Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 14 November: Latest World News compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor – Australia: Government of Victoria reconsiders shale gas

Australia: Government of Victoria reconsiders shale gas The government of the State of Victoria is getting ready to examine an ad hoc technical report that proposes to issue new exploration licenses and to either eliminate or limit a moratorium on “fracking” dating to late 2012. While he awaits the report’s complete examination, Minister for Energy […]

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Pistelli: «Siria, l`Italia vuole essere a Ginevra 2» (l’Unità)

I nuovi equilibri mediorientali passano per Ginevra. Dal dossier sul nucleare iraniano a quello della guerra in Siria, passando per l`annoso conflitto-israelo palestinese. l`Unità ne parla con Lapo Pistelli, viceministro degli Esteri con delega sull`Iran. Partiamo dal dossier più caldo: quello iraniano. C`è chi ha parlato di fallimento del primo round del negoziato. Qual è […]

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Lithuania – Mission handover ceremony

The foreign ministry held a ceremony for the symbolic handover to representatives of the Lithuanian government of a floor in Palazzo Blumensthil to be used as the diplomatic mission of Vilnius in Italy, in accordance with an Italo-Lithuanian agreement signed in February 2013 that went into effect in September of this year, and which grants […]

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Dubai – Italian artisanship and luxury on display

The third edition of Italian Luxury Interiors, which opened in Dubai on 11 November, will come to a close on Thursday the 14th. The 34 Italian firms participating exhibited a vast selection of high quality home furnishings, all exclusively Made in Italy. Read more, in Italian.

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Morocco – Rabat remembers Fellini

The third edition of CineItalia in Rabat featured a film series dedicated to Federico Fellini on the 20th anniversary of his death. Read more, in Italian.

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Bonino, inviata missione Unita’ di crisi Farnesina (in translation)

Per contrastare i devastanti effetti del tifone Haiyan “l’Italia c’è, si è mossa in tempo” e ha già stanziato circa un milione di euro in aiuti. E’ quanto ha assicurato il Vice Ministro Lapo Pistelli al termine di una riunione sull’emergenza Filippine svoltasi questa mattina presso la Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo della […]

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Baku – Italo-Azerbaigian forum on oil, gas and infrastructure

The Italo-Azerbaigian economic forum, organised by the Embassy of Italy, the ICE, Confindustria, ANCE and Federprojetti, took place in Baku. Participants included 133 Italian representatives of 75 oil, gas, infrastructure and construction firms. Read more, in Italian.

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Philippines – Italy sends typhoon aid to Red Cross

With the intention of providing humanitarian assistance to 100,000 families (500,000 persons) for 18 months, Italy made a new multilateral contribution of €350,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies following the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, which falls within its broader plan of one million euro in overall aid. Read […]

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Expo 2015 – Bonino cites EXPO on women’s leadership

“The role of women in EXPO 2015 will not be a marginalo ne. Our ambition is that this is the first Expo on women’s leadership”, saud Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino in the margins of the “Women in Diplomacy” event held yesterday evening at Villa Madama. Expo 2015: like the 1960 Rome Olympics , […]

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Meeting in Djibouti on piracy – Italy cites case of marines

The 16th session of the Contact Group on Piracy along the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) was held this week in the East African State of Djibouti. 43 delegations from the 62 CGPCS member countries A total of 43 delegations represented the 62 CGPCS member countries (which include Italy, the U.S., Russia, China, the UK, France, […]

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Ghana: Bonino-Tetteh Meeting

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with foreign minister of the Republic of Ghana Hanna Tetteh in the margins of the International Board of Women in Diplomacy Committee. Their meeting, which followed upon one they had held in September in New York during the 68th UNGA, centred on political, security and […]

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UN – Expo 2015 collaboration accord tomorrow

The event at Villa Madama –“Women and nutrition: ideas for a sustainable future” – is a prelude to the first conference organised within the context of Women for Expo. Speakers at the conference to take place on 14 November at FAO will include Emma Bonino and UN S-G Special Representative for Food Security and Nutrition […]

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