DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 15 ottobre: ultime news dal mondo – Mediterraneo: Promos crea centro per micro, piccole e medie imprese (in translation)

Mediterraneo: Promos crea centro per micro, piccole e medie imprese Il 29 ottobre presso la Camera di Commercio di Milano si terrà la conferenza di presentazione del Centro Euro-Med per le micro, piccole e medie imprese con la partecipazione del Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino. Si tratta di un network “transnazionale”, di carattere pubblico-privato, per […]

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Italy-Serbia – III Intergovernmental summit: renewed support for EU entry

Italy’s renewed support for Serbia’s entry into the EU and new agreements in the context of a strategic bilateral relationship. These were the results of the third Italo-Serbian intergovernmental summit held in Ancona, where a large delegation of Ministers participated – including Minister Emma Bonino – along with Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Serbia to become […]

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Recall: Speech by Minister Bonino at the MTCR Plenary Session (Farnesina, 16 October 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will open the plenary session of the Missile Technology Control Regime Meeting (MTCR), on Wednesday 16 October 2013 at 15:00 at the foreign ministry in Rome, on the 25th anniversary of the first plenary session of the Regime, also held in Rome, in 1988. As of October Italy will […]

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Turkey – Italian artists conquer Istanbul

All eyes are on Italian artist Margherita Moscardini whose installation “Istanbul City Hills. On the Natural History of Dispersion and States of Aggregation” for the XIII Bicentennial of Contemporary Art in Istanbul -received the acclaim of the Turkish critics. The piece has been chosen to become part of the permanent collection of Rome’s MAXXI museum […]

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Uruguay – Italy stands out at book fair

Italy was a protagonist at the Book Fair of Montevideo, Uruguay’s main publishing event. An ad hoc stand run by the Italian Cultural Institute promoted the Italian publishing sector, the Institute’s activities and the Italian language. Read more, in Italian

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Kampala – Italian pavilion a success at int’l fair

The Italian Pavilion for the International Fair of Kampala, fruit of collaboration between the ICE and the Business Club Italia in Uganda (BCI-U), was a resounding success with its 110-square metres strategically placed to showcase Italian exhibitors and enchant visitors. Read more, in Italian

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World Food Day (Rome, 16 October 2013) – Accreditation

On Wednesday 16 October 2013 an international conference on “Global food losses and waste: from reduction to prevention for a sustainable agro-food system” will take place at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The conference, a World Food Day initiative, will begin at 14.00. The conference, organised by the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation, […]

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Pistelli: «Sul diritto d’asilo confido che la Ue sia con noi. La Bossi-Fini? É figlia di vecchie paure, va cambiata» (Avvenire)

Sono fiducioso che il Consiglio europeo del 24 e 25 ottobre porrà le prime basi per cambiare l’approccio comunitario sulle politiche migratorie…». Il vice ministro degli Esteri, Lapo Pistelli, è nel suo ufficio alla Farnesina. Il vertice del governo sulla missione “Mare nostrum” si è da poco concluso: «Abbiamo un dovere d’intervento, che ci deriva […]

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Bonino: «La guerra ai missili riparte da Roma» (QN, Il Giorno, il Resto del Carlino, La Nazione)

The capacity for production, stockpiling and risk of the use of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and bacteriological) have been principal factors in the major international crises of recent years: Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya and now Syria. In reality, these deadly tools are “inert” when in the absence of vectors capable of transporting […]

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Italian Language Week – From 14 to 20 October diplomatic missions host 1200 events

The 2013 edition of Italian Language week will take place from 14 to 20 October in 94 countries around the world. The annual initiative aimed at the promotion of our language and culture, is organised by the cultural and diplomatic networks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the High Patronage of the President of […]

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IOM – Bonino-Swing meeting

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with Ambassador William L. Swing, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Their discussions consisted of an exchange of information on matters regarding the management of international migration flows, in light of recent dynamics and of the tragedy at Lampedusa. The head of […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – China: Alta SpA enters satellite propulsion market

During the International Astronautical Congress 2013 in Beijing a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Alta SpA, China HEAD Aerospace and the Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP) of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Alta is a Tuscan SME that was recently bought by the Angelo Investments Group, which concerns itself with diagnostics and […]

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