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Defending religious freedoms around the world, and uniting in a commitment to prevent and combat the current wave of violence and intollerance against religious minorities, are the central focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s work meeting today at the foreign ministry in Rome with representatives of over 30 Italian NGOs. “This is Italy’s absolute priority in […]

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Libya: EU, Italy’s immigration requests approved, says Terzi

Minister Giulio Terzi hailed the EU Foreign Affairs Council’s approval of a document on integrated border controls “that responds to Italy’s requests to the letter”. The document confronts immigration with strategies common to all 27 Member States as urged by Italy in a letter signed by Minister Terzi and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Malmstrom. […]

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Yeosu: Grande musica all’Expo con il Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Dal 27 luglio al 2 agosto l’Italia sarà protagonista dell’Esposizione internazionale di Yeosu dedicata alle risorse idriche. Nel fitto programma di iniziative dell’”Italian week” – promotori Unioncamere e Camera di Commercio Italia-Corea – figurano eventi che vanno dalle opportunità di business all’enogastronomia, alla musica. La Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” di Trieste è stata invitata, […]

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Contemporary Italian design on display in Beijing

Italian contemporary design takes centre-stage in the exhibition “The New Italian Design 2.0”, running through 20 August in Beijing, the first major international exhibition to the held in the capital since UNESCO’s acclaimed “Design Cities”. The show will then move to Taiwan to run from 20 September to 20 November. Conceived by the Triennale Design […]

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Syria: EU boosts sanctions and arms embargo

The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels decided today to ratchet up the pressure on the Syrian regime by extending sanctions and, in particular, by boosting the arms embargo already in force. The new measures will allow European countries to perform inspections in their airports, sea ports and territorial waters of ships and planes en […]

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Bucharest : The Italian “frecce tricolori” at the international air show

The Italian “Frecce Tricolori” joined Romanian and Turkish acrobatic air displays to give additional spark to the Bucharest International Air Show on 21 and 22 July. The crew were guests of honour at a promotional event held at the residence of Italian Ambassador Cospito and organised by the Fruili Venezia Giulia Region and the Vienna […]

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Luanda: Mission by Federlegno – Opportunities in construction and furniture

FEDERLEGNO (wood producers federation) made a mission from 18 to 20 July to Luanda, with a delegation consisting of a dozen construction and furniture sector representatives. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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Italy – Philippines: Italian lyric music to celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations

Italian lyric music debuts in Manila at the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and the Philippines, with a staging of scenes from the Barber of Seville.

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UNITED STATES: Vinitaly comes to Capitol Hill

Vinitaly comes to Capitol Hill, with a wine-tasting at the House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee, which made it possible for major members of the Italian wine-making community to connect with the Congressional “Wince Caucus”. The event also provided an opportunity for a delegation led by Verona-Fiere and Vinitaly, and consisting of six producers (Cantina Castello […]

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Women’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]

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Syria: UN approves extension of observers’ mission

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the observers mission in Syria by 30 days, after Thursday’s veto by Russia and China on a resolution presented by the Western countries in which sanctions were threatened against the regime in the case of failure to respect the Annan plan. Instead, the approved resolution calls […]

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Rossella Urru: “Thank you all, now I’m going home”

“The day of my release has been great, but also the most difficult because I had no idea that all these people were working on my behalf in Italy”, while the “worst day was the one on which I was abducted”, reported Rossella Urru as she left the foreign ministry in Rome after meeting with […]

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