INTERVIEW: Amb.Massari, A growing Egypt needs democratic consolidation

“Egypt is a point of reference for solutions to regional crises, and has immense potential for foreign investments, on the condition, however, that it consolidates its democratic institutions”, underscored Italian Ambassador to Cairo Maurizio Massari in an interview for Esteri.it. Egypt is a “diplomatic protagonist” Egypt is a “diplomatic protagonist” on the Middle Eastern and […]

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Bonino in Belgrade and Pristina – European integration for Serbia-Kosovo stabilisation

Italy strongly supports the European integration of the Western Balkans, and will do everything possible in the European Council of late June to see that start-dates are set for negotiations on an Association and Stabilisation Agreement (ASA) with Kosovo and on Serbia’s EU accession. This was the message that Minister Emma Bonino carried to the […]

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SYRIA: Minister Bonino approves a series of humanitarian actions to ensure immediate assistance to Syrian refugees in nearby countries

In response to the dramatic consequences of the Syrian conflict on the civilian population, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino approved a series of humanitarian actions aimed at boosting the programme of Italian interventions in the region to ensure immediate assistance to Syrian refugees in nearby countries. In particular, given the minister’s imminent visit to […]

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Italy-Kosovo – Minister Bonino in Pristina

Italy’s support for Kosovo’s European integration and the development of bilateral collaboration were the main focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s meetings today in Pristina. Meeting first with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, she is scheduled to meet later in the day with Minister for Foreign Affairs Enver Hoxhaj. After a meeting with […]

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‘GREEN FARNESINA’ – An electric quadricycle for getting around the city

The Foreign Ministry is going increasingly green: Renault Italia has made a “Twizzy” electric quadricycle available for a week’s test-drive, to be used by officials as they get around the city – free of charge – as part of a wide-ranging series of eco-friendly initiatives undertaken by the foreign ministry within its “Green Farnesina” Action […]

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Bonino cites deep satisfaction that the first ratification approved by the new legislature’s Lower House is of the Istanbul Convention

“It is cause for deep satisfaction that the first ratification approved by the new legislature’s Lower House is of the Istanbul Convention”, was the comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, according to whom “this concerted and unified commitment by all the political forces is highly significant as a sign of the ever-increasing assertion […]

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PRAGUE – Festival ‘Roma Aeterna’, homage to Italian classical music

Prague pays homage to Italian classical music in the 14th edition of “Roma Aeterna”, to be held from 14 July to 6 August. The calendar includes music written, for the most part, by Italian composers, ranging from early Renaissance pieces, to Handel’s orchestral works to the operatic masterpieces of Verdi. Read more, in Italian.

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SANREMO – Green light for international course on humanitarian law and peace operations

Officers and employees of international organisations will be involved in a course being held from 17 to 21 June at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law (IIHL), located in Villa Ormond, on compliance with international humanitarian law and human rights in peace operations. The participants, who have come from various part of the world (Afghanistan, […]

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Booster la coopération entre le Togo et l’Italie (Togo Dilpomatie)

Booster la coopération entre le Togo et l’Italie (Togo Diplomatie)

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Minister Bonino in Belgrade – Italy to urge EU to set a date for the opening of negotiations

Italy’s commitment to obtain a firm start-date for Serbia’s EU accession negotiations from the European Council of 27-28 June was underscored by Minister Emma Bonino in all her institutional encounters in Belgrade. Serbia, she observed, should be rewarded for the determination it has shown in establishing dialogue with Pristina, enacting the reforms required by Europe […]

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Bonino: «Chiederemo la data – subito!» (Vecernje Novostiserbia)

1) Italy has strongly supported Serbia towards the EU. Can we also in the future count on that support? Serbian officials consider that our country deserves a date for opening negotiations with EU and say that the Brussels is on the move now. Brussels responds that there is still much that needs to be done. […]

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Deputy Minister Pistelli meets with Togo President

The crisis in Mali, terrorist infiltration, cross-border crime and, more in general, the political and financial situation in Western Africa were the main topics of discussion in Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli’s meeting in Rome today with the President of Togo, Faure Essoziman Gnassinbé. Expressing his deep concern over the proliferation of terrorist cells in the […]

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