6th Italy-Latin America Conference – Together toward the future

Growth, development and sustainability policies and cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises, will be the three macro-headings under which the 6th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference sessions will develop. This biennial event, to take place on Thursday and Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, will unite a large number of Central […]

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Intervento del Ministro Bonino alla Conferenza Trust Women

(Please check against actual speech delivered) I am extremely glad to take part in the 2013 edition of the Trust Women Conference, an initiative that I have supported since its beginning, also as a member of its Advisory Board. When I participated last year I never would have expected to come to talk to you […]

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Discorso del Ministro Bonino alla III Giornata dell’Integrità (italian only)

(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 provoca sovrapposizioni dove, alla fine, è difficile capire chi fa cosa. […]

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Diplomazia e dintorni

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is often mentioned but not much is known about how it is structured and how it works, and the place where foreign policy is implemented continues to be wrapped in “mystery” owing to this scarcity of knowledge. The Ministry’s structure and the mechanisms that regulate it The 10th instalment of […]

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Giro: La partita si gioca sempre nella «famiglia peronista» (Avvenire)

Oggi, 10 dicembre 2013, si celebra il trentesimo anniversario del ritorno alla democrazia in Argentina, con l’elezione di Balli Alfonsín. Una ricorrenza che cade in un momento che segna l’inizio del passaggio di testimone tra generazioni nelle file del peronismo. Alle elezioni parlamentari del 27 ottobre scorso il “Fronte per la vittoria” della presidente Cristina […]

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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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Buenos Aires – Italian consulate celebrates Pope Frances

On 8 December, the Italian Consulate General of Buenos Aires celebrated “Christmas with Pope Francis”,with a concert at the Teatro Coliseo dedicated to the Holy Father and the screening of a video featuring interviews with people who had contact with Bergoglio during his years in Buenos Aires. Read more, in Italian.

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Malaysia and Singapore – Italian business mission

A large Italian delegation travelled to Southeast Asia to participate in the business mission that runs from today through 12 December in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda and was organised by the Agenzia ICE and Confindustria under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Prague – MittelCinemaFest adds to the circuit

The Central European Italian film festival MittelCinemaFest has expanded its circuit this year with screenings in Prague, in addition to Budapest and Krakow. Read more, in Italian

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IIHL – Course on legal protection in natural disasters

Courses on legal protection in natural disasters and International humanitarian law were the final two offered by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of San Remo. Read more, in Italian.

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Afghanistan: visit to Italy by Minister for Culture Rahin

Afghan Minister for Culture Sayed Makhdum Rahin is on a mission to Italy, and met at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli and the Directors General for Development Cooperation and Country Promotion. Rahin will remain in the capital for other institutional meetings that will include one with Italian Minister for […]

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Human Rights: Minister Bonino participates in first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee (CIDU)

Minister Emma Bonino opened the first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights today at the foreign ministry in Rome. The committee was reformed in September after having been eliminated by the 2012 spending review. In the words of the head of Italian diplomacy, the CIDU “will make it possible to continue with […]

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