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    18 October 2013
    Russia – Italian embassy meets business community

    At a recent meeting organised by the diplomatic mission and the Russian industrialists association and Italo-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Italian ambassador to Moscow Cesare Maria Ragaglini met with the Italian business community in Russia to discuss upcoming institutional appointments (bilateral summit in Trieste on 26 November) initiatives to improve trade flows (green corridor and workers […]

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    18 October 2013
    3rd Italian Statistics Day

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a member of Sistan (the National statistics system) is one of the organisations celebrating the Third Italian Statistics Day (21 October) promoted and organsised by the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT). Statistical Yearbook 2013 – The MFA in numbers The English version of the Statistical Yearbook 2013 – The MFA […]

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    17 October 2013
    Bonino briefs Senate on missions – 23.6 million in aid for crisis areas

    In a government briefing of the Senate joint foreign and defence commissions on the status of missions under way and development cooperation and peace and stabilisation interventions, Minister Emma Bonino announced that 23.6 million euro had been earmarked for humanitarian missions on the basis of Enrico Letta’s announcement at the St. Petersburg G20; she added […]

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    Press Releases
    17 October 2013
    Caso D’Alessandro: Bonino, massima attenzione su vicenda

    “We continue to monitor the D’Alessandro case closely. After the rejection of a motion for his release on 15 October, on the same day an official request was made, by the group of all the countries of the persons arrested, for a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to have an updated […]

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    Press Releases
    17 October 2013
    Italy-Cuba: Giro in Havana for bilateral policy talks

    Under-Secretary Mario Giro held the first session of a series of bilateral Italo-Cuban policy talks yesterday with his Cuban counterpart Deputy Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz. Their discussions foregrounded economic collaboration, with Cuba’s expression of a desire to expand the Italian cooperative experience and illustration of investment opportunities on that Caribbean island, encouraged by incentives for […]

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    17 October 2013
    Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Slovacchia: margini in calo per settore agricoltura e salari in crescita (in translation)

    Slovacchia: margini in calo per settore agricoltura e salari in crescita Il Ministero dell’Agricoltura ha pubblicato un rapporto secondo il quale il settore agricolo slovacco avrebbe riportato una riduzione di profitti pari 49 milioni di euro nel 2012 (- 34% subas annua), con conseguente diminuzione di introiti per lo Stato per oltre 2 milioni di […]

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    Press Releases
    17 October 2013
    Italy – Romania: Mission by Deputy Minister Dassù

    Deputy Minister Marta Dassù begins a mission to Romania today, 17 October, where she plans to hold meetings with President of the Senate Crin Antonescu, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean, Secretary of State for European Affairs George Ciamba and Secretary of State for the Economy Adrian Ciocanea. Within the framework of the […]

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    Speeches
    17 October 2013
    Intervento del Vice Ministro Dassù al Convegno: Connecting the Adriatic and Ionian Region – Challenges and Goals towards a successful EUSAIR Plan of Action (versione originale)

    (fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Dear State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Dear Representative of the European Commission, Dear President of the Marche Region, Dear Secretary General of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very glad to close the First session of today’s event on “Connecting […]

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    17 October 2013
    Germany – Italy a top and “rising” partner

    Italy came out the top partner country at Interlift, the lift industry’s most important trade fair. Hosted in this edition by Agusta Fair, Italy had the highest number of exhibitors (89), second only to Germany (159). Italy’s participation in the fair was organised by the trade association Anica Lift – which groups together firms accounting […]

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    17 October 2013
    USA – From Florence to Chicago, masterpieces by Artemisia

    The Uffizi Gallery of Florence is sending the celebrated “Judith beheading Holfernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi to the Art Institute of Chicago, where it will be included in an exhibition entitled “Violence and Virtue” organised in collaboration with the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture. Read more, in Italian

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    16 October 2013
    World Food Day – waste paradoxical, says Bonino

    Food waste is paradoxical in our times; over one third of the food produced is lost. If it were possible to recuperate what is lost or thrown away, it would be possible to feed a major portion of the world’s current population”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s message for World Food Day, […]

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    16 October 2013
    MTCR meets in Rome – Bonino warns against underestimating spread of weapons delivery missiles

    “A perfect opportunity for assessing the effectiveness” of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), was Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s comment on the plenary meeting that began yesterday at the foreign ministry in Rome. The 34-member multilateral meeting met for the first time in Rome in 1988 to address the increasing threat of missiles […]

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