Egyptian protesters convicted: Italy shares UN and EU stance on freedom of expression

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs noted the Egyptian courts’ conviction of three members of the opposition — Ahmed Maher, founder of the April 6th movement, and Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel — on charges associated with the protests. In reference to the Egyptian transition, Italy fully shares the stances taken by the United Nations and […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE RECALL: Minister Bonino to present Italy-Africa Initiative CHANGE OF ENTRY POINT (Farnesina, 30 December 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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Pistelli: «La nuova cooperazione priorità nell’agenda 2014» (l’Unità)

Le nuove frontiere della cooperazione, la presenza italiana a «Ginevra2» e il dialogo con l’Iran di Hassan Rohani. Sono i temi conduttori dell’intervista a l’Unità a Lapo Pistelli, vice ministro degli Esteri con delega alla Cooperazione e all’Iran. Come ci si sente ad aver strappato 10 milioni di euro aggiuntivi per la Cooperazione allo sviluppo […]

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Lapo Pistelli: «Ma quale carrozzone, l`Agenzia sarà un agile e veloce vascello corsaro» (Avvenire)

«Non ci sarà alcun carrozzone. È contrario alla mia cultura e alla mia filosofia. Chi lo sostiene non è ben informato».Il viceministro agli Esteri Lapo Pistelli (Pd) difende la sua riforma dalle critiche. «La legge è un testo aperto. Sono pronto – spiega – ad accettare tutti contributi positivi purché non siano inutilmente dilatori. Però […]

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Bonino: «Salvare gli aeroporti questa deve essere la priorità» (Il Mattino)

Ministro degli Affari esteri Emma Bonino, lei oggi è a Napoli per la giornata conclusiva del convegno dei Giovani industriali. Non sono mancate le accuse da parte di Confindustria nei confronti delle scelte di politica economica del Governo e il caso Alitalia non fa eccezione. Non solo: l`Europa ha dubbi sulla natura del salvataggio. Da […]

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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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