The Foreign Ministers of France, Laurent Fabius, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Italy, Federica Mogherini, declared today in Bruxelles: “Anti-Semitic agitation, hate speech against Jews, attacks against people of Jewish belief and against synagogues cannot be tolerated in our societies in Europe. We strongly condemn the outrageous anti-Semitic statements, demonstrations and attacks in our countries in […]

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Edinburgh – A host of Italian artists at the Fringe Festival

A host of Italian artists will participate in one of the world’s most important festivals, EdFringe, from August 1st to 31st, where the artists of 47 countries will present a total of more than 3,000 performances. This year’s Italian presence is by far the largest in recent years. Read more, in Italian

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Dante 2021 – Cairo students to read Comedy verses

The 4th edition of “Dante 2021” will be held in Ravenna from 10 to 12 September 2014. The event is promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna, under the direction of the Accademia della Crusca, whose aim is to celebrate the 7th centenary of the death of the father of the Italian language. […]

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EU: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Middle East and Ukraine focus

The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, following the attack on Gaza and the downing of the Malaysian airplane, will occupy the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today, the first of the Italian duty EU presidency and in which Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Moghernin will participate. The EU-Eastern Partnership […]

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Argentine debt restructuring: Italy following the issue closely after the US Supreme Court ruling, says Giro

“We are following the issue of Argentina’s debt restructuring closely after the UN Supreme Court ruling of 16 June last”, stated Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro with regard to the so-called “holdouts”, i.e. creditors who rejected the bond-swap offer advanced by Buenos Aires after the 2001 crisis. “Italy has been pleased to note the […]

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EU Presidency: Italian priorities presented to foreign diplomatic corps at MFA

The priorities of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented to the foreign diplomatic corps at the MFA in three meetings with various regional groups. The presidency’s underlying theme – “Europe: a fresh start” – dominated the meetings in which minister Federica Mogherini, Under-Secretary Benedetto Della Vedova and Secretary General […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore: USA: Almaviva signs business services agreement with Google

Almaviva, an Italian ICT group with 700 million euros in turnover, signed an agreement with Google on the basis of which it will be able to sell its clients a package of on-line services created by the US group in the sectors of sales support, access to funds for co-mareting programmes and a Google University […]

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Middle East: Mogherini meets Cavusoğlu, urges Ankara to use influence for a ceasefire

Turkey’s European integration and the Italian EU duty presidency’s priorities were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today in Rome with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoğlu. They also exchanged detailed information regarding a series of Middle East dossiers and, at bilateral level, in reference to EXPO Milano 2015 and […]

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Rule of law and growth – MFA-IDLO conference in Rome

The conference “Achieving a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda: The Contribution of the Rule of Law to Equity and Sustainability” is under way at the headquarters of the UN’s FAO in Rome, and was organised by the MFA in collaboration with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) within the framework of the Italian duty presidency of […]

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EU – Scarpitta exhibit in Washington for Italian Presidency

An exhibition of works by Italian sculptor Salvatore Scarpitta (1919-2007) opened today at Washington’s Hirshhorn modern and contemporary art museum to celebrate the Italian EU presidency. “After bringing Titian’s Danae to the National Gellery for the opening of the presidency semester, we are now participating in the celebration of a great artist of our own […]

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Italy-Usa – Renewable energy seminar with 100 firms

The Embassy of Italy in Washington held an on-line seminar in which one hundred Italian firms operating in the fields of enewable energy and clean technologies participated. The event, linked to the Gestore Servizi Elettrici Italiano (GSE) in Rome, was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Confindustria, the GSE and […]

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