Italy-Japan – A meeting-place in Osaka for students and enterprises

A series of three-monthly meetings between students at the university of Osaka, Italian companies operating in Japan and Japanese enterprises with links to Italy has begun. The initiative was organised by our Consulate General in Osaka in collaboration with the Italian Studies Department at the University. The meetings have a threefold aim: to help Italian […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – USA: la crescita PIL rivista al rialzo (in translation)

L’espansione del PIL statunitense su base annua nel terzo trimestre 2013 è stata rivista al 4,1% rispetto al 3,6% stimato in precedenza. Al rialzo ha contribuito soprattutto la revisione della crescita dei consumi (2,0%, contro l’1,4%), mentre sono stati confermati sia la forte accelerazione degli investimenti privati (17,2%) sia il significativo contributo della variazione delle […]

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Remembrance Day – At Yad Vashem with Ambassador Talò and the Italian community

The “duty of remembrance” was underscored by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Francesco Maria Talò, at a Remembrance Day event at Yad Vashem, the Jewish people’s memorial to the Holocaust. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by the Italian Jewish community in Israel, and by the Mayor of La Spezia, Massimo Federici. Read more, in Italian.

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San Marino: Bonino meets Valentini

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of San Marino, Pasquale Valentini, at the Farnesina today, 27 January 2014. They discussed key bilateral issues, with Minister Bonino welcoming the steps made by San Marino to come fully into line with international standards of transparency in taxation and financial matters. Minister […]

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Intellectual property – A vital asset for growth, says Bonino

A vital asset for Italian growth, and an issue for which uniform worldwide protection is more than ever necessary. This was how Foreign Minister Emma Bonino described intellectual property (IP) at the conference on “Intellectual Property: a strategic economic development factor in a global market”. The aim of the conference was to focus individual aspects […]

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Syria: Humanitarian access the most urgent concern, says Bonino

The most urgent concern, as the Geneva 2 negotiations go forward, is “to insist on humanitarian access in order to bring tangible relief to a Syrian people battered by three years of bombardment”. This was Minister for Foreign Minister Afairs Emma Bonino’s comment on Radio 24. Ceasefire appeal In her speech at the International Geneva […]

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Accreditation Note – Conference “Parliamone: l’italiano come risorsa” (Foreign Ministry, 29 January 2014)

At 10:00 on Wednesday 29 January 2014, the conference “Parliamone: l’italiano come risorsa” (Let’s talk about Italy as a resource) will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro will open the conference, followed by the speeches of Under-Secretary of the Ministry of University and Research Marco Rossi Doria […]

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Yemen: Conference on National Dialogue in Sana’a; Bonino, major milestone in democratic transition

“Today’s ceremony marks a major milestone in the process of democratic transition in Yemen”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino when informed of the conclusion of the Conference on National Dialogue held in Sana’a, adding that she had “deeply appreciated the determination and efforts of the conference delegates to overcome the many obstacles and […]

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Giornata della Memoria: Bonino, esprimo a Comunità Ebraica sentimento di forte vicinanza e partecipazione nella commemorazione delle vittime della Shoah

“On the occasion of the Day of Memory, I wish to express my strong solidarity with the Jewish Community as I participate in the commemoration of the victims of the Shoah – history’s worst crime against humanity, and one committed with conscious and lucid determination”. I wish to express my firm condemnation of the recent […]

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Egypt: Bonino, the bloody events of recent days a worrying sign

“The bombings and other bloody events of recent days in Egypt are very worrying signs, and the hope is that the situation does not degenerate into further clashes and stability across the country. My first thoughts go out to the families of the victims, who have paid the ultimate price; and I appeal to the […]

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Development Cooperation reform under way – A government priority once again, says Letta

The Development Cooperation reform is under way – another important and significant “segment” of our country’s “Europeanisation” and the fruit of a bipartisan parliamentary debate. The Council of Ministers has approved the bill containing “General provisions governing international Development Cooperation” and envisaging a systematic up-date of the system, after 27 years. The draft reform include […]

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Mediterranean: major challenge for the EU, says Dassù

“If we fail to meet the challenge of the Mediterranean, the winner in Europe will be the populist movements; by now the future depends to a varying extent on our ability to work out the problems of the Mediterranean”. Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù launched this message as she participated today in a conference at […]

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