Closing address at the World Economic Forum meeting on “Rebuilding Europe’s competitiveness” (Rome, Villa Madama, 30 October 2012)

(check against delivery) Mr Børge Brende, Mrs Irene Khan, Minister Moavero, Mr Giuseppe Recchi, Mr Mauro Moretti, Mr Paul Adamson, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to thank the World Economic Forum, and especially Prof. Klaus Schwab, for organising this meeting. I am delighted that Rome and Villa Madama have been chosen to host such an […]

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OSCE Conference at Foreign Ministry – Italy’s role in strengthening Mediterranean partnership

There needs to be a bridge today uniting the two shores of the Mediterranean to encourage democratic processes in North Africa, and “OSCE has a role to play, along with Italy” in the achievement of this goal. These were the sentiments expressed by Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura today as he opened the OSCE Mediterranean conference […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Mr. Chairman,Mr. Secretary General,Mr. President and Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,Distinguished Colleagues,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen I am particularly honoured to welcome you at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 2012 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which represents the main event throughout the annual calendar of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership. […]

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ItalY-Russia: stronger partnership to face common challenges, says Terzi

A focus on the “broad prospects for collaboration between Italy and Russia on economic and cultural levels and in a political context in which bilateral relations are marked by a strategic partnership that must also act as a catalyst in the development of increasingly strong relations between the EU and Russia”. This was Minister Giulio […]

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Press release detail

Thanks to Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s impetus, Italy is in the forefront in promoting relations between the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the six Mediterranean nations – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Israel – that have been its partners since 1996. It is Italy’s firm conviction, in the […]

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New York: Valeria Golino at “Nice” presentation

Italian cinema is poised to take centre stage in New York, and Valeria Golino will be there to introduce it. The celebrated Italian actress will fly to the Big Apple on 7 November for the presentation at the Italian Cultural Institute of “Nice”: New Italian Cinema Events, whose aims are to promote Italian cinema abroad, […]

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Dettaglio intervista

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Italy-Spain – 13th intergovernmental summit – perfectly in sync on Europe’s future, euro irreversible

Italy and Spain are in perfect sync on the future of the European Union and the irreversibility of the euro, in the knowledge that their national interests coincide with those of Europe. The 13th intergovernmental summit in Madrid, chaired by Premiers Mario Monti and Mariano Rajoy, sought to strengthen the foundations of the European construction […]

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Zimbabwe: stand Harare Tourism Fair, a window on Italy

A FIAT 500, and Alfa Romeo 159 and a late-generation tractor: these the Made in Italy’s “ambassadors” that greeted visitors to the Italian Pavilion of the 5th International Tourism Fair of Harare: the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Fair where, for the second consecutive year, Italy was the only European exhibitor with an official stand, […]

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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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