Communication is a foreign policy tool

The Foreign Ministry “promotes and defends Italy’s interests worldwide so must communicate to the world what Italy is and does. For us, communication never comes as an afterthought to decisions: it is an integral part of and helps determine them”. In short, said Manzo, “communication is a foreign policy tool”. The point was explained by […]

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Brazil – Rousseff welcomes Caravaggio to Planalto

Caravaggio’s journey across Latin America is proceeding with great success. Having attracted over 160,000 visitors to the “Museu de Arte” in São Paulo for an exhibition lasting nearly two months, “Caravaggio and His Followers” is now showing in Planalto, the seat of the Presidency of the Brazilian Republic. Read more, in Italian.

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La comunicazione è strumento di politica estera (in translation)

Si è tenuto oggi a Milano a Palazzo Giureconsulti il workshop “Il governo è maker?” nell’ambito della Settimana della Comunicazione, un evento collettivo annuale in cui si incontrano creativitá, tecnologie, editoria, arte e design. Tra i partecipanti, il capo del servizio per la stampa e la comunicazione istituzionale del Ministero degli affari esteri, Giuseppe Manzo, […]

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Speech detail

Responsabilità. E’ il marchio d’impresa dei funzionari – vorrei usare una parola un po’ d’altri tempi, ma adatta- dei servitori dello Stato. E quella del diplomatico e’ una responsabilità molto speciale. Siamo responsabili verso tutti i cittadini italiani perché il nostro lavoro all’estero e’ di rappresentarli tutti, tutelarli tutti: in tutti gli ambiti della loro […]

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Italy-Georgia : trade up 53.7% in the first half of 2012

According to the latest ISTAT data, trade between Italy and Georgia increased by nearly 54% (53.7) in the first half of 2012 as compared with the same period in 2011, totally over €137 million. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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(please check against actual speech as delivered) (in Italian only) Signor Presidente del Burkina Faso,Signor Presidente del Consiglio,Commissario Piebalgs,Ministro Riccardi,Signor Sindaco di Milano,Dottor Scaroni,Signore e Signori, Voglio esprimere innanzi tutto al collega Riccardi l’apprezzamento per aver fortemente voluto un Forum sulla cooperazione, un tema che rimane centrale nella nostra attività internazionale. Il suo discorso appassionato […]

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Ottawa: Italy-Canada round table on start-ups

In collaboration with Carleton University, Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the University of Toronto, the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa organised a day, October 2nd, dedicated to discussions of Italian and Canadian experiences in innovation and university, business, research and institutional partnerships, and the creation of start-ups. The event can be followed in live streaming […]

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Press notice detail

There is no growth without innovation, no progress without research and development. Researchers, scientists, institutions and business persons need the web in Italy and abroad in order to share their strategic resources. Innovitalia is a digital platform to be presented at the foreign ministry in Rome at 12:00 on Thursday 4 October 2012 by Minister […]

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International Cooperation Forum: Terzi: Central to foreign policy – from assistance to partnership

“The rapid transformations of recent decades that have accelerated new geopolitical equilibriums and regional integration, today express the foreign policy-cooperation equation in new terms; dense in problems and at the same time filled with extraordinary prospects, which include “assistance and aid evolving into partnerships with our counterparts”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented during […]

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, who will be opening the Milan Cooperation Forum, summarised the 67th UN General Assembly, in which he participated with Premier Mario Monti. Syria and the Italian marines being held in India were major issues that remain unresolved, but the minister’s overall summary reveals a patient effort aimed at restoring […]

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Dettaglio intervista

New York Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata non ha bisogno di presentazioni quando viene a New York. Anche da ministro degli Esteri, il diplomatico bergamasco riconosce subito coloro con cui ha promosso l’Italia in America quando era ambasciatore sia all’Onu che a Washington. Al Consolato di Park Avenue gli viene consegnato un premio dal cav. Joseph […]

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The first National Cooperation Forum, to be held tomorrow and Tuesday in Milan, will offer the Italian Cooperation an important opportunity for reflection and reinforcement. New global challenges call for effective responses, and institutions have the duty to stimulate and involve public opinion in the strategic importance of development cooperation policies. The difficult present international […]

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