Speech by Minister Bonino at the conference ”Afghanistan 2014 year of change: status and prospects of Afghan women”(italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Vorrei innanzitutto ringraziare la Camera dei Deputati per aver voluto ospitare questo Seminario, promosso da ActionAid e sostenuto dalla Cooperazione italiana, al fine di discutere della condizione femminile in Afghanistan, il cui miglioramento costituisce uno degli obiettivi fondamentali dell’azione di ricostruzione che le istituzioni afghane, la Comunità internazionale […]

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Riga – The jazz of Rita Marcotulli

The city of Riga fell under the spell of the jazz of Rita Marcotulli, Italian pianist and composer who offered an unusual and variegated concert in the Latvian capital to an audience of over 300. Those attending included the Italian ambassador and other diplomats, the representative of the European Commission, the deans of the academy […]

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Vienna – Italian delicacies aid to diplomacy

The Italian embassy in Austria hosted a recent promotional event for food and wine products, which was organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Pavia and the Agenzia Sviluppo Pavia, with the collaboration of the Vienna ICE office. Read more, in Italian.

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Bruxelles – Beccalli Falco wins 2013 Italia-Europa Prize

Ferdinando “Nani” Beccalli Falco was the winner of the 2013 Italia-Europa Prize for his commitment to the competitiveness of Italian and European industry. The award ceremony was held at the residence of the Italian ambassador to Brussels, Alfredo Bastianelli. Read more, in Italian.

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Italo-Turkish summit: Dassu’ in Istanbul

Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù will meet in Istanbul today with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Egemen Bağis. The meeting will offer an opportunity to prepare the 3rd Italo-Turkish intergovernmental summit to be held in Istanbul on 17 January. Their talks will touch on principal European concerns, such as the enlargement process and EU-Turkish relations within […]

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Rome – Constantine and the Edict of Tolerance at the Markets of Trajan

A man who 1700 years ago had already understood the value of tolerance: that was how Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino described Constantine, Emperor of the Western World, during the opening of the exhibition “’Konstantin. The Edict of Constantine 1700 years later. Works by Veliko Mihajlovic’ at the Markets of Trajan in Rome. Bonino, […]

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Aldo Moro from an international perspective, book launched at MFA

From 1963 to 1976, Aldo Moro figured prominently in Italian foreign policy and also in some pivotal moments in international politics. Nevertheless, only in recent times has his role in this latter sphere become the object of deep historical study; a study, moreover, that dismisses the prejudiced and stereotypical or simplistic portrayals of this statesman […]

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Afghanistan: future lies in strengthening women’s role, says Bonino

The future of Afghanistan lies in “strengthening women’s role in the society”, Minister Emma Bonino underscored in a speech at the conference “Afghanistan 2014, a year of change: status and prospects for Afghan women”, sponsored by Actionaid, an international NGO working to combat poverty and social exclusion. Major advances but must remains to be done […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Cile: mercato del lusso in crescita (in translation)

Il settore del lusso sta registrando, in Cile, tassi di crescita vicini al 10% l’anno e un volume d’affari, nel 2012, pari a 472 milioni di dollari USA. Il Cile quindi si sta posizionando dietro al Brasile come mercato del lusso in America Latina. L’assenza di dazi all’importazione (che attira acquirenti dai Paesi vicini), in […]

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Italy Vice President of Human Rights Council – Significant recognition of our country in that Geneva forum

The Western Group has named Italy as Vice President of the Human Rights Council for 2014, a significant recognition of our country’s credibility and prominence in that Geneva forum. The task of representing the WEOG in the Council Bureau, with will be ratified during its next session on 16 December, will coincide partly with the […]

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Brazil – Italian firms look to the State of Bahia

Developing partnerships with local Brazilian firms was the goal of a recent economic/trade mission by ten Italian firms to Salvador de Bahia, which was organised by the Italian embassy in Brasilia and included a Brazil-Italy economic forum centred on nautical, energy and infrastructure sectors. Read more, in Italian

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Vietnam – Fashion and Wine, Showcase for Italy

Vietnam provided the setting for a showcase of Italian excellence in the fields of fashion and wine -making. More than 100 “B2B” meetings took place in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Delegations also enjoyed an exhibition on the fashion and stars of the “Hollywood years along the Tiber” that featured costumes and photographs from […]

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