“L’impegno per contrastare tutte le forme di violenza che continuano a colpire milioni di donne nel mondo è una priorità assoluta dell’ azione internazionale dell’ Italia. La promozione dei diritti delle donne è un valore assoluto ed un parametro di civiltà e continueremo a lavorare affinché la tutela delle donne sia sempre di più al […]
Read moreThe first meeting of the Joint Italo-Palestinian Ministerial Committee, held at the foreign ministry in Rome, “defined the comprehensive impetus we wish to give, with the emphasis on economic collaboration and the creation of partnerships between firms”, commented Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of a meeting with his Palestinian colleague Riyad Malki during bilateral […]
Read moreAt 09:00 on Monday 26 November 2012 Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will open the conference “The energy dimension of Italian foreign policy” the foreign ministry in Rome, organized by the Fondazione Farefuturo and ISPI for the presentation of the report “The foreign policy of energy. Italy, energy security and national interests”. Journalists and […]
Read moreThe foreign ministry hailed the news of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton’s decision to appoint Italian diplomat Ugo Astuto to the post of EEAS Director of Southern and Southeast Asia. Astuto will be able to offer the EEAS the benefit of his lengthy experience in prestigious diplomatic posts in Kenya, […]
Read moreOn Monday 26 November at 17:00 the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will host a round table on Dag Hammarskjold, the Swedish diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from1953al 1961 and Nobel Prize laureate for his humanitarian work. Speakers will include Minister for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Giulio Terzi, Ambassdor […]
Read moreAn exhibition at the Warsaw Contemporary Art Centre of 7 works completed by the artist Maurizio Cattelan between 1999 and 2011 met with resounding public and media success, as nearly 2,000 visitors flocked to the show in just its first few days. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItalian wines took centre stage in South Korea during the promotional event held recently during the second edition of the Gamero Rosso “Top Italian Wines Road Show”( 26 October) and“Toscana a land of wine”(15 November), both organize by the local ICE with the support of the Italian embassy, CCIA Siena and the special agency for […]
Read moreThat China is a possible new frontier for Italian wood construction firms is one of the things that emerged from the first Italo-Chinese bilateral conference in Shanghai at the department of Civil Engineering of Tongji University and organised by the science office of the Embassy of Italy in Beijing. Consul General in Shanghai opened the […]
Read moreA second training module for Libyan media personnel began on 17 November, organised by AGI in collaboration with the Association of Italians Repatriated from Libya, with financing from the Directorate General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project was prepared with the assistance of the MFA’s Press and Institutional […]
Read more“An accord that is an important step toward a solution to the crisis”, commented Minister Giulio Terzi on the news of the ceasefire in Gaza, in effect as of 20:00 on Wednesday. “This achievement”, Terzi underscored, “is the fruit of the intense diplomatic activities of Western and regional democracies, in which Italy has played an […]
Read moreFrom Paris, where he is accompanying President of the Republic Napolitano on a State visit, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi discusses developments in Gaza by telephone with Egyptian foreign minister Kamel Amr. Minister Terzi informed his Egyptian colleague of his “deep regret for the death and destruction caused by the recent hostilities and major […]
Read moreThe 10th edition of the Salon International des Travaux Publics (S.I.T.P.) gets under way today, to conclude on 25 November. The event, dedicated to public works and construction machinery and technologies, is being held at the Palais des Expositions in Algiers. Italy is strongly represented by 23 top firms operating in various construction-related sectors. Read […]
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