No stop to U.S.-EU free-trade negotiations, says Bonino – Datagate: U.S. clarification needed for mutual trust

“I hope that U.S.-EU free-trade negotiations have not been put at risk”, stated Minister Emma Bonino, who called for “a bit more calm” in making judgments. Clarification from the United States on its alleged engagement in espionage is “indispensable for maintaining mutual trust, but awareness of the importance of the free-trade treaty is a must”. […]

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Under-Secretary Giro hails Italy’s election to the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property

Italy was elected yesterday to a 4-year seat on the newly-constituted Consultative Committee of the UNESCO Convention (1970)on the Means ofProhibitingand Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. “This is a system success that rewards the many years of commitment by the MFA, MiBAC and the Carabinieri Corps for the […]

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LONGITUDE: ”Big Data…” (in translation)

”Big Data- Information and its discontents”, e’ il titolo di copertina del nuovo numero di ”Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 5 luglio. Si tratta di una serie di servizi dedicati sia agli aspetti propriamente tecnologici della quantità di dati, sia agli effetti politici, economici e sociali che comportano la cosiddetta […]

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Bonino: «The U.S., Europe and Italy share a bond of friendship. We must now avoid a free-trade block» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – According to Minister Emma Bonino, the Datagate scandal is altering international balances. The idea that the United States could spy on its Western allies has shaken the European Union. What does the nation’s foreign policy chief think? “We reacted immediately and demanded verification from our American counterparts. I admit that the affair is […]

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EUROPE – Bonino: Rekindling the pro-Europe passion

It is necessary to rekindle the “pro-Europe passion”, without giving in to “pessimism”, since “there is no alternative” to the EU. Minister Bonino spoke at the foreign ministry in Rome during the dedication of a hall to Ambassador Silvio Fagiolo, one of the leaders in the formation of the European Community and who recently passed […]

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Pistelli: Italy to rapidly complete ratification of 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism

“As we did a few weeks ago in ratifying the Istanbul Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women, the Italian government intends to rapidly complete ratification of the 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism”, reported Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli today […]

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Somalia: Bonino meets Igad secretary in Rome, Horn of Africa a priority for Italy

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional institution that groups the countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea) and is active in one of the […]

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Under-Secretary Giro: “Culture a resource for the country’s recovery. Every euro invested in the Italian Cultural Institutes generates 1.39 in private resources

Speaking in the margins of the Federculture national assembly, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro stated that “Italy is an unwitting and sometimes reluctant cultural power. We have to change. Culture is an opportunity for economic growth in terms of exports, internationalisation and foreign investments. In order to tap that potential there has to be […]

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Connference “From the Rio+20 Conference to the Post-2015 process”

On Tuesday 2 July 2013 at 10:00 the foreign ministry in Rome will host the conference “From the Rio+20 Conference to the Post-2015 process: the Zero Hunger Challenges of sustainability, the fight against poverty and social development. Italy’s contribution, the European position”.” The event concludes the project “Cultivating the economy, food, the planet”, financed by […]

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“Iraqi day” alla Farnesina (in translation)

L’Italia e’ stata scelta dall’Iraq per la sua prima presentazione internazionale d’affari ai massimi livelli. Sara’ una missione a 360 gradi, quella che dal 3 al 6 luglio, portera’ a Roma una delegazione mista istituzionale-imprenditoriale del paese mediorientale. A guidarla, il vice primo ministro con delega per le Questioni economiche, Roz Nouri Shaways, accompagnato dal […]

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Datagate: Bonino requests clarification

Regarding the well known Datagate affair, yesterday Italy requested immediate verification from its American counterparts through the intervention of the foreign ministry, including the necessary clarification regarding this highly sensitive situation. For its part, the U.S. quickly assured that every clarification would be forthcoming both as concerns the EU and its Member States. We are […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: Iraqi Day – Trade and Investment Meeting” (Foreign Ministry Rome, 3 July 2013)

The foreign ministry will host the forum “Iraqi Day – Trade and Investment Meeting” at 9:30 on Wednesday 3 July, organised by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with UNIDO.   Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli will be present at the event along with representatives of the […]

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