Accreditation Notice: Press Conference IBAC Italy 2014 (Farnesina, 10 January 2014)

A press conference is scheduled for 13:30 on Friday 10 January 2014 at the ministry of foreign affairs in Rome at the end of the IBAC Italy 2014 meeting, whose participants are to include Premier Enrico Letta, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino and Chairman of IBAC(International Business Advisory Council) Sir Martin Sorrell. Set up […]

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Iraq: Bonino, Italy’s solidarity for security crisis in Anbar

“I wish to express Italy’s solidarity with the Iraqi government, presently engaged in managing a security crisis that involves, first and foremost, its citizens”, stated Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, commenting on the outcropping of violence in the Province of Anbar fuelled by Al Qaeda-affiliated militia groups. “We support the process of reconstruction within […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – USA: Chrysler sales up 6% in December, best since 2007

USA: Chrysler sales up 6% in December, best since 2007 Chrysler sold 161,007 vehicles in the U.S. in the month of December, up 6% over the same period in 2012 (152,367), its 45th consecutive growth month. Jeep and Ram Trucks both had double-digit increases compared with December 2012, while Fiat sales were up 1%. The […]

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Bonino in Senegal – Collaborating on security, terrorism spread a concern

“The topic that most concerns us is the spread of terrorism, violence and fanaticism”, and what is needed is stronger cooperation. Minister Bonino is in Dakar, where she met with her Senegalese colleague Mankeur Ndiaye and opened a meeting open to the participation of various government ministers in which she stressed that relations “between our […]

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Bonino: «Emma Bonino: l`Union européenne ne donne pas la priorité aux questions de sécurité» (Le Figaro)

Commissaire européenne à l’Action humanitaire de 1995 à 1999, Emma Bonino est ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Italie. De retour d’Iran, où elle vient d’effectuer la première visite d’un ministre occidental depuis dix ans, elle repart lundi pour une tournée en Afrique. En avril dernier, vous déclariez que la France avait bien fait d’intervenir militairement […]

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Attentato a Beirut: dichiarazioni Ministro Bonino

“Yesterday’s bombing in the southern outskirts of Beirut, the latest in the recent series of attacks in Lebanon, is clear evidence of the gradual spread of the Syrian crisis. These are vicious and cruel acts that result, like yesterday’s, in countless innocent victims, to whom my heart goes out. The Italian government intends to pursue […]

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Bonino in Ghana and Senegal – Political dialogue, human rights and economic cooperation

Revitalising economic relations, strengthening bilateral cooperation on gender issues and human rights, and regional dossiers and UN matters. These are the key topics for discussion during Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s mission to Ghana and Senegal from 5 to 8 January 2014. The mission, to two of the African continent’s most stable countries, comes in the […]

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Italian Economic DiplomacySole 24 ore – Brazil: ENEL wins solar energy contract in Pernambuco

Brazil: ENEL wins solar energy contract in Pernambuco ENEL Green Power (EGP) has won long-term energy supply contracts in Pernambuco state’s public tender for solar power, with two photovoltaic projects for a total of 11 megawatts. The two neighbouring installations will be located in Pernambuco, in the north-east Brazil. In the same region, EGP is […]

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Italy-USA: Online app to explore Italian art in Los Angeles

Italy Art LA, an Android and iOS app to explore Italian art in Los Angeles, is online. The initiative was conceived by the Italian Cultural Institute with support from our Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General in Los Angeles. The app offers two integrated and interactive itineraries: “From Light to Matter” and “Traces of […]

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Longitude: “The year of Europe”

The Dream of a Europe of and for its peoples must prevail over that of the various forms of populism, writes Prime Minister Enrico Letta in the editorial comment in Longitude, edited by Pialuisa Bianco. The January edition, which will hit the newsstands on 6 January 2014, is dedicated to Europe and the Italian Presidency […]

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Slovakia – Andrea Bocelli casts a spell on Bratislava

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli ended his “A Passion for Life” world tour with a concert at the Slovnaft Arena, the new ice stadium in the Slovakian capital. Bocelli was accompanied by 70 musicians from the national symphony orchestra and 60 members of the choir, conducted by Italian maestro Marcello Rota. The tenor sang several duets […]

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Cipro – E’ protagonista l’archeologia italiana (in translation)

A Cipro la missione archeologica italiana, che da circa un decennio lavora sul sito di Pyrgos-Mavroraki, nel distretto di Limassol, fa il punto della situazione. L’occasione e’ un seminario organizzato in collaborazione con l’ambasciata italiana a Nicosia e ospitato dall’Archaeological research unit della University of Cyprus. Rinvenimento reperti età del bronzo Durante l’evento, i responsabili […]

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