LIBYA – Second training module for Libyan media

A 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 […]

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Ceasefire in Gaza – Terzi: important step. PNA Minister at foreign ministry in Rome

“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 […]

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From 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 […]

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Algiers, 23 italian firms at the Salon des Travaux Publics

The 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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Cooperation €200,000 to wfp for hurricane Sandy

The Cooperation has undertaken a new project on behalf of the people of Haiti, heavily affected by the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The foreign ministry has earmarked an additional multilateral contribution of €200,000 to the UN World Food Program (WFP) for an emergency 7-month project (November 2012 to May 2013) hoping to reach approximately one […]

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Gaza: truce on solid grounds, need to strengthen them, says Terzi

“We have the impression that the truce” in Gaza “is on solid grounds. I believe that everything must be done to strengthen those also in terms of a possible opening of the Strip to greater control”. This was Minister Terzi’s comment in the early hours of the truce. “We are in contact with Egypt, to […]

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Italy-Argentina: boosting parliamentary diplomacy

The “First Parliamentary Day for Italo-Argentine Friendship and Integration”, held on 16 November in Buenos Aires, was organised by a group of Italian MPs and intended as a way to more deeply analyse Italo-Argentine relations with a view to boosting the role of parliamentary diplomacy. Read more, in Italian.

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On 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 […]

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Ceasefire called in Gaza; major step toward solution to the crisis, says Terzi

Commenting from Paris on the news of the agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, presently accompanying the President of the Republic on a State visit to France, said he was “very pleased with this agreement, a major step toward a solution to the crisis”. “This achievement”, Terzi underscored, “is […]

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A meeting of the Joint Italo-Palestinian National Authority Ministerial Committee will be held at 11:00 on Friday 23 November 2012 at 11:00 at the foreign ministry in Rome. The following press meetings are planned: 11:00 – Presentation on the Palestinian economy co-chaired by Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and the Foreign Minister of […]

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Gaza: Italy and France appeal for truce – We are working toward dialogue aimed at peace, says Terzi

Italy is insisting on a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. Giorgio Napolitano and Francois Hollande launched a joint appeal from Paris for a truce in Gaza. Napolitano, in particular, reiterated the “firmest condemnation of terrorism”, expressing “solidarity with Israel, which feels brutally attacked, and with the victims” of Gaza. Containing the escalating violence France and […]

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi was informed in Paris, where he is accompanying President of the Republic Napolitano on a State visit, of the bus bombing this morning in Tel Aviv, which he firmly condemned. “An act of barbarous violence”, said the minister, “that has no justification and to which indignation and horror are […]

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