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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Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli meets in Rome with Director General of the AIEA

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli met today in Rome with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) Amb. Yukiya Amano. Their discussions centred on the Agency’s role in Iranian nuclear negotiations, Italy’s contribution to the AIEA’s activities, the Deputy Foreign Minister’s participation in the upcoming conference on nuclear security in Vienna […]

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Il Ministro Bonino a Belgrado – Impegno italiano per avere data negoziati a Consiglio Ue (in translation)

L’Italia farà tutto il possibile perché al Consiglio europeo del 27 e 28 giugno venga fissata una data chiara e precisa per l’avvio del negoziato di adesione con la Serbia. Lo ha detto a Belgrado il Ministro Emma Bonino, al termine di un colloquio con il collega serbo Ivan Mrkic, nell’ambito di una visita in […]

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LOS ANGELES – Consul opens residence for Gio Ponti Show

Consul General of Los Angeles Giuseppe Perrone opened his residence to the exhibition “The House, Italian-Style. Gio Ponti in LA”, a selection of original furnishings and decorations designed by one of the protagonists of 20th century design, Giuseppe Perrone. Read more, in Italian.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Bonino speaks by telephone with Iran’s Foreign Minister Salehi

Minister for Foreign Affairs Bonino spoke by telephone today with Iranian Foreign Minister Salehi, to whom she expressed her congratulations for the positive outcome of the Iranian elections, which offered the people an opportunity to freely express themselves in the election of Rowhani. In a brief exchange of information on the Syrian crisis, the two […]

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Articolo del Ministro Emma Bonino sul quotidiano Frankfurter

  (traduzione non ufficiale)   Per un‘ “Europa leggera”. Il Ministro degli Esteri italiano a colloquio/di Jorg Bremer Il nuovo Ministro degli Esteri italiano Emma Bonino vede l`Europa in una fase di profondo cambiamento. “Sono contenta che venga a cadere una regola del gioco sinora vigente che vuole che gli accordi economici e finanziari stipulati […]

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