UN – Minister Bonino in New York for 68th UNGA

Minister Bonino is in New York with Prime Minister Letta for the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. They have numerous engagements in their agendas, including the opening of the debate in the General Assembly, a meeting with the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, a meeting with the President of the General Assembly, John W. […]

Read more

Usa – September is “Italian Culture Month” in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has proclaimed September “Italian Culture Month”. At the ceremony toopen two wind farms built by Enel Green Power at Rocky Ridge and Chisholm View, the Secretary of State for Oklahoma, Larry V. Parman, delivered Governor Mary Fallin’s “Proclamation”. The document was received by the Italian Consul General in Houston, Fabrizio Nava, whose jurisdiction also […]

Read more

Buenos Aires – Discussing Italian law and culture

Italian law and culture are the focus of a series of lectures being held in Buenos Aires. The lectures are being organised by CPACF, the public law college, in collaboration with L’Italiano magazine and with the support of the Italian Embassy, our Consulate General in Buenos Aires and the principal Italian institutions in Argentina. Topics […]

Read more

Bonino: “A whole new Italy” (Milano Finanza)

Destinazione Italia, the 50-step plan drawn up by the government to encourage international investors to invest in our country must, in Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s view, lead to a reduction in unemployment. “An example of our readiness to attract foreign investors will be to open a priority channel in granting visas to people planning to […]

Read more

Italy firmly condemns the violence in Iraq

Italy firmly condemns the atrocious wave of violence in Iraq, which is creating many innocent victims, and extends its solidarity to the Iraqi people. Our country also expresses its concern over the sectarian violence against religious and ethnic minorities, violence that has again been seen recently. Italy supports the efforts of the Iraqi authorities and […]

Read more

Farnesina taking action for Italian citizen on Arctic Sunrise

Acting on Minister Bonino’s instructions, the Italian Embassy in Moscow has taken immediate action to help the Italian citizen, Cristian D’Alessandro, who is on board the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise. The ship is at present being escorted by Russian ships and is sailing towards the port of Murmansk, where it is due to arrive […]

Read more

Under-Secretary Mario Giro meets the Presidents of Burkina Faso and Guinea Conakry

Under-Secretary Mario Giro meets the Presidents of Burkina Faso and Guinea Conakry “Priority countries for Italy and for the stability of Sahel and North Africa. Interested in establishing closer relations with Italian businesses”. In the margins of the presidential ceremony in Mali, Under-Secretary Mario Giro met the President of the Republic of Niger. The President […]

Read more

Syria, MFA-DPC agreement to set up a hospital at refugee camp Azrak

Within the context of humanitarian efforts to alleviate the suffering of civilians fleeing the conflict in Syria, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Civil Defence (DPC) signed an agreement today at the foreign ministry in Rome on setting up a prefabricated hospital at the Azrak refugee camp in Jordan. The 1500 sqm […]

Read more

Bangkok – Discussing sustainable development in emerging countries

A workshop on information transfer and sustainable development technologies in emerging countries, organised by the University of Trent in collaboration with the Chulalongkorn, Bangkok and Burapha and Bangsaen Universities, will take place on 24 September in Bangkok. Read more, in Italian.

Read more

Usa – “Young leaders” meet in Austin

The capital of Texas, Austin, will host the 2013 Young Leaders Conference (YLC) from 17-19 October, the central theme of which will be “Roots and borders: how personal and collective identities interact with politics and economics in a changing world”. Participants in the encounter are from 12 difference countries and their aim is to create […]

Read more

Albania – Italy to participate in human rights film festival in Tirana

Italy will have four entries in the 8th edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival to be held in Tirana, Albania from 23 to 29 September. Read more, in Italian

Read more

Iran: Bonino, release of political prisoners a good sign

“The release of several political prisoners in Iran, who included Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the 2012 Sakharov Prize, is an encouraging sign”, commented Minister Emma Bonino when informed of the news from Teheran of the liberation of a group of well known political reformists, journalists and human rights activists condemned in 2009 for crimes of […]

Read more