Minister Bonino in Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone – Revitalising bilateral relations and defending human rights

Revitalising bilateral relations against the background of Italy’s renewed interest in Africa. That was the spirit inspiring Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s visit to Ivory Coast, which concludes the second stage of the African tour that took her to Ghana and Senegal from 5 to 8 January and to Sierra Leone yesterday, 13 January. Today’s packed […]

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4th Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus Conference on “Education for African Women” (Farnesina, 16 January 2014)

The 4th Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus Conference on “Education for African Women: a question of gender and a driver of development” will open at 09.30 on Thursday 16 January 2014 in the International Conference Hall at the Farnesina. Organised by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the […]

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Italy-China – Second Shanghai Prize

A press conference was held recently for the second edition of the Shanghai Prize, which is focused on the “young emerging Chinese artists living in Italy”, and was organised by the Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin (GAV). Read more, in […]

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Usa – New York pays tribute to Piero della Francesca

The Metropolitan Museum of Art pays tribute to Piero Della Francesca in an exhibition of paintings from Venice and Urbino that runs from 14 January to 30 March. Read more, in Italian

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Jordan: new EBRD funding

Jordan: new EBRD funding The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recently granted Jordan the status of “recipient” country and launched various operations there. The most important of these concerns100 million USD in financing for a new 240-MW IPP4 Al-Manakher electrical power plant to be built 15 kilometres from the capital. Others concern 80 million […]

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Bonino in Sierra Leone, second phase of African tour

In a meeting today with her colleague Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara, Minister Bonino began the second phase of her African tour, which brought her to the capital of Sierra Leone, Freeport, yesterday evening, after having been in Ghana and Senegal last week. She held meetings this morning with the local authorities, and then attended a […]

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Giro: «Con il Messico pronti nuovi accordi dopo le riforme» (Il Sole 24 Ore)

Dopo molti anni dall’ultima visita di un presidente del Consiglio italiano, Enrico Letta sbarca in Messico per incontrare il presidente Pena Nieto e firmare una nutrita serie di accordi. Si tratta di una visita importante, la prima di Letta in America Latina e un vero successo nel quadro della diplomazia della crescita. Il Messico si […]

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Syria: Humanitarian conference in Rome on 3 February, announces Bonino

Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime “does not have a future”. This was the message to emerge from the meeting of the “Friends of Syria” Group in Paris on Sunday 12 January. Participants included the President of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, and the foreign ministers of 11 countries, including Emma Bonino and the American Secretary […]

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“We’re not an outlet, we’re a good investment”, says Bonino (CorrierEconomia)

“Tired mermaid”, “hungry shark”, or “clever dolphin”. Foreign Minister Emma Bonino much prefers the third image to describe Italy. The first was used by Sir Martin Sorrell, chairman of the International Business Advisory Council (IBAC), to describe how our country is perceived today. The second describes the strategy recommended by some commentators to change the […]

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Bonino: «Ceasefire in Syria to foster negotiations »

That the guns are silenced could be the initial outcome of the Geneva 2 conference, so often planned and later postponed, that will be convened in Montreux on 22 January. Considering the point the struggle against the Damascus regime has reached, as well as the conflict among the various rebel factions, a ceasefire is indispensable […]

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Bonino in Paris for Friends of Syria Group, then tour in Africa. Foreign Minister will then fly to Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast (ANSA)

First, a stopover in Paris for the meeting of the 11 countries making up the Friends of Syria Group. And then Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will be continuing her tour of “a changing Africa” with a visit to Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. After her recent mission to Ghana and Senegal, Minister Bonino will be […]

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Israel: Minister Bonino’s condolences on the death of Ariel Sharon

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed her condolences on the death of Ariel Sharon to his family and to the people of Israel, citing the indomitable spirit with which he dedicated his life to the security of the State of Israel, an objective with which Italy fully agrees and has strived to safeguard on […]

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