Interviews
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6 December 2013
3rd Integrity Day – Bonino, prepared for tranparency
Solid commitment to transparency, legibility of data and monitoring of those sectors most at risk of corruption. In the course of its 3rd Integrity Day, the foreign ministry outlined the path that the efforts of Italian foreign diplomats and officials would take, and announced the modernisation of its counter-corruption operations. The event was hosted at […]
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Accreditation Notices
6 December 2013
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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6 December 2013
Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – United Kingdom: Bank of Italy presents Financial Stability Report at the City
United Kingdom: Bank of Italy presents Financial Stability Report at the City The Bank of Italy delegation in London, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, organised a presentation of the Financial Stability Report(FSR) at the City to an audience of more than 100 asset managers, sovereign fund executives, financial analysts, hedge funds, chief economists […]
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6 December 2013
Cybit 2013: MFA IT staff participate in attack simulation
The IT technicians of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took part in the second nationalwide IT security drill on 5 December, in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office and with theMinistry of Economic Development. The purpose of this nationwide drill, known as “Cybit 2013″, was to assess the efficacy of information exchanges between national public […]
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Press Releases
6 December 2013
Mandela: a continuing inspiration for all peoples, says Giro
“Madiba managed to found a nation by seeking that which unites, and he guided it discreetly through the example and inspiration of his words along the road to a democracy that offered hope. With his life Mandela accomplished a great dream of humanity, for his people and for the entire world. His experience, his humanity, […]
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6 December 2013
Mandela: his lesson of great intellectual honesty is useful to everyone, says Bonino
“What I wish to recall about him is his great intellectual honesty. He gave due credit to De Klerk for overcoming apartheid, laying the foundations, as he acknowledged his adversary, for what went on to become the approach of his entire presidency: reconciliation. This remains a very useful lesson even nowadays, and in many countries”. […]
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Speeches
6 December 2013
Partecipazione del Ministro Bonino alla III Giornata dell’Integrità
(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) L’integrità è un tema da difendere e tutelare per qualsiasi ramo della Pubblica amministrazione, in qualsiasi paese. Ma in Italia abbiamo un problema supplementare dovuto ad antichi retaggi e da una frammentazione a livello istituzionale che spesso provocasovrapposizioni dove, alla fine, è difficile capire chi fa cosa. Questo, […]
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6 December 2013
Brussels – Tribute to Pasolini with art and poetry
The exhibition “PPP. Una polemica inversa. Omaggio a Pier Paolo Pasolini” opens tomorrow at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, in celebration of the memory of one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th century. The exhibition explores the great writer and director’s art and poetry. Read more, in Italian
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6 December 2013
Senegal – Growing demand for Italian
The events of the recently concluded 13th Italian Language Week in Senegal, organised by the Italian embassy in Dakar, concerned Italian language instruction in that country, with screenings of Italian films, an exhibition of Italian artists who live and work in Senegal and a concert by one of the best known Senegalese singer-songwriters Souleymane Faye, […]
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6 December 2013
Albania – Premier Rama meets Italian business community
Support for Italian investments in Albania was the theme of a meeting between Albanian Premier Edi Rama, accompanied by our ambassador Massimo Gaiani, with the Italian business community in that country. Read more, in Italian
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5 December 2013
Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – EU: Letta meets Van Rompuy, discussion focuses on growth
EU: Letta meets Van Rompuy, discussion focuses on growth Prime Minister Enrico Letta met the President of the European Council, Van Rompuy, yesterday, 4 December 2013, at the Cabinet Office in Palazzo Chigi. The Prime Minister explained to Van Rompuy “how hard Italy is working to achieve a legislature for growth, a legislature that will […]
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