“I am deeply pained at what is going on in Egypt, and at the loss of human life there. I was hoping that the squares where the sit-ins took place would empty out once the parties had reached an agreement, and not through the intervention of the police, which doesn’t make it any easier to […]
Read morePlease be reminded that the website of the United Nations http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA68.shtml contains all information concerning the press accreditation necessary 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. All media personnel not already accredited with the UN are advised […]
Read moreTurkey: Call for Tenders for Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey metro The City of Istanbul announced the launch on 18 September of a Call for Tenders for the construction of the 17.5 km, 26-minute Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey metro line, with a capacity to transport 70,000 persons per hour. The project, in addition to tunnels and viaducts, will include 15 stations. (infoMercatiEsteri) […]
Read more“I am grieved at the loss of a very dear friend, Johan Friso, and share his family’s pain with deepest affection”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino stated upon learning of the death of the Dutch prince with whom she had had a deep personal friendship. “In these painful months of suffering”, Emma Bonino continued, […]
Read moreLibya: Salini Impregilo awarded Libyan motorway contract (963 mln euro) The Company Salini Impregilo, with a 58% share in a consortium of Italian firms that includes La Società Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. and Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti – Cmc, will build an initial1,700-kilometre section of Libyan coastal motorway running from the […]
Read moreItaly is making inroads in Iran, following the seating of the new president Hassan Rowhani. “It wasn’t an isolated venture, explains Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli in an interview with ANSA, upon his return from Teheran, “but a fully intentional mission by the ministry, fully aware and informed, in agreement with the Prime Minister and the […]
Read moreBonino on Syria: the goal is a conference; hoping for opposition stability “The goal of a Geneva conference was reiterated at our meeting with the Russians in Rome. We agree that there is no military solution to the conflict, even if the Russians are supporting the Assad regime and, therefore, there is divergence on how […]
Read moreTunisia: in dicembre si terra’ salone agricoltura e pesca L’Unione tunisina per l’Agricoltura e la Pesca ha comunicato che dal 27 novembre al 1 dicembre 2013 si svolgera’ presso lo Spazio espositivo del Kram (nella banlieue nord di Tunisi) l’undicesima edizione del Salone Internazionale dell’Agricoltura, delle macchine agricole e della Pesca, importante appuntamento biennale interamente […]
Read moreItaly’s presence in Angola is growing. Links between the two countries are increasing, especially economic and commercial links. The recent international fair in Luanda saw ten or so Italian companies exhibiting and establishing new partnerships and contracts, with support from the Italian Embassy in the Angolan capital. And on 29 October 2013 the Angola International […]
Read moreThe season of Italian film events continues in London, featuring some of our greatest actors and directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini and Anna Magnani. The weekly screening are hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in London. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreÈ stato il primo esponente di un governo occidentale a sondare il terreno all’indomani dell’insediamento del presidente Hassan Rohani: Lapo Pistelli, vice ministro degli Esteri con delega per l’Iran, fa un bilancio della missione iraniana appena conclusasi. Si può parlare con l’elezione di Hassan Rohani alla presidenza, dell’inizio di un nuovo corso in Iran? «Nonostante […]
Read moreFour months ago exactly, Domenico Quirico, who had entered Syria from the Lebanese border to report on the most advanced front of the civil war, disappeared. For eight weeks we had no news of our correspondent, who was last seen in the Homs district, one of the worst in the Syrian conflict. That agonising silence […]
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