Mogherini: « Europe could approve sanctions Monday, Putin risks international isolation» (Il Messaggero)

Federico Mogherini still recalls her not so distant stint as student representative at the “Lucrezio Caro” lyceum where she insisted with her classmates on foreign policy as a co-management enterprise. Now those hot dossiers are on the desk of the 41-year-old newly appointed minister for foreign affairs, beginning with Ukraine. Isn’t the threat of phased-in […]

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Italy-Qatar: Mogherini meets with Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini had an in-depth exchange of views on Syria, Libya, Egypt and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process today in a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with her counterpart from Qatar Khalid Bin Mohammed Al- Attiyah. The two ministers also underscored the growing importance of bilateral relations between Italy and […]

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Argentina: Giro, si intensifica dialogo politico tra i nostri paesi su cultura, Pmi e Expo

“E’ un piacere tornare in Argentina dopo la visita di novembre. I rapporti bilaterali sono forti e variegati, così come le opportunità di crescere insieme dei due Paesi”, ha dichiarato il Sottosegretario agli Esteri. Accompagnato da Vera Jarach, tra le fondatrici dell’associazione “Madres de Plaza de Mayo”, il Sottosegretario Giro ha visitato l’Escuela de Mecánica […]

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Ukraine: Mogherini, every effort at dialogue or Monday EU’s inevitabile reaction

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini took part in a conference call today on the Ukraine crisis, whose other participants included UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, […]

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Edinburgh – “Treasure Island”, Italians and Scots on stage together

Italian and Scottish actors joined forces for the national premier of “Treasure Island”, a production based on an adaptation of Robert L. Stevenson’s original novel by Laura Pasetti, director of the Charioteer Theatre, and which received a very warm response from the audience of the Community Regal Theatre of Bathgate, near Edinburgh.

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Madrid – Homage to Scarlatti’s sonatas

The sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti were honoured in a concert by Andrea Bacchetti (pianoforte) in Madrid during the 3rd season of a cycle dedicated to the execution of the Neapolitan composer’s entire body of work. The event was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Union Fenosa Gas. Read more, in Italian

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Cinema – Sorrentino featured at Sofia Film Festival

The International Sofia Film Festival, now in its 18th edition and on through 30 March, has a full agenda that includes a wide selection of recent Italian film production, beginning with a mini-retrospective on the work of director Paolo Sorrentino. Read more, in Italian.

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Zagreb – “Sogni di carta”, de Chirico sketches

The exhibition “Sogni di Carta” at the Mimara Museum in Zagreb offers a cycle of 29 sketches from the Vittoriale degli italiani di Gardone Riviera that illustrate the collaboration in 1934 between Gabriele D’Annunzio, Luigi Pirandello and Giorgio de Chirico on the staging of D’Annunzio’s “La figlia di Jorio”, along with a selection of precious […]

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Middle East – La Stampa opens desk in Ramallah

“La Stampa” opened the first news desk of an Italian daily newspaper in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Editor-in-Chief of the Turin-based newspaper Mario Calabresi also named Maurizio Molinari as paper’s’ Middle East correspondent. The aim is to bring a new approach to covering the region. Read more, in Italian

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Ukraine: G7-EU appeal to Russia – Italian Cooperation aid, focus on solidarity with people of Ukraine

In a statement issued today the leaders of the G7 country members and the Presidents of the European Council and European Commission urged Moscow to “cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea contrary to Ukrainian law and in violation of international law”. They then appealed to Russia to “de-escalate the conflict in Crimea […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 12 March: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Israel-Italy: 2014 call for tenders for joint industrial and scientific research projects The Ministry of Foreign Affairs website published a call for tenders for joint scientific and industrial research projects that could enjoy the financial support envisaged in industrial, scientific and technological cooperation agreements between Israel and Italy. The sectors for which projects may be […]

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G-7 Leaders Statement on Ukraine

We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, call on the Russian Federation to cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea contrary to Ukrainian law and in violation of international law. We call […]

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