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The 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, […]

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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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Warsaw: the provocative art of Cattelan

An 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.

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South Korea: showcase for italian wines

Italian 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 […]

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China: new frontiers for wood construction firms

That 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 […]

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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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