EU-Balkans: Mogherini in Thessaloniki – Italian Presidency will work for region’s European integration

“We are here in Thessaloniki with the Greek Presidency to say that the Italian Presidency will take up the baton and work to ensure that the Western Balkans can make rapid and concrete progress on the road to European integration. It is one of our precise interests for the stability, peace and economic development of […]

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Nigeria – EU coordination for girls’ release, urges Mogherini

Proposal to be formalised at Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council: coordination needed, not a leading role for any one country “Our interest is not so much seeing any one country play a leading role, but results: the release of the girls abducted in Nigeria”. This was the comment by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who will propose […]

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Mogherini: “Moskau muss faktor der verantwortung werden” (Der Standard)

Mogherini: “Mosca deve diventare un fattore di responsabilità” (traduzione non ufficiale) La via per risolvere la crisi in Ucraina deve passare soprattutto attraverso Kiev, ha dichiarato il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Federica Mogherini in un’intervista con Christoph Prantner. Senza dialogo ed unità interna, che deve essere sostenuta anche da Mosca, tutte le azioni esterne fallirebbero. […]

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EXPO 2015 – Ban Ki-moon in Rome

EXPO 2015 “comes in a crucial year for the United Nations: not only will we be evaluating our success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals but we will also be introducing a new global development agenda”. These were the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking at the reception co-hosted by Foreign Minister […]

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Refugees: Mogherini meets UN High Commissioner Guterres

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini met the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, today. They both agreed on the need for the Italian government to keep asylum and migration policies high on its agenda. Minister Mogherini illustrated our country’s efforts to date, with assistance provided to over 30,000 migrants in these first few months […]

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Mogherini in Parliament: Opening of international procedure for the two marines. Difficult dialogue on Ukraine but it is the only way. Geneva agreement the “lodestar”

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini attended this week’s “question time” at the Chamber of Deputies and spoke about the two Italian marines, Ukraine, relations with Russia and religious freedom. Answering questions about the two Italian marines, Minister Mogherini said that she had spoken to them by phone “to inform them of all the steps in the […]

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Italy and United Arab Emirates: Mogherini and Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet at the Farnesina

The serious crises in the Mediterranean and the Gulf region were among the questions on the agenda at the meeting in the Farnesina between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and her opposite number from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan. Libya: effort needed to support national dialogue, says Mogherini Libya is one […]

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First meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior representatives of international law organisations based in Italy

“Together for human rights, the rule of law and governance”. That is how the first meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior representatives of the international law organisations based in Italy could be summed up. The meeting, which took place at the Farnesina, was chaired by Secretary General Michele Valensise. Under-Secretary Mario Giro […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Pakistan: UNIDO Forum on the country’s investment opportunities

Exploring Pakistan’s potential as a market for investment. That’s the goal of the Italy-Pakistan Business Forum taking place in Lahore and Islamabad from 19 to 21 May 2014 as part of the “UNIDO-SMEDA-Italy Programme”. To deepen and build on the existing commercial links between the two countries, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is […]

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A Journey to Italy – Open House at the Embassy of Italy in Washington

On Saturday, May 10, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC, will open its doors to the public for the annual European Union Embassies’ Open House (#EUOpenHouse). The event, in which all the EU member states’ embassies in the American capital take part, always attracts large numbers of […]

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Taiwan – Italian artists featured at the Ceramics Biennale

The 2014 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale opened recently at the Ceramics Museum in Yingge. The event features the work of 30 artists from 20 countries, with 3 Italian ceramists – Francesco Ardini, Nicola Boccini and Pierluigi Pompei – exhibiting in the Cyber Ceramic & Digital Materialities section. Mario Palma, head of the Italian Economic, Trade and […]

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Buenos Aires – “Cinema Made in Italy” opens on Thursday 8 May

The first edition of “Cinema Made in Italy” will be taking place in Buenos Aires from 8 May until 15 May 2014. The festival features recent Italian productions including Gianfranco Rosi’s “Sacro Gra”, which won the 2013 Leone d’Oro prize in Venice, and “Via Castellana Bandiera”, for which Elena Cotta won best actress prize in […]

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