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    3 September 2013
    GERMANY: Italian film festival touring 30 cities in 4 months

    Thirty cities in four months. These are the numbers summing up the “Cinema! Italia!” film festival that from 5 September to 18 December 2013 will be touring Germany with the best of Italian film production. The films will be shown in Italian with German sub-titles. Now in its 16th year, the festival enjoys the patronage […]

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    3 September 2013
    MONTEVIDEO: Fratta pays homage to Verdi

    Montevideo has hosted a concert by the Umberto Giordano Ensemble, led by Gianna Fratta. Entitled “Viva Verdi!”, the concert was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. The event was attended by the Italian Ambassador, Massimo Andrea Leggeri, and First Secretary […]

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    Press Releases
    2 September 2013
    Assistance for Italian nationals abroad

    Some media organisations are reporting news on two cases involving Italian nationals abroad which the Foreign Ministry has been dealing with in recent weeks. The Farnesina, including through the Italian Embassy in Cuba, is following developments in the case of Mr Simone Pini – currently serving a 25-year prison sentence handed down in that country […]

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    2 September 2013
    Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 2 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Pakistan: trade growing, in 9 months 557 million euros in commerce with Italy

    Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 2 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Pakistan: trade growing, in 9 months 557 million euros in commerce with Italy. Italy is Pakistan’s 3rd EU trading partner, after the United Kingdom and Germany. Bilateral trade over 9 months amounts to around 557 million euros, compared with about 1.2 […]

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    Press Releases
    2 September 2013
    Horn of Africa and international security. Minister Bonino meets the Prime Minister of Djibouti, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed

    Foreign Minister Emma Bonino received Djibouti’s Head of Government, Mohamed, at the Farnesina today, 2 September 2013. Talks focused on the situation in Somalia, the Horn of Africa and bilateral relations. Minister Bonino told the prime minister that she appreciated Djibouti’s traditional role of moderation in the region and exchanged views with him on the […]

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    2 September 2013
    LOS ANGELES: a month of events featuring Italy and science

    Italian “brains” take centre stage in Los Angeles throughout September for “Italian Science Month”. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF), in collaboration with the Italian Trade Promotion Agency. Its aim is to showcase Italy’s contribution in numerous international scientific and technological […]

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    Press Releases
    2 September 2013
    IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

    “A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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    Interviews
    2 September 2013
    Intervista del Ministro Bonino al quotidiano turco Aksam

    You lived for some time in Cairo and worked for several years in the Middle East; you know the region very well. And Italy is one of the countries that has criticised the coup d’état in Egypt most strongly. What do you think of the current situation and the outlook for the future? “I never […]

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    30 August 2013
    Ceremony for the signing of France’s participation contract for Expo Milan 2015

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will participate in the ceremony for the signing of France’s participation contract for EXPO Milan 2015 at Rome’s Palazzo Farnese on Monday 2 September at 12:00. Participants in the event will include French Ambassador to Italy Alain le Roy, French EXPO Milan General Commissioner Alain Berger, the Italian government’s […]

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    30 August 2013
    SERBIA – More opportunities for Italian firms

    Opportunities are increasing for Italian firms in Serbia. The Balkans agency for the promotion of investments (SIEPA) and the Italo-Serbian Chamber of Commerce signed a collaboration agreement in Belgrade that sets up a SIEPA desk at the Chamber of Commerce dedicated to assisting Italian firms interested in better understanding the local market and in obtaining […]

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    Press Releases
    29 August 2013
    Accordo tra Governo Federale somalo e Amministrazione provvisoria dell’Oltregiuba: Bonino, una tappa importante per la stabilizzazione della Somalia, siamo molto soddisfatti

    “This is certainly an important stage in the stabilisation of Somalia, and we are very pleased about it”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented from Paris on the news from Addis Ababa on the conclusion of an accord between the Somali Federal Government and the Jubaland administration, reached under the auspices of the Ethiopian […]

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