ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: “Building a Woman Partnership for Food Security (Foreign Ministry, Rome, 11 December 2013)

On Wednesday 11 October 2013, during the 6th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference, a workshop will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome entitled “Building a Woman Partnership for Food Security”, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) and EXPO 2015. The workshop sessions, divided into panels […]

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Buenos Aires – Italian consulate celebrates Pope Frances

On 8 December, the Italian Consulate General of Buenos Aires celebrated “Christmas with Pope Francis”,with a concert at the Teatro Coliseo dedicated to the Holy Father and the screening of a video featuring interviews with people who had contact with Bergoglio during his years in Buenos Aires. Read more, in Italian.

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Malaysia and Singapore – Italian business mission

A large Italian delegation travelled to Southeast Asia to participate in the business mission that runs from today through 12 December in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda and was organised by the Agenzia ICE and Confindustria under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Prague – MittelCinemaFest adds to the circuit

The Central European Italian film festival MittelCinemaFest has expanded its circuit this year with screenings in Prague, in addition to Budapest and Krakow. Read more, in Italian

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IIHL – Course on legal protection in natural disasters

Courses on legal protection in natural disasters and International humanitarian law were the final two offered by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of San Remo. Read more, in Italian.

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Afghanistan: visit to Italy by Minister for Culture Rahin

Afghan Minister for Culture Sayed Makhdum Rahin is on a mission to Italy, and met at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli and the Directors General for Development Cooperation and Country Promotion. Rahin will remain in the capital for other institutional meetings that will include one with Italian Minister for […]

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Human Rights: Minister Bonino participates in first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee (CIDU)

Minister Emma Bonino opened the first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights today at the foreign ministry in Rome. The committee was reformed in September after having been eliminated by the 2012 spending review. In the words of the head of Italian diplomacy, the CIDU “will make it possible to continue with […]

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Rielezione del Prof. Gianni Buquicchio a Presidente della Commissione di Venezia

At the end of the 4th session of 2013, Prof. Gianni Buquicchio was re-elected as President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (called the Venice Commission, for the city where it meets). The Venice Commission is an advisory body of the Council of Europe, and is made up of experts on constitutional and […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Netherlands: Italy in the forefront at METS 2013

A total of 209 Italian firms participated in the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) held annually in Amsterdam, one of the most important of its type in the world; the trade shows of Genoa, Dusseldorf and Miami are more important for ship building. The 2013 edition welcomed 20,000 visitors and 1,300 displayers from 38 countries […]

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Bahrein: Pistelli at the Dialogue Forum

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli represented Italy at the 9th edition of the Manama Dialogue, a major forum for discussion for policy-makers, business persons, military leaders and members of regional and global think-tanks on issues concerning the Persian Gulf. “These forums for encounter on themes that touch directly on the security of us all make […]

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Myanmar: Dassu’- Aung San Suu Kyi meet

Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù met today in Yangon with leader of the Burmese opposition Aung San Suu Kyi, with whom she discussed the democratic transition under way in Burma, which Italy continues to support. Marta Dassù also passed on Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s invitation to participate on the International Board for Women […]

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Bonino meets with the foreign press – Ukraine must avoid civil war. Last chance in Middle East

In Ukraine “the absolute priority is to avoid civil war and calm a situation that could become explosive”, asserted Minister Emma Bonino in a meeting with the foreign press, specifying that a representative of the European Union would be in Kiev in the coming days. “Europe will try for new negotiations”, she explained, expressing the […]

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