Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 10 September: Latest news from around the world. Denmark: Government expects GDP growth of 1.5% in second half of year

Denmark: Government predicts GDP growth of 1.5% in second half of year. The new economic report published by the Danish government confirms the growth forecasts for 2014, as originally published in May 2013. GDP, which fell by 0.5% in 2012, should return to growth (of 0.2%) by the end of 2013, less than the 0.5% […]

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68a Sessione Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite (New York, settembre 2013)

Si segnala che sul sito delle Nazioni Unite, all’indirizzo http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA68.shtml, sono reperibili le informazioni relative agli accrediti stampa necessari per seguire, a New York, lo svolgimento della 68a Sessione dell’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite, la cui settimana ministeriale inizierà il 23 settembre. In particolare, si sottolinea che i giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori che non siano […]

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Syria’s Children: a generation at risk – UNICEF conference at the Farnesina. Minister Bonino’s address

The civilian victims of the armed conflict being waged in Syria for over two years number 100,000, at least 7,000 of them children, according to the most recent United Nations estimates. And over 4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million are children, are “displaced persons” forced to leave their homes but still in Syria. […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE – Reminder: 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, September 2013)

Reminder: Please note that the website of the United Nations. http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA68.shtml contains all the information you will need for press accreditation to follow the proceedings of the 68th session of the United National General Assembly in New York, whose ministerial week will begin on 23 September 2013. All media personnel not already accredited with the […]

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Meeting between Minister Bonino and the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), at the Farnesina today, 9 September 2013. Their discussion focused on EBRD investment in the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean: Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. The Minister and the EBRD President agreed on the need […]

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UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk

On Thursday 12 September the Farnesina will be hosting a conference marking the close of the UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk”. The event will start at 15.00 and end at around 16.30. The conference will be opened and moderated by the President of UNICEF Italy, Giacomo Guerrera. The other speakers include […]

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Meeting between Minister Bonino and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House, Mikhail Margelov

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House and President Putin’s Special Envoy for Africa, at the Farnesina today, 9 September 2013. The talks were an opportunity to exchange views on issues concerning southern Sahel and the terrorist threat menacing countries like Mali, Libya and […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 9 September: latest news from around the world. Serbia: Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce opens SIEPA investment desk

The Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) and the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce recently signed a collaboration agreement to set up a SIEPA investment desk in the Chamber of Commerce. Its aim is to help Italian companies interested in exploring the Serbian market and investment and trade opportunities. SIEPA’s director, Bozidar Laganin, took this […]

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ITALY-BOSNIA: Progress towards a bilateral economic collaboration agreement

“The imminent signing of the first Bilateral Economic Collaboration Agreement and helping Sarajevo advance in its European integration process are important steps in revitalising the economy and investment with Bosnia”. This was the comment of the new Italian Ambassador in Bosnia Herzegovina, Ruggero Corrias, at the end of his meeting with the country’s Minister for […]

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MEXICO: success for Italy at Gourmet Show 2013

The 7th Gourmet Show, a leading food and drink fair, has opened at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. For the 6th year running, the Italian Embassy’s commercial office has organised and coordinated the Italian stand, which has attracted growing numbers of delegates: 14 this year. As Francesco Canino, from the Embassy, pointed out […]

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ALBANIA: celebrating Verdi’s Requiem in Tirana and Shkodër

Italy and Albania join forces to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi with a performance, Albania’s first, of the Requiem composed in 1874 to commemorate Alessandro Manzoni, the famous Italian writer. The performance in Tirana, on Wednesday 11 September, will be repeated in Shkodër. The initiative was organised by Fiesole Music […]

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Syria: Quirico released – a cause for rejoicing, says Bonino

“The news that Domenico Quirico has been freed fills me with great joy and satisfaction. My thoughts go out first of all to his family, who at last can embrace Domenico after all these months, days and moments of anxiety”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino on hearing the good news of […]

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