«We mustn’t waste time – immediate agenda of meetings with Rohani», says Bonino (La Stampa)

“Really, Rohani’s won? A reformer, who also has close ties to Khatami, winning the elections in Teheran is the best news of all. And not only for the West”. Just in from Moscow, Emma Bonino and puffing on a cigarette she fires a flurry of questions at her team of assistants: can you get me […]

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Italy-Serbia: Bonino visiting Belgrade on 18 June – European integration, regional cooperation and bilateral relations

The outlook for closer European integration for Serbia, regional cooperation, the Kosovo question and bilateral relations. These are the topics for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussions with the Serbian leadership in Belgrade on 18 June. During the visit, her first outside Italy apart from institutional ones, for example on EU business, minister Bonino will meet […]

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MEXICO – An e-book illustrating the country to entrepreneurs

A new instrument for Italian businesses interested in investing in Mexico. A new e-book, “Presenza e sviluppo delle imprese italiane in Messico”, has just been published, with help from the Italian Embassy in Mexico City, the Italy desk at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the ICE office and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. The e-book contains an […]

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Italy-Finland: football and solidarity

Strengthening links between the Italian and Finnish peoples and institutions and supporting the Finnish Red Cross. Those are the goals of the charity football match between the two countries’ diplomats, which will take place on Saturday 15 June in Helsinki. The match is part of the Italian-Finnish Friendship Day events. This is the first time […]

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IRAQ – Construction industry looks to Iraqi Kurdistan

The Italian construction industry is looking to Iraqi Kurdistan, with a mission to Erbil organised by ANCE, the construction industry association. The mission, which included 35 companies and focused on infrastructure and major works, was organised by the Italian Embassy in Baghdad. Our Ambassador to Iraq, Massimo Marotti, took part in many of the events […]

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Cybercrime: Meetings and conference for Italian mission to Tel Aviv

Cybercrime, digital espionage and the risks of terrorist attacks in cyberspace: these are areas for enhanced international cooperation to increase security on the web. The subject was the focus of a visit to Israel by a large delegation from the Italian business and institutional communities. Led by Giovanni Brauzzi, the Principal Director for Security, Disarmament […]

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BEIJING – Pupils from the Convitto Nazionale di Roma received by Ambassador Bradanini

Pupils from the Convitto Nazionale di Roma were received by the Italian Ambassador in China, Alberto Bradanini, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing. The students are in the Chinese capital for a course at the Beiwai Foreign Studies University, one of the city’s most distinguished. The Ambassador explained to them the importance of China […]

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Pistelli: «Iran, serve un leader realista» (La Stampa)

Caro Direttore, gli iraniani scelgono oggi il successore di Ahmadinejad. E’ un passaggio stretto e difficile innanzitutto per Teheran, cui il mondo guarda però con estremo interesse. Il Consiglio dei Guardiani ha selezionato preventivamente i candidati mutilando fortemente la griglia degli sfidanti, impedendo di correre agli esponenti di punta del fronte riformista (che si richiamavano […]

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“Pivot to a Trans-Atlantic Market” di Marta Dassù e Charles A. Kupchan (New York Times)

“Una zona di libero scambio trans-atlantica porterebbe vantaggi in termini geopolitici oltre a quelli economici. Le due sponde dell’Atlantico hanno bisogno di rinnovare la democrazia liberale e il capitalismo del libero mercato in un momento in cui la diffusione dei valori occidentali sembra essere in stallo”. “Pivot to a Trans-Atlantic Market” – L’articolo del Vice […]

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Cultural diplomacy to enhance and revitalise Italy’s heritage and economy, says Bonino

Cultural diplomacy alongside diplomacy for growth, to help revitalise the Italian economy and a heritage which is the world’s richest but which has “all too often been neglected and at times defaced”. These were Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comments in her opening address at the First International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy, in which she reiterated […]

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Turkey: failed accession would be a strategic loss for Europe

Turkey’s entry to Europe “is by no means simple”. It is a “very long process subject to numerous conditions but, in the longer term, losing Turkey would be a strategic loss for Europe”. Speaking in an interview with RadioUno on 13 June, Deputy Minister Marta Dassù reiterated Italy’s favourable view of keeping talks open on […]

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Minister Bonino’s speech at the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy (in Italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Presidente dell’Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Presidente della Società Dante Alighieri, Signore e Signori, sono lieta di partecipare a questo primo simposio internazionale perché il tema della cultura è centrale nell’azione della diplomazia. Non solo come aspetto di promozione dei valori, ma anche perché la politica estera è più […]

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