Loans for joint ventures in developing countries, an investment in solidarity

Strengthening international cooperation and the internationalisation of Italian businesses are the main objectives of article 7 of Law no. 49/87 (new discipline for Italian cooperation with developing countries), which authorises the foreign ministry to grant low-interest loans to Italian firms intending to enter into joint ventures with local businesses in developing countries. And it is […]

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Minister Giulio Terzi reminds his new Indian colleague Salman Khurshid of urgency to resolve case of Italian Navy sharpshooters Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi made immediate contact with new Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid to underscore the urgency of finding a positive solution and of no longer postponing the case of Italian Navy sharpshooters Marina Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone to whom, Terzi stressed, the Italian government assigns top priority within the framework […]

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Il Sottosegretario Dassù all’Assemblea dei Giovani Imprenditori (in translation)

Il Sottosegretario agli Esteri Marta Dassù ha presentato a Capri, lo scorso 27 ottobre, la dichiarazione congiunta sull’Europa dei Giovani Imprenditori di Italia, Francia, Germania e Spagna. Nella dichiarazione, i Giovani Imprenditori chiedono un’Europa orientata alla crescita e politicamente molto più integrata: gli Stati Uniti d’Europa. Marta Dassù ha sottolineato l’importanza, a questo fine, di […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo l’intervento effettivamente pronunciato) Four years have passed since Lehman, and yet the global economy is still at a critical juncture. Global growth is weak and uneven, though signs of stabilization are emerging. Uncertainty still rules the global markets, faced with a long-running European sovereign debt crisis, a modest recovery in the United […]

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Moscow: new Elena Miro’ store promises to expand

The Gruppo Miroglio brand Elena Mirò opened its new flagship store yesterday in the centre of Moscow, with plans for expansion across Russia where it expects to double the number of shops by the end of 2015. Dedicated line Miroglio reports that “heavier garments and coats are particularly sought after by Russian women”, and that […]

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Press release detail

“This is the latest in an endless series of hate-driven attacks against Christians at worship. Condemnation could not be firmer, as these horrible acts weigh on the conscience of everyone who fights against violence and on behalf of respect for religious freedom”. With these words Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi responded to the […]

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Terzi hails selection of Italy for the next presidency of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his “deep satisfaction” with the selection of Italy for the next presidency of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). On the basis of the decision by the plenary session that concluded today in Berlin, Italy will succeed Germany in guiding the organisation and hosting the plenary conference. Minister […]

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Italy-Israel: intergovernmental summit – Terzi-Lieberman: EU sanctions against Iran good, concern for Syrian crisis

Strengthening economic relations and bilateral trade, as well as discussion of the most pressing regional dossiers, ranging from Syria to the stalled Middle East peace talks, to the Iranian nuclear programme combines to form the central focus of the third Italy-Israel intergovernmental summit, the first under the guidance of Premier Mario Monti, since that of […]

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Cooperazione: Dassu’, da Italia inversione tendenza – concentrare risorse su paesi africani vicini Europa sud

(ANSA) LUSSEMBURGO, 15 OTT – Nella legge di stabilita’ adottata di recente il governo italiano ha destinato 400 milioni in piu’ nel 2013 a favore della cooperazione, segnando ”un’importante inversione di tendenza”: lo ha detto il sottosegretario agli esteri Marta Dassu’, al suo arrivo a Lussemburgo per il consiglio sviluppo. L’Italia ritiene che le risorse […]

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Cooperazione: Dassu’, Italia lontana da impegni, ma ora inversione di tendenza

(AGENPARL) – Lussemburgo, 15 ott – “Come donatore l’ Italia è lontana dagli impegni internazionali da essa stessa assunti con i precedenti governi . Abbiamo preso, sia sul piano Onu che su quello europeo, impegni successivi per raggiungere il famoso 0,7 per cento, tendenzialmente . Oggi oscilliamo fra lo 0,19 e al massimo lo 0,2 […]

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The EIB earmarks €200 million for Emilia Romagna

The European Investment Bank (EIB) opened a 200 million-euro credit line as a concrete gesture toward the earthquake devastated companies and communities of Emilia-Romagna. The loans will be disbursed through domestic banks in the region that were party to an agreement signed in June between Emilia-Romagna, Confindustria and the city administrations of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena […]

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Buenos Aires: Caravaggio and followers exhibit opens

Caravaggio comes to Argentina in an exhibition that runs through 15 December at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Buenos Aires – 7canvasas by the Baroque master himself and 14 by his followers. Read more, in Italian.

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