ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Recall: Meeting with Scientific Attachés (Foreign Ministry Rome, 18-19 July 2013)

On Thursday 18 July Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will open a two-day meeting of Scientific Attachés at the foreign ministry in Rome. The meeting will take place within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to support Italy’s economic growth by strengthening the interaction between the scientific research sector and the business world. The […]

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Chargé d’affaires of Kazakhstan, Zhanybek Manaliyev, summoned to Foreign Ministry

On the basis of the results of the report by the Chief of Police presented yesterday evening in Parliament by the Minister for the Interior, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino summoned Chargé d’affaires of Kazakhstan Zhanybek Manaliyev to the foreign ministry, in the absence of Kazakh Ambassador Adrian Yelemessov. Minister Bonino expressed surprise and […]

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El Salvador, il Sottosegretario Giro inaugura l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa realizzato dalla cooperazione italiana “un primo esempio di sanità nella regione per garantire l’accesso sanitario universale”

Il Sottosegretario Giro, insieme al Ministro della Salute di El Salvador, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, ha inaugurato l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa, realizzato con un programma di 2,5 milioni di dollari della cooperazione italiana del 2009. Oltre all’ospedale è stata finanziata la formazione di un’unità sanitaria che assiste 600 nuclei familiari nelle zone rurali e 1800 nelle […]

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International Criminal Justice Day – Bonino: CCI a tool for peace and preventive diplomacy

Minister Emma Bonino’s International Criminal Justice Day message Today, 17 July, we celebrate International Criminal Justice Day, dedicated to a fundamental tool for the promotion of legality, defence of human rights and punishment of criminals who undermine peaceful co-existence among peoples. On 17 July 1998 the International Criminal Court statute was adopted in Rome: an […]

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San Salvador, Under-Secretary Giro attends closing ceremony for Italian security support programme in Central America

Under-Secretary Giro attended the ceremony for the closing of an Italian programme of support for a regional security strategy for emergency response to organised crime. “Italy offered Central America its experience in fighting organised crime. The battle is a global one that is confronted through investigation, confiscation and greater regional integration”, the Under-Secretary stated. Availing […]

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Group of Reflection on the Future of Europe: Minister Emma Bonino in Budapest to meet with Hungarian colleague Janos Martonyi

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is in Budapest today for a meeting with her Hungarian colleague Janos Martonyi, dedicated to an exchange of views on the work of the Group of Reflection on the Future of Europe – on the eve of the 19 July meeting in Palma de Majorca – with a view […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: RECALL – Meeting with Scientific Attachés (Foreign Ministry Rome, 18-19 July 2013)

On Thursday 18 July Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will open a two-day meeting of Scientific Attachés at the foreign ministry in Rome. The meeting will take place within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to support Italy’s economic growth by strengthening the interaction between the scientific research sector and the business world. The […]

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68th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, September 2013)

Please note 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 that […]

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MEXICO – Pirelli doubles investments

The new 200 million USD investment “Pirelli Green Performance” in Mexico was presented recently in Mexico City during a ceremony whose participants included Secretary of the Mexican Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal, Governor of the State of Guanajuato Miguel Marquez Marquez, new Director General of ProMexico Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, Pirelli Vice President for Operations Giuliano Menassi, […]

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ITALY – ARGENTINA – Online a new call for joint scientific research projects

Now on-line a new call for joint science and technology research projects within the framework of the 3-year executive science and technology cooperation protocol between Italy and Argentina for 2014-2016. The goal is to encourage bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in the sectors of environment and energy, nanotechnologies, medicine and health, basic sciences (mathematics, physics, […]

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Archi meets with Indonesian Minister for Tourism Pangestu

Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Archi met today in Rome with the Indonesian Minister for Tourism, Mrs. Mari Elka Pangestu, who is also Commissioner General for Indonesia’s participation in the 2015 Milan EXPO. Their friendly discussions touched on prospects for Indonesia’s involvement in the EXPO, as well as areas of common interest in enhancing the promotion […]

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Farnesina and Touring Club – “Touring Card for Foreign Members” facilitates vacationing in Italy

Promoting quality tourism in Italy is the goal of the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Touring Club” initiative that today launched a new card for Italian members living abroad and other foreigners that should facilitate their vacationing in Italy. A network of conventions, discounts and initiatives MFA Secretary General Michele Valensise and Touring Club President Franco Iseppi […]

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