ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: “Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar” – MFA, 27 June 2013

The round table event concluding the 25th Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar will take place on Thursday 27 June, starting at 9.30. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Economic Foundation of Università di Roma Tor Vergata. Both sessions of the round table will be open to […]

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BULGARIA – Great success in Plovdiv for Verdi’s Attila

The premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Attila” was a great success in Plovdiv, in Bulgaria. The performance, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, attracted an audience of about 1500 and is part of the Italian Festival Bulgaria 2013. Read more, in Italian.

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HONG KONG – A book tells the story of 500 years of Italians in Hong Kong and Macau

About 140 Italians of every age and occupation, lay persons and religious, long-term residents and new arrivals, helped to write the book “500 years of Italians in Hong Kong and Macau”. The book, an initiative of the Italian Consulate General in Hong Kong, was presented at an event attended by 200 guests. It contains forewords […]

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Titian exhibition opens in Moscow

The exhibition “Titian 1488/90-1576. From the collections of Italy’s museums” has opened at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and will run until 29 September 2013. The first major exhibition of the Venetian master organised in Russia, the event is the highlight of the cultural promotion initiatives following the Year of Italian Culture and Language, in […]

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«A crucial week for Europe», says Bonino (Il Messaggero)

This is a crucial week for Europe: a week of internal and external challenges The economic and financial crisis is severely testing the ability of our common institutions to balance austerity and growth, a vital condition to address the key problem of unemployment. Europe is more than just a spread. A healthy Union must also […]

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Pistelli in Beirut: Lebanon is paying the price of the terrible crisis in Syria

Lebanon is paying a high price for the war in Syria, especially in terms of refugees. This was the comment of the Deputy Minister with responsibility for Development Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, during his visit to Beirut. Speaking in the margins of his meeting with senior representatives of Lebanon’s institutions, Pistelli commented that “Lebanon is at […]

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New Italian experts in nuclear and chemical security

Italy will be training new experts in the field of chemical and nuclear security. The University of Tor Vergata and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have signed an agreement to set up a Master’s on Protection against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNe) events. The course will prepare professional First […]

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TURKEY : Green light for EU negotiations, to Bonino’s satisfaction

The European Union’s ministers for European affairs have decided to open regional policy negotiations, starting in October. Bonino: “We’ve avoided a stalemate. I’ve spoken to Davutoglu and we’ll see what Ankara does”. “There is now a chance we can avert the risk of stalemate, and that’s a cause for satisfaction”. This was Foreign Minister Emma […]

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Minister Emma Bonino expresses her condolences over the death of Senator Emilio Colombo

“Emilio Colombo was a lucid and intelligent voice in Italian Europeanism. I am saddened by his passing and wish to express my sincere sympathy to his family at this sad time”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement, from Jordan, on hearing the news of Senator Colombo’s death. The Minister is in Jordan for bilateral […]

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SYRIA – Bonino visits refugee camp in Jordan

With the European Commission for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is visiting the Al Zaatari camp in north Jordan. The camp accommodates about 150,000 people who have fled the fighting in Syria. The aim of the visit is to see at first hand the conditions of the Syrian refugees […]

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Africa: 1.5 million euros from Italy for women and young people

Italian Development Cooperation is supporting women and young people in Kenya and South Sudan’s most marginalised regions. They will be the beneficiaries of the new development project worth 1.5 million euros as part of an agreement signed in Rome by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Giampaolo Cantini, and his colleague from the United Nations […]

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Italy-Russia: Dassù in Moscow – “2+2” meeting planned in Rome on 6 August

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassù, has had a long meeting in Moscow with her Russian colleague, Deputy Minister Aleksey Meshkov. They discussed bilateral issues and EU-Russian relations. “2+2” meeting in Rome on 6 August As a follow-up to the recent talks between Foreign Ministers Bonino and Lavrov, the two Deputy Ministers agreed […]

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