RETTIFICA Nota su Iniziativa Italia-Africa (Farnesina, 20 febbraio 2014)

The ministerial session of the Agriculture Table of the Italy-Africa Initiative will take place at the Farnesina at 15.30 on Thursday 20 February 2014. Participants include the Heads of Delegation of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa visiting Rome for the meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council The session will open […]

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Slovenia – Italian business forum in Ljubljana

Ljubljana recently hosted an Italian Business Forum on the interrelation between financial markets, public debt and privatisation, with the support of our embassy in Slovenia and the ICE office in Ljubljana. Read more, in Italian.

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Vancouver – 49 Italian UNESCO sites showcased

Vancouver’s Pendulum Gallery and Italian Cultural Institute are jointly hosting an exhibition through March 1st of photographs of the 49 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Italy, which boasts the largest number in the world, followed by Spain and France. Read more, in Italian

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Farnesina – raining course for Libyan journalists begins in Rome

A training course for 14 Libyan state radio/television journalists, financed by the foreign ministry and organised by Rome’s Sapienza University along with COPEAM and RAI, got under way in Rome and was aimed at strengthening the skills of local broadcast professionals as a contribution to the country’s democratic transition. Read more, in Italian

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Dassù: « La scommessa di portare Kiev alla democrazia» (La Stampa)

Siamo nello scenario peggiore, previsto da molti e temuto dà tutti: l`escalation della violenza in Ucraina, con un rischio di guerra civile in quell`«estero vicino» che Europa e Russia di fatto condividono. E si contendono. Per l`Europa, è giusto avvicinare Kiev all`Ue attraverso un accordo di partnership che l`Amministrazione Yanukovich ha a lungo trattato é […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Panama: cresce flusso turisti in entrata (in translation)

Sono stati resi noti dall’ufficio di statistica dell’Autorita’ del Turismo di Panama le cifre relative all’affluenza turistica nell’intero 2013: i dati riportano la crescita del 5,6% rispetto lo scorso anno, grazie all’arrivo di 2.201.854 persone nel corso del 2013, superando cosi’ l’obiettivo dei 2.100.000 turisti in arrivo fissato dall’Autorita’ del Turismo di Panama all’inizio dello […]

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Ukraine: Bonino, EU measures against violence perpetrators

The extraordinary council of EU foreign ministers held yesterday in Brussels decided to issue a visa and financial asset ban on the perpetrators of violence in Ukraine”, reported Minister Emma Bonino as she left the council before its conclusion. The minister also announced the opening of visa simplifications “for the wounded, civil society and dissidents”. […]

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Ucraina: Bonino, violenza inaccettabile

“The seriousness of the current upheaval in Kiev places Ukrainians in a dramatic situation of unacceptable violence that we must, as Europeans, most firmly condemn. It is with deepest concern that the concrete risk of civil war, at the threshold of the European Union, must be considered and eliminated. I join my European colleagues in […]

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Statement by H. E. Ambassador Vinicio Mati Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference on Disarmament (in translation)

Statement by H. E. Ambassador Vinicio Mati Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference on Disarmament Geneva, 18 February 2014 Mr. Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen I have the privilege and honour to assume today the Presidency of this Assembly. It is my intention to do my […]

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Geneva Disarmament Conference, Italy assumes presidency

Italy returns to the presidency of the Geneva Disarmament Conference, after a hiatus of nearly 11 years, in the person of Italian Permanent Representative to the Conference Amabssador Vinicio Mati, who took up the post on Tuesday 18 February. The Conference is the primary multilateral forum available to the international community for negotiations on matters […]

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Syria – Cooperation emergency supplies from Brindisi

A humanitarian mission left with a load of emergency supplies, blankets and medical kits valued at approx. €104,000 from the UNHRD’s Brindisi logistical base on Monday for the Turkish-Syrian border, intended for the Syrian population affected by the conflict. Signal to Syrians that Italy cares The over-land mission, which should reach its destination within approximately […]

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Libya: Bonino cites urgent need to end political deadlock

A rapid and concerted effort is needed from the political forces to map out a credible solution to the crisis that is peaceful and democratic. “The news of the new upheaval on the streets of Tripoli only reinforces my conviction that Libya urgently needs a way out, without the use of force, of the political […]

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