EUCanadaItalywelcomesagreementonCETAnegotiations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Commission and the Canadian Government on the content of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The political agreement crowns an intensive negotiating process that began at the Prague EU-Canada Summit in May 2009 and paves the way for the trade agreement […]

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EU: Foreign Affairs Council – focus on Syria, Egypt and Libya. Myanmar/Burma also on agenda. Bonino-Lwin talks in Rome.

The situation in Myanmar/STRONGurma, Syria, Egypt and Libya will be the key issues on the agenda of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council taking place today, 21 October 2013, in Luxembourg. Nobel Prize-winnerAung San Suu Kyi will be attending the Council, at which Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will express Italy’s political support for the implementation […]

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Italy-Norway – Italian photography exhibition in Tromso

Tromsø, a Norwegian city over 1500 km north of Oslo, is hosting an exhibition entitled “Italiensk Fotografi”, an overview of the photographic works of Gianni Berengo Gardin and Piergiorgio Brazzi. The show was organised with the support of the Forma Foundation in Milan and the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo. Read more, in Italian

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Principality of Monaco – Italian artists on display

Works by contemporary Italian artists are on display in Monaco as part of the Principality’s Month of Italian Culture and Language, in an exhibition opened by Princess Charlene. Genoa: Art, Sea and Innovation A workshop on “Genoa: Art, Sea and Innovation” also took place as part of the “Italian Month”, with representatives of Genoa’s institutional, […]

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Convegno “Myanmar, The New Asian Frontier”

On Wednesday 23 October 2013, at 09.30, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and the Foreign Minister of Myanmar (Burma), Wunna Maung Lwin, will open the conference on “Myanmar, The New Asian Frontier” at the Farnesina. The event is supported by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development and organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation […]

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International conference on Action to eliminate female genital mutilation – Auditorium Parco della Musica, 22 October 2013

On Tuesday 22 October 2013, at 09.00, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will open the international conference on “Action to achieve commitments in UNGA Resolution 67/146. Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations” at the Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome. The conference is organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in […]

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Italia-Myanmar: due settimane fitte di appuntamenti ad alto livello

Monday 21 October opens two weeks packed with high-level meetings that will underscore the dynamic relationship between Italy and Myanmar (Burma). The focus will be on investment opportunities for our companies in the Asian country. On Wednesday 23 October the Burmese Foreign Minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, will join Foreign Minister Emma Bonino to open the […]

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Missile Technology Control Regime – conclusions of Plenary meeting welcomed by Minister Bonino

The conclusions of the Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime were welcomed by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino. “At a critical time on the global stage, with situations such as North Korea’s missile programmes and the use of chemical weapons by Syria, we have succeeded in approving a final document agreed by all participants”, […]

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Nasce strategia Ue per macroregione alpina – Firmano 7 Paesi. Bonino: valorizzare le diversità in Europa (in translation)

Nasce la ‘Strategia dell’Ue per la regione alpina’. A Grenoble, alla presenza del Ministro Emma Bonino, è stata firmata la risoluzione politica con cui Italia, Austria, Francia, Germania, Liechtenstein, Slovenia e Svizzera ufficializzano l’impegno a introdurre nell’area alpina uno strumento di concreto impulso alla crescita e alla competitività. Una strategia importante quella che porterà alla […]

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Immigrazione:Bonino,grazie a Slovenia per collaborazione a ‘Mare Nostrum’

Il Ministro Bonino ha espresso il proprio ringraziamento al governo sloveno per la decisione di aderire con una propria nave all’operazione Mare Nostrum . “Apprezzo molto il gesto concreto di solidarietà che la Slovenia ha voluto fare. Rappresenta un segnale importante sulla strada del coinvolgimento più’ largo possibile di Paesi Europei, per far fronte ai […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: Melbourne planning major urban renewal

Premier of the State of Victoria Denis Napthine announced the new multi-year strategy for the urban development of Melbourne, known as “Plan Melbourne”. The broad-based plan proposes a redesigning of the city with structural interventions of various types. Its two-fold purpose is to make Melbourne more economically efficient and better connected with the outside, so […]

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Armenia – “The Italy of Knowledge” event in Jerevan

This week’s 13th edition of Italian Language Week in Jerevan, Armenia featured “Research, Discovery, Innovation: The Italy of Knowledge”, an event cited by Ambassador Bruno Scapini as one “focused on Italy’s contribution to centuries of scientific and educational knowledge in various fields of human activity”. Read more, in Italian.

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