Bratislava – Marco Bellocchio receives Elsa Morante cinema Bratislava prize

The Italian director Marco Bellocchio has received the Elsa Morante Cinema Bratislava Prize, which this year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth. Morante is one of Italy’s most important writers since the Second World War. The prize, now in its 4th edition, was awarded to an Italian and a Slovakian director and […]

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TWIPLOMACY: Social networks bring foreign policy closer to citizens, says Terzi

“E-diplomacy” or “Twiplomacy” is a reality. And social networks are a unique opportunity for diplomacy to receive, create and disseminate news to citizens. Italian diplomacy is engaged in numerous web-based initiatives. A new MFA portal for “Italy in the World”. “On 9 February my tweet ‘The massacre of innocent civilians in Syria must end’ attracted […]

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Nasce “Farnesina per immagini”; su Flickr le foto che raccontano la politica estera italiana (in translation)

Nell’homepage del portale www.esteri.it da oggi una nuova iniziativa: il nuovo canale “flickr” del Ministero degli Affari Esteri; le foto che raccontano la politica estera italiana con immagini provenienti dalla Farnesina, dalle sedi diplomatico-consolari all’estero e dagli operatori – come i cooperanti nel mondo – che collaborano con il Ministero.

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TWIPLOMACY: Italian diplomacy has 48 Facebook pages. Foreign Ministry’s new portal now active, reports Terzi

The Foreign Ministry’s revamped website www.esteri.it went online today. The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the forum on “Diplomacy in the Age of Twitter” organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the City of Turin with the collaboration of La Stampa. The Forum took place at the International Labour Organization’s […]

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Syria: humanitarian emergency, aid from Italy – The country is on the “precipice of a civil war”, says Terzi

Acting on the instructions of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, Italian Development Cooperation has sent medical kits for the Syrian people suffering the effects of the humanitarian emergency arising from the violence in their country. The kits left yesterday and today, 14 June 2012, from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi. The medical […]

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Cooperation: Mozambique – new hospital in Caia

The town of Caia, in Mozambique, has a new hospital thanks to funding from Italian Development Cooperation and the Autonomous Province of Trento. The 107-bed hospital, which has a catchment area of around 350,000 people, was opened on 2 June 2012 in the presence of the Mozambican Head of State, Armando Guebuza. President Guebuza, who […]

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Twiplomacy: convegno a Torino; Terzi, con i Social Network si avvicina la politica estera ai cittadini (in translation)

“Il 9 febbraio ho twittato ‘Stop ai massacri di civili innocenti in Siria’ e la risposta dei followers è stata straordinaria”. Lo ha detto il Ministro Giulio Esteri, al forum ‘La diplomazia al tempo di twitter” organizzato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dalla Città di Torino con la collaborazione de La Stampa e che […]

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Speech detail

(Please check against text as delivered) I’m told that many of those following today’s event are English-speaking and I am sure that, at least for those attending in person, their stay in this lovely city will have helped them learn some Italian – a marvellous and increasingly widely used language worldwide. A few days ago, […]

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Press notice detail

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi will be meeting his Angolan counterpart, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome on Monday 18 June 2012. At the end of the meeting, at around 14.30, Minister Terzi and Minister Chikoti will hold a joint press point. Journalists and camera operators interested in following the event are asked […]

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Afghanistan: Italian Development Cooperation’s commitment will be long-term, says De Mistura

Italy is engaged in long-term cooperation with Afghanistan and intends to play a full part in the “confidence-building” process currently under way in the region. This was the declaration made in Kabul today, 14 June 2012, by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Staffan de Mistura Speaking at the “Heart of Asia” conference in the Afghan […]

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Press release detail

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of San Marino, Antonella Mularoni, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Financial Affairs, Pasquale Valentini, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today, 13 June 2012. Minister Terzi and Secretary of State Mularoni signed a Protocol amending the double taxation agreement of 2002, […]

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NIGERIA: New Arab constitutions should envisage protection for religious minorities, says Terzi

Italy is working to “foster transformation processes in the Arab world” that are inspired by “the consolidation of constitutions, values and principles that bring more protection for religious and cultural minorities”. The new wave of attacks on Christians in Nigeria is “a form of terrorism that is spreading alarmingly”. Our country hopes to see the […]

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