Egypt: EU agrees to suspend export licences and review assistance

“Member States agreed to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any equipment which might be used for internal repression and to review their security assistance with Egypt”, state the conclusions of today’s extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. Licences covered by the EU common position, a matter for member state competence, will also be […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 21 agosto: ultime news dal mondo – Australia: Stato WA prevede crescita 3,5% e investimenti per 5,7 mld AUD (in translation)

Australia: Stato WA prevede crescita 3,5% e investimenti per 5,7 mld AUD Il Ministro del Tesoro dello Stato del Western Australia, Troy Buswell, ha presentato la manovra di bilancio per l’anno finanziario 2013-14. Nel 2013-14 la crescita e’ stimata al 3,25%. Nel biennio precedente era stata rispettivamente del 6,7% e del 5,75%. Il rallentamento è […]

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Syria: News of possible use of chemical weapons must be checked immediately by the UN inspectors in the country

The news from Syria on the possible use of chemical weapons must be checked immediately by the UN inspectors in the country. We’ll be discussing the issue in the margins of the extraordinary meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Brussels and I’m sure that Cathy Ashton will send out a request to that end, […]

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Egypt: Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in Brussels for extraordinary meeting of Foreign Affairs Council

Sanctions against the Egyptian Government? “It depends what you’re referring to. I hope to see military supplies being blocked. I don’t think economic sanctions are what will make the difference. All the programmes we have, apart from government-to-government programmes, are for social purposes more than anything else. It seems to me that in terms of […]

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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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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 20 agosto: ultime news dal mondo – Cina: aumento consumi elettrici conferma ripresa economica

Cina: aumento consumi elettrici conferma ripresa economica Secondo i dati rilasciati dall’Amministrazione Nazionale per l’Energia di Pechino i consumi elettrici del Paese in luglio ammontano a 495 Terawattora con un aumento su base annua pari all’8,8%. Il dato, considerato da molti analisti come un indicatore più affidabile di quelli sul Pil, conferma la ripresa in […]

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LOS ANGELES – A GLIMPSE OF “ITALY OF THE FUTURE”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles will be hosting an exhibition on “Italy of the Future”, running from 4 September to 2 October 2013. The exhibition includes an original selection of some of our country’s most valuable achievements in the field of science and technology. Looking at the past to celebrate the future Looking […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 19 August: Latest World News – Nigeria: 2nd edition of Business Forum with EU countries in October

Nigeria: 2nd edition Business Forum with UE Countries in October On the strength of the success of the 1st edition of the EU-Nigeria Business Forum, the Embassy of Italy in Abuja is organising the 2nd edition, along with EU diplomatic missions to Nigeria (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, the UK, Spain […]

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The world needs the rule of law, says Bonino

Minister Emma Bonino recalled the courage of humanitarian workers around the world in a video message for World Humanitarian Day 2013: “In armed conflict millions of persons are wounded or killed, forced to leave their homes, discriminated on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, and deprived of their social and political rights”. The children, […]

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Bonino: «The EU and the US reduced by the Saudis in this crisis» (La Stampa)

ROME «Minister Bonino, you have a deep understanding of Egypt and its political dynamics. What is going to happen to the democratic process launched by the Arab Spring? And how will the Muslim Brotherhood react to being backed into a corner by the military? «We never laboured under the illusion that the democratic transition in […]

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Minister Bonino hailed the liberation in Cairo of four Italian journalists

“I was informed that the four Italian journalists, who underwent some difficult moments this afternoon in Cairo, have just been received at the Embassy in the company of the Consul. I am very relieved. Our diplomats in Cairo, with the assistance of the RAI and Mediaset journalists, have once again shown their extraordinary efficiency and […]

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Minister Emma Bonino condemns Beirut bombing

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino strongly condemned a bloody attack yesterday in a densely populated suburb south of Beirut, expressing her solidarity with the Lebanese people and government. The bombers’ intention to indiscriminately strike the civilian population, the minister insisted, makes this an especially hideous attack that has left dozens dead and is the […]

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