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“We cannot stand by and watch, as the search goes on for a solution to the Syrian crisis”, while thousands of innocent children are enduring unacceptable conditions”. In an immediate response to UNICEF Italia’s recent appeal, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi announced a decision to earmark €500,000 through the Italian Cooperation to fund an […]

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Even as the spread emergency bites into the flesh of Italian economy like an insatiable monster, from his privileged observatory in the foreign ministry in Rome, Giulio Terzi sees an Italy with a much stronger voice in Europe and well-equipped to weather the financial crisis – on one condition: that the reforms the government has […]

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“The recent bombings that took the lives of dozens of people in Iraq deserve our firmest condemnation”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, according to whom, “those criminal and cowardly minds that strike during Ramadan, intending to break the pace of democratic institution-building in Iraq and undermine peaceful co-existence between the various components of […]

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Washington: cycling to Vancouver to raise funds for cancer research

“I was diagnosed with Leukemia less than four months ago,” explained 37-year-old Luigi Laraia, World Bank Advisor in Washington, who announced his intention to cycle from there to Vancouver to publicise his story and to raise awareness of the disease and funds for research aimed at defeating it for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. “My […]

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Not long from now our children and grandchildren may find themselves caught in the undertow of a rising tide of fundamentalism, unconventional military threats, uncontrolled migration flows or stiff economic competition. What will our defence be when they accuse us of not having given them the instruments and policies for preventing Europe from becoming a […]

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Religious Freedom – Terzi meets with NGOs: education against discrimination and violence

The protection of religious freedom and minorities around the world is “Italy’s absolute priority in its international actions”, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored in a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with representatives of over 30 Italian NGOs to discuss a workshop that the ministry is organizing at the UN. “Education is key to the […]

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Advisory for Italian nationals in Syria

In consideration of the gradually deteriorating security situation in Syria, in the interest of their own safety the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges anyone there, for any reason whatsoever, to leave the country.    

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Italy-Croatia: business collaboration agreement

Business persons from Italy’s northeast and their colleagues in the coastal/mountain regions of Croatia signed a collaboration agreement in Fiume today through their respective financial firms Finest e Porin. By this pilot agreement, signed in the presence of Italian Ambassador Emanuela D’Alessandro, the parties pledge to support cooperation by encouraging initiatives aimed at the development […]

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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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