Press notice detail

On Friday 30 November 2012, at 15.00, Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi will receive a medal from the National Association of Emigrants’ Families (ANFE) commemorating the organisation’s 65th anniversary. The medal is a “recognition from the association to the diplomatic network, which each day provides assistance to Italian emigrants throughout the world”. The award ceremony, which […]

Read more

Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo l’intervento effettivamente pronunciato) Monsieur le Président Trichet,Monsieur le Directeur des Echos,Excellences,Mesdames et Messieurs, Il est un grand honneur pour moi de recevoir le Grand Prix de l’Economie au nom du Premier Ministre Mario Monti. Je suis sûre qu’il souhaiterait le partager avec tous les italiens, qui au cours de cette dernière année […]

Read more

Yemen: Managing migration flows, training courses in Italy

A course on migration-flow management for officials from Yemen, which each year sees over 100,000 immigrants arrive from the Horn of Africa, is now under way in Rome. The project, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organised by SudgestAid with the collaboration of Ancitel, envisages an information-register office system to improve refugee and […]

Read more

EU: Minister Terzi welcomes Court of Justice judgment on language equality

“A judgment that Italy welcomes most warmly”. This was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment on hearing of the ruling published today by the European Union’s Court of Justice. The judgment establishes that the publication in just three languages (English, French and German) of the Union’s open competitions for the recruitment of administrators and assistants, and […]

Read more

Italy-Afghanistan – Terzi-Rassoul meeting: We strongly believe in Afghanistan’s future

Italy “strongly believes in Afghanistan’s future […], a country where democracy is gaining ground, and strength. The next decade will be most important”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of his meeting at the Farnesina with his Afghan colleague, Zalmai Rassoul. “Work-in-progress that will bear fruit over the next […]

Read more

Torino: prodotti afghani a Salone Gusto (in translation)

Spazio ai prodotti d’eccellenza afghani al Salone Internazionale del Gusto 2012: per la prima volta, il Paese asiatico ha preso parte all’importante kermesse di Torino, suscitando l’interesse dei partecipanti. Il Salone é uno degli eventi di maggior rilievo internazionale nel settore della gastronomia e della promozione e tutela della cultura agroalimentare, e in quanto tale […]

Read more

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received Cameroon’s Minister for External Relations, Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, at the Farnesina today

Minister Terzi told his visitor how much Italy appreciates the Cameroon Government’s commitment to democratic stabilisation and economic reform. He underscored the Italian business community’s interest in the exploiting the opportunities provided by the opening of Cameroon’s market to foreign investment, opportunities that were illustrated during a “Country Presentation” by Confindustria during the Cameroonian delegation’s […]

Read more

Minister Terzi receives the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, at the Farnesina today. Minister Terzi underscored that Italy will continue to support the Arab Spring transition countries at the levels of political dialogue and economic cooperation. He confirmed Italy’s intention to enhance the role of the Union for […]

Read more

Middle East: Re-activate the European mission at the Gaza border, is Terzi’s proposal to Ashton

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has today formalised the Italian proposal to re-activate the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) at the Gaza Strip. Minister Terzi submitted the proposal to the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, and to the European Union member states, the aim being to intensify the EU’s potential role in maintaining the truce between […]

Read more

UN: adoption at committee stage of the Resolution against female genital mutilation is an important advance. We must now continue our efforts until the battle is won

“A reason for special satisfaction for Italy and an important step forwards in a campaign for civility that must be continued until the battle is won”. These were Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s words on learning of the adoption, just minutes ago in New York, of the Resolution on intensifying the global effort to eliminate female […]

Read more

EU Parliament: Lux Prize to “Io sono Li’” by SEGRE

Spotlight on Italian cinema: the jury of the European Parliament awarded the 2012 Lux Prize to Andrea Segre’s “Io sono lì”, a poignant and poetic story about Chinese immigration in the Northeast. The prize was presented to the artist by Martin Schulz during an official ceremony in Strasburg. Read more, in Italian.

Read more

Press notice detail

On Wednesday 28 November at 16:30 Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will join President of Unioncamere Sicilia Giuseppe Pace at the foreign ministry in Rome to launch the new web portal “Sicilia 360°” an innovative instrument for the enhancement of the Sicilian tourist economy. The portal responds to a need for new means for […]

Read more