Press conference with Ministers Bonino-Wang Yi and the Italo-Chinese Governmental Committee (Foreign Ministry, 30 October 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is scheduled to meet at the foreign ministry in Rome with the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of ChinaWang Yi at 9:30 on Wednesday 30 October 2013. The meeting with conclude with a joint press conference. At 11:00 Ministers Emma Bonino and Wang Yi are to speak at […]

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Italy-Brazil – Valensise: a great nation has signed up for Expo 2015

At the end of the 5th Italo-Brazilian Council today at the MFA, Secretary General Michele Valensise announced that Brazil had signed the contract for its participation in Expo 2015, ratifying its pledge of March last. Brazil to make a bid for Expo 2020 “A great nation for a great event”, Valensise asserted, expressing the hope […]

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Turkey – The Italian school of Istanbul celebrates 125th birthday

The Italian upper secondary school Istituti Medi Italiani (IMI), established in 1888 and one of the oldest Italian schools operating abroad, celebrated its 125th birthday on 23 October with an event organised by the Italian Embassy, Consulate General and Cultural Institute. Read more, in Italian.

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“L’asilo a Zara è un atto di civiltà” (Panorama)

“L’asilo a Zara è un atto di civiltà” (Panorama)

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Dassù in Warsaw to prepare Italo-Polish summit

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù met today in Warsaw with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Under-Secretary Henryka Moscicka-Dendys. Their discussions focused principally on preparations for the Italo-Polish bilateral summit to be held in Warsaw on 5 December, and on the imminent Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, which will be decisive for the […]

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Bonino in London – Women in politics, a difficult life the world over

Immigration, women and politics, Datagate – Minister Emma Bonino touched a lot of bases in an interview for the BBC within the context of “100 Women”, a day dedicated to discussion and encounter on present and future challenges in which 100 representatives from around the world took part, all distinguished for their character and commitment […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars

Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars In the first 8 months of 2013 the Turkish trade deficit grew by 18%, up to 67 billion USD as compared with 57 billion in the same period of 2012. Italian trade with Turkey was 37% of the total, placing Italy as Turkey’s 4th trade partner after Germany, […]

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New York – “Un caffe con” … Eco

“Un caffe con”, organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations featured special guest Umberto Eco who, speaking before a group of Italian and foreign UN correspondents, introduced Encyclomedia, a digital concept that uses history, literature, sciences, music, philosophy and art, to gather the main historical events in European civilization from ancient to […]

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San Marino – Fellini commemorated in film review

Twenty years on from the death of Federico Fellini, San Marino celebrated the memory of the great Italian film director with a screening of four of his masterpieces at the Titano theatre. Read more, in Italian

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Moscow – Presentation of the Grande Museo Duomo of Milano

On 28 October, Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary History will host the presentation of the November reopening to the public of the Grande Museo del Duomo di Milano and the remounting of the Veneranda Fabbrica archive. The event is being organised with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow. Read […]

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Modifica ingresso stampa Conferenza Bonino – Aung San Suu Ky

Lunedì 28 ottobre 2013 il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Emma Bonino incontrerà alla Farnesina la parlamentare birmana e Premio Nobel per la Pace Aung San Suu Kyi. Al termine dell’incontro è prevista una conferenza stampa congiunta. I giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori interessati a seguire la conferenza stampa sono pregati di accreditarsi online compilando il formulario […]

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Italy-Ukraine – Round-table on economic partnership

An Italo-Ukrainian round-table was held at the ICE headquarters on Friday during the visit to Italy by Leonid Kozhara, Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs with the remit for economic affairs. The event was organised by the Ukrainian Embassy in Italy and the Italian Ministries for Economic Development and Foreign Affairs, and centred on new prospects […]

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