Intervento Dassù: Amici Siria a Istanbul, soluzione politica per stop bagno sangue

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our Turkish hosts for convening this meeting which is a timely follow up to the discussions we held in Rome last February. Let’s be honest. The crisis in Syria has worsened considerably with no solution at hand. It has reached higher levels of violence and taken […]

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Syria: Friends of Syria meet in Istanbul, political solution to end bloodbath

At the end of a marathon meeting in Istanbul that ended at 1:00 in the morning, the foreign ministers of the 11 Westerns and Muslim country members of the Friends of Syria, Italy included, called for the launch of negotiations toward a political solution capable of ending the bloodbath. 123 million dollars in non-lethal aid […]

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Italy-Turkey: Deputy Minister Dassu’ meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Bagis

In an Italo-Turkish bilateral meeting held shortly before the start of the ministerial meeting in Istanbul of the Friends of Syria, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù met with the Minister for Europe of the Ankara government Egemen Bagis. EU-Turkey negotiation prospects Dassù and Bagis discussed prospects for negotiations between the European Union and […]

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SYRIA: Friends of Syria Summit. Deputy Minister Marta Dassù represents Italy

The ministerial meeting in Istanbul of the representatives of the 11 country members of the Friends of Syria follows on the heels of the Rome meeting in late February. Italy is represented by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù. Primary goal remains political solution In line with the conclusions of the Rome meeting, the […]

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Contatti tra il Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri, Marta Dassù, il Ministro degli Esteri serbo Ivan Mrkic e il Ministro degli Esteri Kosovaro Enver Hoxhaj.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù was in contact in the evening with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivan Mrkic, who expressed deep gratitude for Italy’s support, and with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj.Deputy Minister Dassù expressed to both ministers her “warmest congratulations” for the agreement reached today in Brussels […]

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Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti hails Belgrade-Pristina accord

Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti expressed his “deep satisfaction” today with the agreement reached in Brussels between Belgrade and Pristina. “This is an historic accord”, Monti asserted, recalling that “in our frequent contacts with the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina, Italy has always encouraged both parties to take advantage of this excellent window […]

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ITALY-USA – Urbino Award to Wolf Blitzer

Italian ambassador to the U.S. in Washington Claudio Bisogniero announced Wolf Blitzer, conductor of the CNN television programme “The Situation Room” Wolf Blitzer, as winner of the 8th annual Urbino Press Award – this year’s being a special edition as one the many events organized for the 2013 “Year of Italian Culture in the USA”. […]

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ITALY-POLAND – Green Energy and economic cooperation

Ecological/economic development, with a focus on low-environmental impact alternative energy sources, was the theme of the Italo-Polish seminar “Green Energy for Aeronautic and Automotive Applications” held on 17 April in Warsaw and fruit of a joint effort by the Ice office, the Italian embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in the Polish capital. Read more, […]

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ALBANIA – Appealing market for Italian firms

Relations between Italy and Albania and prospects for an economic partnership and “productive integration” were the focus of an interview our Ambassador in Tirana Massimo Gaiani granted to the on-line daily Shqiptarja.com. The ambassador underscored how Albania had made impressive progress over the past 20 years, pointing out that Italy had always supported that process; […]

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MOSCOW – A “Golden Bridge” uniting Italy and Russia

The “Ponte d’Oro” award ceremony has taken place at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, in what has become a traditional “get-together” for the Russian population and Italian community in the Russian capital. Founded and organised by the magazine “Italia – La vita come arte”,the award goes to “representatives of the cultural and economic communities who, […]

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USA – The human figure in italian art showcased in New York

Italian art is again in the limelight in the Big Apple, with the Assonance/Dissonance” exhibition focusing on the human figure through the history of Italian art. On show are 14 masterpieces, ranging from archaeological finds to works by 16th and 17th century masters (Jacopo Bassano, Luca Giordano, il Cigoli and others) to contemporary artists (Chia, […]

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SPAGNA – Madrid commemorates Rita Levi-Montalcini

Madrid celebrates Rita Levi-Montalcini, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, with a commemoration organised by the Italian Embassy on the eve of what would have been her 104th birthday. The event, organised in collaboration with the Mensajeros de la Paz association, was intended to highlight not just this extraordinary women but also the ample […]

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