Philippines typhoon – a million euro in aid from Italy

Italy has pledged one million euro in aid to the Philippines for the typhoon Haiyan emergency, which has left at least 10,000 dead. The announcement came from Deputy Minister with the remit for international cooperation Lapo Pistelli, who explained that “in the coming hours one million euro in emergency supplies for transport, food, medicines and […]

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Intervento del Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù alla XXII Convention Mondiale delle Camere di Commercio Italiane all’Estero (italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Un caloroso saluto, da parte del governo e di Emma Bonino in particolare, al Presidente Simonelli Santi e ai rappresentanti delle nostre Camere di Commercio venuti da tutto il mondo. Non c’è bisogno di ripetere qui quanto essenziale sia il ruolo svolto dal sistema camerale nella promozione del […]

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11 – 12 November, Under-Secretary Giro in Venezuela

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro began an official visit to Venezuela shortly after the visit to Italy by President of the Republic Nicolás Maduro and Italian foreign minister Emma Bonino’s very cordial meeting in Rome with her Venezuelan counterpart Elías Jaua.The under-secretary is scheduled to meet with: Foreign Minister Elìas Jaua, Deputy Foreign Minister […]

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Tirana – Book traces history of Albanian Theatre

A book by Dedin Suli, entitled “Artiste te shquar te interpretimit koreografik shqipta” tracing the history of more than half a century of Albanian theatre, from 1950 to 2012, was launched in Tirana on Friday. Read more, in Italian.

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Canberra -The ‘Mappa del mondo’ of Fra Mauro on display

The precious mid-15th century “Mappa del Mondo” by Fra Mauro, left Venice’s Biblioteca Marciana for the exhibition “Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Autralian” in Canberra, where it will remain on display at the National Library of Australia through 10 March 2014, its first ever exhibition abroad. Read more, in Italian.

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Lima – Prizes for Italian tales and poetry

The award ceremony for the first “Jorge Puccinelli” literary competition for short stories and poetry written in Italian by the local students of the “Antonio Raimondi” school, was held at Lima’s Pirandello Theatre. The project is part of efforts to encourage young people toward cooperation and bilingualism. Read more, in Italian

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Dassù: «Attenti a non tagliare la difesa europea» (La Stampa)

Caro direttore, adesso che abbiamo finito i soldi dobbiamo farci venire delle idee. Non ricordo se la frase – attribuita a Churchill – fosse esattamente così. Ma mi è tornata in mente ieri, discutendo a Torino di difesa europea, idea sempre vagheggiata e mai realizzata. Oggi, l’impulso alla Difesa europea deriva infatti dalla convinzione che […]

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Bonino: «For me it was…» (La Stampa)

I was young, 15 years old, when those shots shook the world, so the ideas I formed came later, and yet the image of John and Jacqueline remains etched in my memory. He was a complex hero. An icon of progress in civil rights, his legacy prospers in the conquest of freedom and the loosening […]

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L’Italia ammessa come Osservatore nell’Alleanza del Pacifico

The government of the Republic of Colombia, duty president of the Pacific Alliance, announced that Italy’s request for Observer status had been accepted. Our country’s candidacy was submitted by Minister Bonino to her Colombian colleague María Ángela Holguín and strongly supported by Under-Secretary Giro on his latest mission to Mexico and Per. The Pacific Alliance […]

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A “mini-UN” at the Farnesina: the foreign ministry hosts the Rome Model United Nations

The International Conference Room of the foreign ministry in Rome was transformed today into a replica of the UN General Assembly for the 100 students from 17 countries participating in ROMUN, the Model United Nations organised by that organisation’s student movement. The foreign ministry’s Secretary-General, Michele Valensise, hosted the event and spoke at its closing […]

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Bonino addressesCNA Next – Europe doesn’t mean a loss of sovereignty

Ensuring that Italy follows the path of growth, capitalising on our products and attracting inward investment: all of this is possible. But we need to take action, and look to the European dimension too. This was the message underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her address to the 4th Collective Intelligence Festival (CNA NeXT) […]

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Unesco: Giro a 37sima Conferenza Generale “Italia resta tra i maggiori sostenitori”

In his address today to the 37th UNESCO General Conference in Paris, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro reiterated the central role of culture as an instrument of peace and economic growth in crisis response situations. “I’d like to congratulate you on the reform effort undertaken by the Director General”, commented the Secretary […]

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