Attack in Ankara

“Today’s attack against the US Embassy in Ankara is an unacceptable act of violence deserving of the firmest condemnation”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi as he expressed his “sincerest and deepest condolences to the families of the victims and best wishes for the speedy recovery of the wounded”. “Faced with such acts of barbarism, we vigorously […]

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Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation (Farnesina, 5 febbraio 2013)

The second day of the event “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”, organized by the NGO known as “Non c’è pace senza giustizia”, will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome on Tuesday 5 February. The press are invited to cover the closing speeches by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, Labour and Equal Opportunities Minister […]

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Intervento del Ministro Terzi alla Seconda edizione del Forum Microfinanza e Politiche dell’Unione Europea

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Vice Presidente della Commissione Europea, On. Antonio Tajani, Presidente dell’Ente Nazionale per il Microcredito (ENM), On. Mario Baccini, Vice Presidente dell’ENM, Amb. Sergio Vento, ringrazio gli organizzatori di questo Forum europeo sulla microfinanza, giunto alla sua seconda edizione. La mia presenza e il patrocinio del Ministero degli Esteri […]

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Terzi: micro finance to prevent social fragility

Microfinance is one of the instruments for “addressing inertia and social fragility, which is essential in safeguarding the quality of democracies” in order to prevent “material distress from encouraging populist deviation and citizen regression”. Minister Giulio Terzi thus explained the anti-crisis role of microcredit and microfinance, as he spoke at the second edition of the […]

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EU Foreign Affairs Council, Terzi calls for rapid launch of border control mission in Libya

Italy called for the deployment “as rapidly as possible” of a European border control mission in Libya, explained Minister Giulio Terzi at the conclusion of an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. “We discussed the EU’s possible collaboration on border control in Libya and the country’s security conditions; my call for the rapid launch […]

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Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation (Farnesina, 5 febbraio 2013)

The second day of the event “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”, organized by the NGO known as “Non c’è pace senza giustizia”, will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome on Tuesday 5 February. The press are invited to cover the closing speeches by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, Labour and Equal Opportunities Minister […]

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– Punto stampa Ministro Terzi con il suo omologo pakistano Ministro Hina Rabbiani Khar

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday February 1st 2013 at 13:30. A joint press point will be held at the conclusion of the meeting, to be followed by the presentation of the Italian version of the book “Churches of Pakistan”. Journalists […]

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EU Foreign Affairs Council Terzi in Brussels: focus on Syria, Mali, Egypt and Somalia

The crises in Syria and Mali, along with the situations in Somalia and Egypt, will be the main topics of discussion today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where Minister Terzi is representing Italy. Syria Italy will stress the urgency to accelerate a political solution hinging on Assad’s exit from the scenario, and […]

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SIRIA – Da donatori 1,5 mld per i civili. Terzi: soluzione crisi resta priorità (in translation)

La comunità internazionale torna a mobilitarsi a sostegno dei civili siriani. La conferenza dei donatori, in Kuwait, con la partecipazione di 59 Paesi e 13 agenzie dell’Onu, ha raccolto promesse di aiuti per oltre 1,5 miliardi di dollari. Lo ha annunciato il segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-moon, aggiungendo che “abbiamo superato l’obiettivo”. Adesso si punta […]

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Edinburgh – Two Shows Of Italian Graphics And Illustration At The College Of Art

The Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh promoted two exhibitions – “Comics, che passion!” on Italian cartoons from the 1930s, and “Le immagini della fantasia” on illustration techniques – in the spacious halls of the Edinburgh College of Art. The historic national institution has been a training ground for many Scots and other artists, and boasts […]

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Syria – New meeting in Brussels. Crisis solution remains priority

The crisis in Syria will be on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Thursday 31 January in Brussels, discussions that will include a possible review of the arms embargo, although a decision may not be forthcoming until mid-February. The request to end the arms embargo came from the Syrian National Opposition […]

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Montreal – Convenzione per insegnamento italiano in quattro scuole (in translation)

E’ stata siglata a Montreal una convenzione tra la Fondazione Comunitaria Canadese-Italiana (FCCI), che raccoglie rappresentanti della “business community” italo-canadese, la English Montreal School Board (EMSB) ed il Consolato Generale per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana in orario scolastico in quattro istituti di istruzione primaria della città. Promozione e tutela della lingua e della cultura italiana […]

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