Syria: Bonino satisfied with UN Chemical Weapons Resolution

“I am very satisfied with the UN Security Council’s adoption on 27 September 2013 of a resolution on Syria calling for the complete destruction of Syrian chemical weapons. Now Damascus will have to assure the UN and OPCW inspectors immediate and unconditional access to the sites”, commented Minister Emma Bonino in the margins of a […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Libya: Italy top trade partner

Libya: Italy top trade partner The data published by the economic observer MiSE regarding the first quarter of 2013 once again placed Italy as first among Libya’s suppliers, with a market share of 13.8%. In the first half of the current year trade between the two countries also increased by approximately one percentage point and […]

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Presentazione del Rapporto ANCE 2013 (Farnesina, 1 ottobre 2013)

The ANCE Report for 2013 will be presented at 11.30 on Tuesday 1 October 2013 in the International Conference Hall at the Farnesina. This year’s report will focus on the presence of Italian construction firms worldwide. Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the National Association of Construction Businesses (ANCE), the event […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Riunione Forum italo-saudita (Villa Madama, 3 ottobre 2013)

For the celebration of 80 years of diplomatic relations between Rome and Riyadh, a meeting of the Italo-Saudi Forum has been arranged for Thursday 3 October, co-chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino and her Saudi colleague HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud. The forum events will include the official twinning of […]

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Giro: «Così le religioni possono cambiare il mondo» (Avvenire)

Mario Giro, oggi sottosegretario agli Esteri, è stato per molto tempo il responsabile degli affari internazionali della Comunità di Sant’Egidio. Porterà all’Incontro la sua esperienza di governo, in veste nuova. L’Incontro comincia a Roma mentre nel mondo c’è tanta violenza. La guerra è più forte della pace? Le religioni che si incontrano per dialogare e […]

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Principality of Monaco: Italian Culture Month

“Italian Language and Culture Month” is under way in the Principality of Monaco, an initiative now in its 3rd edition, promoted and curated by the Italian Embassy in Montecarlo, under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic and Albert II, Prince of Monaco. Read more, in Italian

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USA – Bursaries to 78 students of Italian

A total of 78 of the 1,980 students who sat the “Advanced Placement” (AP) exam will have a chance to improve their Italian in Italy, thanks to as many bursaries awarded in a ceremony held at the Italian Embassy in Washington. Read more, in Italian

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Longitude: Obama, “Sweating the deal”

An exhausted Barak Obama wipes his brow after a hard-fought agreement with Russia on Syria, is pictured on the cover of the new issue of Longitude, the geo-political magazine directed by Pialuisa Bianco. Other topics highlighted on the cover include the recent “de-globalization” being undertaken in America, Japan and its future and poaching in Africa. […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE RECALL: Press Conference – Foreign Minister Emma Bonino – Pres. Int’l. Red Cross Committees Peter Maurer (Farnesina, 30 September 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is scheduled to meet at 15:00 on 30 September at the foreign ministry in Rome with President of the International Red Cross Committees (IRCC) Peter Maurer to discuss the status of and prospects for cooperation. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference centred on humanitarian efforts […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE: Press Conference – Foreign Minister Emma Bonino – Pres. Int’l. Red Cross Committees Peter Maurer (Farnesina, 30 September 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is scheduled to meet at 15:00 on 30 September at the foreign ministry in Rome with President of the International Red Cross Committees (IRCC) Peter Maurer to discuss the status of and prospects for cooperation. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference centred on humanitarian efforts […]

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Syria: Bonino, Italy willing to work with inspectors

Italy is willing to take part in the work of the international inspectors for the dismantling of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s statement from the Italian mission to the UN on the draft UN resolution on Syrian chemical weapons approved yesterday by the five members of the […]

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Greenpeace activist D’Alessandro: Minister Bonino in constant contact with Embassy in Moscow

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is in constant contact with the Italian Embassy in Moscow and our Consulate General in St. Petersburg to find a solution to the situation of Cristian D’Alessandro – a Greenpeace activist currently held in Murmansk and accused of piracy. Acting on Minister Bonino’s instructions, the diplomatic-consular offices in Russia are providing […]

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