EU Foreign Affairs Council Terzi in Brussels: focus on Syria, Mali, Egypt and Somalia

The crises in Syria and Mali, along with the situations in Somalia and Egypt, will be the main topics of discussion today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where Minister Terzi is representing Italy. Syria Italy will stress the urgency to accelerate a political solution hinging on Assad’s exit from the scenario, and […]

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SIRIA – Da donatori 1,5 mld per i civili. Terzi: soluzione crisi resta priorità (in translation)

La comunità internazionale torna a mobilitarsi a sostegno dei civili siriani. La conferenza dei donatori, in Kuwait, con la partecipazione di 59 Paesi e 13 agenzie dell’Onu, ha raccolto promesse di aiuti per oltre 1,5 miliardi di dollari. Lo ha annunciato il segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-moon, aggiungendo che “abbiamo superato l’obiettivo”. Adesso si punta […]

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Edinburgh – Two Shows Of Italian Graphics And Illustration At The College Of Art

The Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh promoted two exhibitions – “Comics, che passion!” on Italian cartoons from the 1930s, and “Le immagini della fantasia” on illustration techniques – in the spacious halls of the Edinburgh College of Art. The historic national institution has been a training ground for many Scots and other artists, and boasts […]

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Syria – New meeting in Brussels. Crisis solution remains priority

The crisis in Syria will be on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Thursday 31 January in Brussels, discussions that will include a possible review of the arms embargo, although a decision may not be forthcoming until mid-February. The request to end the arms embargo came from the Syrian National Opposition […]

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Montreal – Convenzione per insegnamento italiano in quattro scuole (in translation)

E’ stata siglata a Montreal una convenzione tra la Fondazione Comunitaria Canadese-Italiana (FCCI), che raccoglie rappresentanti della “business community” italo-canadese, la English Montreal School Board (EMSB) ed il Consolato Generale per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana in orario scolastico in quattro istituti di istruzione primaria della città. Promozione e tutela della lingua e della cultura italiana […]

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Ministerial meeting on UN Security Council Reform (Foreign Ministry Rome, 4 February 2013)

On Monday 4 February Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will join Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito Secades in chairing a ministerial meeting entitled “New Approaches to the Security Council Reform”. The meeting is intended to foster political dialogue among members of the UN from various areas of the world […]

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Press Point: Minister Terzi with his Pakistani colleague Minister Hina Rabbiani Khar (Foreign Ministry Rome, 1 February 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday February 1st 2013 at 13:30. A joint press point will be held at the conclusion of the meeting, to be followed by the presentation of the Italian version of the book “Churches of Pakistan”. Journalists […]

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Attentato a Mogadiscio: Terzi a collega somala, “Italia al vostro fianco” – Ferma condanna dell’atto

Il Ministro degli Esteri, Giulio Terzi, ha avuto una conversazione telefonica con il Vice Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Esteri somalo, Signora Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adan, per manifestare “la forte vicinanza” dell’Italia alle Autorità somale ed ai familiari delle vittime del sanguinoso attentato compiuto stamani di fronte all’ufficio del Primo Ministro a Mogadiscio, sul quale […]

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Hong Kong – success for recital by pianist Christian Leotta

One of Italy’s most talented young pianists, Christian Leotta, currently doing an Asian tour, gave a recital at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, organised with the support of the Consulate General, to a packed and highly appreciative audience.

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Diplomacy for Growth: Foreign Ministry-ENIT Visa Agreement

“Italian visa policy is essential to diplomacy’s efforts to support the country’s growth. It encourages the influx of tourists attracted by Italy’s unique cultural heritage, as well as of businesses interested in investment opportunities”, commented Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Amb. Michele Valensise as he signed a protocol of understanding to promote tourism in Italy with President […]

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Rosario – new italian furniture factory

ARNEG, leading Italian manufacturer of large-scale distribution furniture and insulation paneling recently opened a new factory in Rosario Argentina. Present at the ceremony was Ambassador Guido Walter La Tella, who also met with the Minister for Industry and visited the Consulate General. The company invested approximately €5 million in the high technology, low-environmental impact plant […]

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Ljubljana – presentation of the book ‘Pesmi in Pisma’ with the best known poetry of Leopardi

The Italian Cultural Institute of Ljubljana in Slovenia will dedicate an evening to Giacomo Leopardi on Thursday 31 January, and will feature the presentation of the book “Pesmi in pisma”, published by Sanje Publishers with a contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The book collects several of the best known poems that the great […]

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