DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 27 August: Latest World News – Israel to host the Innovative Water Technologies fair in October

Israel to host the Innovative Water Technologies fair in October Tel Aviv will be the setting for the 2013 International WATEC (Innovative Water Technologies) Conference from 22 to 24 October. The event, which will include a display area, aims to involve businesses, policy-makers and researchers in discussions on the most important technological innovations existing in […]

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EDINBURGH: Ammanniti, Monaldi, Sorti and Vasta at the Book Festival

Niccolo’ Ammanniti, Rita Monaldi, Francesco Sorti and Giorgio Vasta are the four authors representing Italy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF), one of the summer season’s major events in Scotland’s capital city, now in its 30th year. Read more, in Italian.

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PRAGUE: Verdi celebrations: ‘Requiem’ in Cathedral

The celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi will be hosted in Prague on 15 September with the performance of his “Requiem Mass” in the Cathedral of San Vito. The event is part of the broader “Prague of Dvorjak” international music festival, now in its 6th edition. Read more, in Italian.

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Syria: Bonino, Italy will not participate in absence of UN mandate

“Italy will not actively take part in military solutions in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s said in a briefing before the joint Upper and Lower House Foreign Affairs Commissions on the latest developments in Syria and Egypt. For Italy, the minister explained, a UN Security Council […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 26 agosto: ultime news dal mondo – Austria: annunciata gara per catering sede ONU (in translation)

Austria: annunciata gara per catering sede ONU Il Polo viennese delle Nazioni Unite lancia un bando di gara per l’affidamento dei servizi catering dell’intero complesso del Vienna International Centre – VIC. Si tratta di un contratto per complessivi 10 anni (7+3) a partire dal luglio 2014 per la gestione delle aree del ristorante interno, della […]

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Syria: Bonino, intervention unfeasible without UN mandate

Any military intervention in Syria without a mandate from the UN Security Council is unfeasible”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino during a Radio Radicale Forum, in which she urged consideration of the possible reactions of Russia and Iran. “We are going to have to avoid turning an international tragedy into a global one. […]

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MONACO-PORTOFINO: Italy champions charity also at sea

The 2013 – and 2nd – edition of the Monaco-Portofino sailing regatta was a resounding success. The more than 30 participating Italian vessels were led by the Italian Navy’s historic ships Orsa Maggiore, Stella Polare, Corsaro II, Caroly, Chaplin and Sagittario. Proceeds from this year’s event will go to the Marafiki Primary School on Kenya’s […]

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Deputy Minister Pistelli in Uganda

Farnesina: Pistelli in Uganda – opportunities for Italian firms “Italy is one of Uganda’s historic and fundamental partners, and must continue to be that, especially in light of the country’s current phase of institution building and economic and social growth”. This was the statement by President of Uganda Museveni during a meeting with Deputy Minister […]

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Minister Emma Bonino meets with Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu today at the foreign ministry in Rome, who is on a tour of European capitals. Their meeting centred on developments in Egypt and Syria. Noting that the conclusions of the recent extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council were a reflection of the European Union’s capacity […]

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Terrorist attacks in Tripoli, Lebanon: Comments by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino

“These are odious episodes of violence that have cut short innocent lives and deserve our firmest possible condemnation”. These were Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s words on hearing of today’s terrorist attacks in Tripoli in Lebanon. Minister Bonino expressed her “heartfelt sympathy for the victims’ families” and underscored “the need for a rapid and thorough investigation […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 23 agosto: ultime news dal mondo – Turchia: entro 2014 privatizzerà (concessioni) 4 aeroporti (in translation)

Turchia: entro 2014 privatizzerà (concessioni) 4 aeroporti L’Ufficio turco che presiede al settore aeroportuale (DHMI) prevede di pubblicare entro la fine di quest’anno le gare d’appalto per la gestione degli aeroporti di Dalaman, Bodrum-Milas, Samsun e Nevşehir-Cappadocia. L’aeroporto di Dalaman, situato, come quello di Bodrum-Milas, nella provincia sud-orientale di Muğla, ha una capacità annua di […]

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Middle East – situation is dramatic, says Bonino, and the end is not in sight

“The end of this dramatic period is not in sight, and my feelings on this aren’t positive”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comment at the end of her briefing to the Council of Ministers on the situation in the Middle East. “We’re witnessing a massive clash within the Muslim world: not just between Sunnis […]

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