Bonino in Iran: Hopes for global nuclear accord, and period of normal EU-Iran relations. Bilateral pacts

Italy intends to open a new season of dialogue with Iran, and to bring other European countries along. This was Minister Emma Bonino’s transparent summary of her visit to Iran, the first by an Italian foreign minister in ten years, and the first by a European head of diplomacy since Hassan Rowhani’s election on 14 […]

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Uganda: “My hope is that Museveni does not let anti-gay law pass “, says Bonino

The Ugandan parliament’s passage of an anti-homosexuality law that envisages stiff sentences of up to life in prison, is a very serious act. The struggle against paedophilia and pedo-pornography is, in this case, simply an excuse for enacting laws that are homophobic, retaliatory and contrary to the numerous international conventions that prohibit criminal prosecution on […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Ministro Bonino presenta l’Iniziativa Italia-Africa (Farnesina, 30 dicembre 2013)

At 15.30 on Monday 30 December Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will hold a press conference at the Foreign Ministry along with the Minister for Cultural Activities and Tourism, Massimo Bray, and the Minister for Integration, Cecile Kyenge, to present the Italy-Africa Initiative. Also taking part will be Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli and the Under-Secretary for […]

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Stability Law 2014: Pistelli welcomes additional resources for Development Cooperation

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lapo Pistelli, has welcomed the allocation of an additional 10 million euros for Development Cooperation in the Stability Law for 2014. “I wish to thank the proposer and the Parliament, which grasped the importance of this additional signal. With 10 million euros added to our cooperation budget, we have […]

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Juba: 63 European civilians (34 of them Italian) evacuated from South Sudan, expected arrival in Italy 13.00 today

63 European civilians, 34 of them Italian, were evacuated from South Sudan yesterday, 19 December 2013, and are scheduled to arrive in Italy today on an Italian Air Force KC 767 transport plane from Djibouti. The civilians were evacuated following the outbreak of fighting between loyalist forces and rebel units. Also on board the plane […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Rientro cittadini italiani dal Sudan (Aeroporto Ciampino Militare, 20 dicembre 2013)

Domani 20 dicembre 2013, un velivolo dell’Aeronautica Militare proveniente dal Sud Sudan atterrerà all’aeroporto romano di Ciampino militare, 31° Stormo. A bordo i cittadini italiani ed europei che sono stati evacuati dal Paese, a seguito di un’operazione coordinata da funzionari dell’Unità di Crisi della Farnesina, appositamente recatisi a Juba. Sarà ad accoglierli all’aeroporto il Vice […]

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Italy–Congo: Minister Bonino summons Ambassador Tshiseleka Felha

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino has summoned the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Albert Tshiseleka Felha, to the Farnesina to express the Italian Government’s concern over the fact that verbal agreements reached in November between the Congolese authorities and Minister Kyenge have not been respected and over a situation that remains “extremely worrying”. […]

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Intervento conclusivo del Ministro Emma Bonino alla X Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d’Italia

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signor Presidente della Repubblica, cari Ambasciatori, gentili ospiti, ringrazio, nuovamente, il Capo dello Stato per essere intervenuto a questa decima Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d’Italia nel mondo. La sua presenza e le sue parole ci confermano la stima e la fiducia che le istituzioni ripongono nella Farnesina. Una stima […]

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Ambassadors’ Conference: meeting with Special Envoy for the Marines case, De Mistura

The Ambassadors’ Conference at the Farnesina included the planned meeting with Staffan De Mistura, the Government’s Special Envoy for the question of the navy riflemen held in India. The Envoy provided the ambassadors with an up-date on the situation. De Mistura also asked the ambassadors to build on the efforts of the diplomatic-consular network both […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Romania: Ansaldo and ENEA set up consortium for 4th generation reactor

Ansaldo Nucleare, ENEA and Romania’s “ICN” Nuclear Research Institute have set up a consortium, known as Falcon, to produce a 4th generation reactor. The documents setting up the Falcon Fostering ALfred CONstruction Consortium have been signed in Bucharest in the presence of the Minister with delegated powers for Energy, Costantin Nita. “The creation of the […]

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Italy–Thailand – Synergy and collaboration for Palazzolo extradition

Collaboration and synergy between the Italian Foreign Affairs, Justice and Home Affairs ministries and the Thai authorities has led to the extradition to Italy of mafia boss Vito Roberto Palazzolo. Palazzolo has been on the international “Wanted” list since the early 1990s for mafia-related crimes, and had been sentenced to 9 years in prison. He […]

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Italian schools abroadThe “Olympiad in Italian” is back – registration by 31 January

The “Olympiad in Italian” is back. After the success of the last edition, which attracted numerous Italian schools and students abroad, the initiative returns with an online competition for secondary school pupils to test their Italian grammar, spelling and vocabulary. The deadline for registration – through the dedicated website www.olimpiadi-italiano.it – is 31 January 2014. […]

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