Hong Kong tours and workshops to discover Botticelli

Conferences, workshops and guided tours were the various offerings of the Italian Consulate, which joined forced with the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong for the opening of the exhibition of Sandro Boticelli’s “Venus”. Read more, in Italian. Lezioni, visite guidate e workshop Il programma e’ stato ideato in collaborazione con la University Museum and […]

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Bonino: «An opportunity for the entire Middle East. We must proceed with prudence» (Corriere della Sera)

«We are looking at a preliminary, 6-month accord that calls for constant monitoring, which sounds like a prudent accord to me. After such a long freeze, it is surely an important step, a partial but significant outcome. If we all continue to work in the same direction, it may also be possible to facilitate other […]

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The Kiev case needs to be confronted with both Russians and Ukrainians

The European Union and Russia have to understand that they are “doomed” to cooperate. Italy is prepared to do its part, bolstered by its historic ties with Moscow, and has therefore flung wide its doors to a meeting in Trieste centred on dialogue and cooperation, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino explained. EU-Russia: what […]

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Iran: Bonino’s satisfaction with the Geneva accord. Important step in Mideast peace

“I am very pleased that the Geneva negotiations have led to a 5+1 Group accord with the Iranian authorities. This is a first essential step toward rebuilding that climate of trust that is indispensable to reassuring the international community about Iran’s nuclear programme”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented upon hearing the news from […]

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Italy-Russia – Media Forum at the Foreign Ministry

An opportunity for high level dialogue and encounter on major current international concerns, whose participants will include some of the main Italian and Russian actors from the world of communication, the Italo-Russian Media Forum in Rome on 25 November, falls within the framework of the intergovernmental summit to be held the following day in Trieste. […]

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Italy-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting

Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù hosted the first Italy-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting at deputy foreign minister level, an operational follow up to the 12 September trilateral of Heads of Government in Venice. Croatia was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Hrvoje Marušić and Slovenia by Secretary of State for European Affairs Hrvoje Marušić, accompanied by their respective delegations. […]

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Lithuania – Klaipeda celebrates the arrival of Caio Duilio

The Port of Klaipeda and the Lithuanian navy celebrated the arrival of the Italian destroyer the “Caio Duilio” which, thanks to its profile and high technology equipment, quickly became a magnet for the local press and citizenry, who were allowed to visit the ship on 25 November. Read more, in Italian. Caio Duilio a Klaipedafino […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Training: NIBI internationalisation courses starting in January 2014

Training: NIBI internationalisation courses starting in January 2014 The 5th Executive Master’s in Business Internationalisation organised by NIBI, Nuovo Istituto di Business Internazionale (Promos/Milan Chamber of Commerce) will start in January 2014. The Executive Master’s provides the necessary theoretical foundation as well as a practical approach to application. The programme envisages 300 teaching hours, divided […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Media Forum Italia – Russia (Farnesina, 25 novembre 2013)

On Monday 25 November 2013, at 09.30, the Italy–Russia Media Forum will take place at the Farnesina, in the International Conference Hall. Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, will be addressing the Forum. The Media Forum is organised in conjunction with the bilateral summit taking place on 26 November in […]

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‘Investments en route, Destination Italy’. Interview with Emma Bonino (Il Mondo)

“The message we want to convey is simple: Italy is a country with powers of attraction because it believes in its resources and wants to function better than before. But to do that, we need, first of all, to become a somewhat more normal country”. Emma Bonino is not the type to get discouraged. Although […]

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Ue: Leaving the euro means destroying Europe, says Bonino

The nationalist messages on the future of the EU are simple but false. And leaving the euro means destroying Europe. With these clear words Foreign Minister Emma Bonino underscored her pro-Europe message in her speech at the conference on “2014 – A decisive year for the European Federation” in Bologna today. While Minister Bonino did […]

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ONU/Bonino: “Risoluzione contro i matrimoni forzati e precoci, consenso internazionale anche successo dell’Italia”.

“The position adopted by the United Nations on working to achieve a ban, within the next 12 months, on early and forced marriages is excellent news. And all the more symbolic as it comes immediately in the wake of Universal Children’s Day”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comment on the approval by the UN […]

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