Foreign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise receives Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at request of Embassy of Kazakhstan

Foreign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise has received Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at the request of the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Secretary General Valensise reiterated to Ambassador Yelemessov the Foreign Ministry’s surprise and disappointment over his unorthodox handling of the case of Mrs. Alma Shalabayeva with the Italian authorities. The Secretary General was following the line taken […]

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Italy-Russia: agreements for growth. Year of tourism to be launched in November in Trieste

“We’re working on a series of agreements that, once signed, will make a marked and positive impact on the lives of Italian companies and households. And we’re doing so as part of our diplomacy for growth policy in the framework of economic recovery”. Work on the agreements is on-going, in the run-up to the Italian-Russian […]

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Visita in Messico del SS Giro “centrale per le relazioni dell’Italia con tutta l’America Latina. E’ il paese con più imprese italiane e partner strategico per la stabilità del centro America”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro, whose remit includes Central America, will be on an official visit to Mexico on 8 and 9 August 2013 – the first bilateral visit by an Italian Government representative in many years. “Mexico is undergoing an important economic and social reform process, a process that is making rapid pace and in which […]

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Travelling abroad – Don’t panic, but be careful, Bonino tells Italian tourists

“I’ve advised all Italian tourists to be careful. Anyone going to the Red Sea, for example, should avoid day-trips. They should be careful, but there’s no need to panic”. The point was reiterated by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking on the Unomattina programme on the situation and the possible risks faced by Italians holidaying abroad. […]

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Giro: «per il nuovo Centro servono popolarismo riformismo e liberalismo» (Il Messaggero)

La parabola del berlusconismo pone ai moderati la madre di tutte le sfide: riunire sotto uno stesso tetto storie e culture diverse. È possibile? È la domanda al centro del dibattito che il Messaggero ha aperto sul futuro dei moderati italiani. Mario Giro, sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri – nonché fratello di Francesco, l`esponente del Pdl […]

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LONGITUDE: Egypt, ‘Back to square one’

Può l’Egitto trovare una via d’uscita dal caos? Quali le conseguenze sulla Regione di un’ “empasse” apparentemente senza sbocchi? Sono gli interrogativi ai quali il nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 5 agosto, cerca di dare una risposta, attraverso una serie di analisi. Gli altri titoli di copertina, […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli in Tehran, 6-7 August 2013

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli will be visiting Tehran on 6 and 7 August to make contact with the Iranian authorities following the inauguration of President Rouhani. His visit will underscore the Italian government’s interest in Iran after the election of the new President. Another aim is to encourage the new Iranian administration to take […]

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Foreign Minister Bonino received news of the death of Renato Ruggiero with “profound sadness”

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received the news of the death of Renato Ruggiero with “profound sadness”. “With the death of Renato Ruggiero”, the minister stated, “we lose an eminent protagonist of 20th century Italian diplomacy, who placed his exceptional professional and moral stature at the disposal of his nation in his many responsibilities […]

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Riunione Ministeriale italo-russa Esteri – Difesa 2+2 (Villa Madama, 6 agosto 2013)

Martedì 6 agosto 2013 si svolgerà a Villa Madama la Riunione Ministeriale italo-russa Esteri – Difesa 2+2. Alla Riunione parteciperanno per parte italiana i titolari degli Esteri, Emma Bonino, e della Difesa, Mario Mauro, e per parte russa i Ministri degli Esteri, Sergei Lavrov, e della Difesa, Sergei Shoygu. Il programma della giornata prevede i […]

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Moscow: record crowds for Titian exhibit

The Titian exhibition in Moscow, with opened at the Pushkin Museum on 26 June, is according to our ambassador to Moscow, Antonio Zanardi Landi, “enjoying a truly exceptional reception from the Russian public and media – the best in terms of quality and quantity for a cultural event in recent years, and which confirms the […]

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ALBANIA: “Gala Italia 2013” is a great success

Italian fashion and music took centre-stage in Albania at “Gala Italia 2013”, held in the marina at Orikum owned by Italian businessman Alfo Giorgi. The Gala, the first, featured music by Antonio Maggio, an emerging singer-songwriter, and fashion by designer Paolo Salerno. The event, organised by the Consulate General in Valona, was attended by former […]

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ITALY-KENYA: opening of rural hospital in Nkubu

The new pavilions of the rural hospital of Nkubu, in Kenya, opened recently after being refurbished with a contribution by the Italian Cooperation of €1 million over three years. In addition to outpatient treatment areas and an emergency block, financing also went to training of staff, assigning study bursaries and boosting component dedicated to the […]

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