Terzi’s agenda: The greater Mediterranean, challenges and opportunities

The political/economic issues of the southern shores of the Mediterranean will be the main focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s upcoming calendar. Italo-Turkish dialogue forum and bilateral meeting He will start on Monday 12 November with a dialogue forum and bilateral meeting in Rome with his Turkish colleague Ahmet Davutoglu. This two-fold appointment, spokesperson Giuseppe Manzo […]

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Kenya, agricultural development cooperation

Forty farming associations, 14 healthcare centres and 186,000 indirect beneficiaries make up the numbers that testify to the success of the Italian Cooperation in Kenya, where an agricultural development and HIV/AIDS prevention project has just been completed. Read more, in Italian.

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Resounding success for Italy at Baghdad Theatre

The first Italian cultural event in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein was a resounding success, as an audience of over 1,000 filled the National Theatre of Baghdad to listen to Italian poetry and lyric, classical, folk and jazz music. Read more, in Italian.

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China, italian firms at the Pujiang Innovation Forum

Italy participated for the first time in the 2012 edition of China’s Pujiang Innovation Forum, with the presence of four Italia firms (FAAM in the electric cars sector, Granitifiandre for eco-sustainable building materials, Link Consulting for energy efficiency and Gnosis for the chemical components sector). The forum foregrounded, in particular, a new cycle of industrial […]

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Exhibit in Beirut of 60 machines by Leonardo Da Vinci

An exhibition opened yesterday in Beirut of 60 examples of machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci. The machines, built by skilled Italian artisans following the artist’s drawings and models and sent over to the Middle East, are divided into four categories: transport, war, mechanics and entertainment and are interactive so as to allow students to […]

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Press notice detail

On Monday 12 November, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will meet at Villa Madama with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu at 15:30, and a press conference will follow. Journalists and camera operators interested in participating are asked to apply for accreditation by completing the interactive form available at the link http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp […]

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Terzi: «Building a leading role for Italy in the world» (la Discussione)

It was clear that the technocratic government had to put a technocrat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, i.e. someone from the world of diplomacy: an ambassador. And Premier Monti chose Giulio Terzi di Santagata, our diplomatic representative at the time in the most prestigious of all posts: Washington. A field promotion for Terzi, who […]

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De Mistura: Unifil in Siria? Non ora (Avvenire)

Accelerare gli interventi umanitari per i civili e aiutare l’opposizione siriana ad avere un’unica leadership». Queste le iniziative su cui deve concentrarsi la Comunità internazionale secondo il sottosegretario agli Esteri Staffan De Mistura, che mercoledì in Libano ha visitato il contingente italiano dell’Unifil e tenuto colloqui con le massime autorità libanesi. Dopo il recente attacco […]

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Under-Secretary Marta Dassù meets with French Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve

Preparations for the next bilateral summit and European policy concerns formed the central focus of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome between Under-Secretary Marta Dassù and French Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve. Under-Secretary Dassù and Minister Cazeneuve discussed the recent formation of the Joint Italo-French reflection group on the Mediterranean suggested by […]

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Sistema Paese: riunione tra vertici MAE e Gruppo Trevi, best practice nel sostegno alle imprese (in translation)

Lo scorso 5 novembre la Farnesina ha ospitato il secondo incontro tra i vertici del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e del Gruppo Trevi, rappresentati dal presidente, Ing. Davide Trevisani, dall’Amministratore Delegato Dott. Cesare Trevisani e dal Direttore per le Relazioni Internazionali, Ing. Claudio Piconi. Il Segretario Generale del MAE, Ambasciatore Michele Valensise, era accompagnato dal […]

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Dettaglio comunicato

Si sono svolti oggi in un clima cordiale alla Farnesina i lavori della II Commissione bilaterale italo-monegasca, che rappresenta un momento di importante scambio di vedute e di approfondimento delle relazioni tra i due Paesi. La prima sessione della Commissione mista aveva avuto luogo presso il Principato, nel novembre 2009. La delegazione italiana era guidata […]

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“Friend Iraq”: photo exhibit at the Foreign Ministry

The foreign ministry will host an exhibition from 12 to 19 November entitled “Friend Iraq: Iraqi artists for the Italian Cooperation”, consisting of 26 panels depicting social, cultural and human aspects of Iraq. The exhibit is being promoted by the DGCS on the 10th anniversary of Italy’s intervention on behalf of the reconstruction of Iraq […]

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