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    4 March 2014
    The Hague – A new toast for the “Wine of Peace”

    “The true spirit of the world, of fraternity and reconciliation. All in a glass of wine. To the OPCW”. With these words, a toast with the “Wine of Peace”,the Italian Ambassador in the Netherlands, Francesco Azzarello, introduced a very special event that took place on 3 March 2014: an exhibition dedicated to the “World’s Vineyard”. […]

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    4 March 2014
    Italy sponsors debate on new UNIDO report

    Structural transformation of the economy is needed if we are to achieve inclusive growth. That is one of the key elements to emerge from the debate on the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) report for 2013. During the event, sponsored by Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and moderated by […]

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    Interviews
    4 March 2014
    Giro: “Il Brasile di Dilma è l’occasione per pensare agli italiani nel mondo“ (Limes)

    LIMES In Brasile a ottobre ci saranno le elezioni presidenziali. Dilma Rousseff rivincerà? GIRO Dilma sta risalendo nei sondaggi, la nuova classe media creata da oltre un decennio di politiche luliste è rassicurata. La presidente ha accelerato sui piani sociali, ovunque vengono inaugurati grandi lavori. La concessione di infrastrutture ai privati darà frutti tra qualche […]

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    4 March 2014
    Italy-USA – “Energy And Infrastructure” seminar in Washington

    The “Global Executive Seminar on Energy and Infrastructure”, an event focusing on technological innovation in the energy and infrastructure field, took place in Washington on Saturday 1 March 2014. The event was hosted by the Italian Embassy. Participants in the seminar, opened by Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, included the Vice President of the Edison Foundation, […]

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    Press Releases
    4 March 2014
    Della Vedova a Panel Onu su flussi immigrazione

    The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, has attended a high-level Panel on the protection of migrants’ human rights organised during the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The event was organised at the initiative of the African group at the United Nations. The great majority of migratory flows by sea is directed […]

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    4 March 2014
    Cile – Onorificenza per l’ambasciatore Stefano Ronca (in translation)

    L’ambasciatore cileno in Italia, Oscar Godoy Arcaya, ha inaugurato oggi a Roma la nuova sede diplomatica di Santiago del Cile, soddisfacendo cosi’ l’antica aspirazione cilena di avere una sede di proprieta’ in Italia.La cerimonia si e’ svolta alla presenza del ministro degli Esteri cileno, Alfredo Moreno Charme, che, sottolineando il profondo legame tra i due […]

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    4 March 2014
    Il concorso per diplomatici – La lettera

    Quando si sbaglia è giusto riconoscere lealmente il proprio errore. Specie se questo errore è stato commesso in pubblico, a scapito di enti o persone che a causa di quell`errore hanno visto colpito davanti a tutti il loro nome e il loro prestigio. Un errore del genere è quello da me commesso – e a […]

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    4 March 2014
    “School for Diplomacy” for young women from Mediterranean countries

    The second edition of the “Women in Diplomacy School” began today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event, opened by the Secretary General at the Ministry, Michele Valensise, also saw the participation of Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Vlora Çitaku, and Poland’s Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Henryka Moscicka-Dendys. Twenty young women working in diplomacy or politics […]

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    4 March 2014
    Seven refugees from Camp Hurriya (formerly Camp Ashraf) received by Italy

    As part of the humanitarian effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Ministry for Home Affairs, 7 Iranian refugees arrived in Italy today from Camp Hurriya, in Iraq. Their arrival in our country is a response to the numerous appeals by the United Nations to find an agreed solution, one that is […]

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    3 March 2014
    Marines: Pillay (UN) expresses concern for human rights

    The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concerned about respect for human rights since the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, have been detained in India for too long. Her views were reported today by her spokesperson, Rupert Corville, after her meeting with the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Benedetto […]

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    3 March 2014
    “We the people of Ukraine”

    A fiery image that evokes the outcome of a democratic revolution fills the front page of issue 36 of “Longitude”, the journal edited by Pialuisa Bianco and hitting news-stands on 6 March. “We the people of Ukraine” is the headline of this issue, packed with reports on international policy issues and with the focus on […]

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