The new Head of Mission of the League of Arab States in Italy, Ambassador Al-Shibli, has presented his Letters of Credentials to Minister Terzi at the Foreign Ministry

The new Head of Mission of the League of Arab States in Italy, Ambassador Al-Shibli, presented his Letters of Credentials to Minister Terzi at the Foreign Ministry today, 17 April 2012. Today’s ceremony marked a significant new procedure and is an important signal of the increasingly close relations between Italy and the Arab League. It […]

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Minister Terzi has received the Israeli Science and Technology Minister, Daniel Hershkowitz, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Israeli Minister for Science and Technology, Daniel Hershkowitz, at the foreign ministry in Rome today. Italy is Israel’s leading scientific partner in Europe and the second at the global level, after the United States. The meeting enabled the two ministers to intensify the already excellent level of cooperation between […]

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Terzi: Sandra Mariani is free

“Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I’ve just told her family. I join in their great satisfaction and relief at this wonderful news”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, announcing the release of the Florentine tourist kidnapped over a year ago in Algeria. “My warmest thanks go to all those who helped achieved […]

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Cooperation: Libya, psychological and social support for children and young people

As part of the actions promoted by Italian Development Cooperation to assist Libya, the project to help young people affected by psychological trauma deriving from the recent conflict is particularly important. 6 teams of experts to reach 80,000 Libyans The project, entrusted to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and worth 1.46 million euros, aims […]

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Gaetano Martino’s European vision: a conference organised by the European University Institute

“Gaetano Martino: A European vision and a University for Europe” is the title of a conference taking place in Badia Fiesolana on 19 April 2012. The conference will examine the role of the Italian politician in the European recovery in the mid-1950s. A shared cultural and historic heritage as the foundation of European unity Gaetano […]

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MFA: Networking for competitiveness and growth – Terzi-Profumo: IT platform on programmes and opportunities

An information technology (IT) platform for institutions, universities, research centres and enterprises in the innovation sector. That is the initiative launched by Ministers Giulio Terzi and Francesco Profumo in a conference at the Foreign Ministry in Rome attended by Italian researchers with a well-established success record in foreign universities and research structures. The researchers present […]

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SIRYA: UN observers operating in Damascus

The 6-member international observer group led by Moroccan General Ahmad Himmish is now operational. He leads the technical team charged with preparing the terrain for the arrival of other unarmed blue helmet contingents from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) mission, set up by the UN in 1948 and based in Jerusalem. The organisation […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Ministro Profumo, Sottosegretario Dassù, Signore e Signori, il compito e l’onore di accogliervi alla Farnesina e di aprire questo incontro mi sono tanto più graditi alla luce della centralità che i temi della ricerca e dell’innovazione hanno assunto nelle politiche del Governo, e in particolare nelle strategie del […]

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25th anniversary of adoption of the “Missile Technology Control Regime”

Today is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), of which Italy, with its other (at that time) G7 partners, is a founding country. The MTCR, which today includes 34 countries, is one of the main instruments used to limit the proliferation of missiles and related technologies. The aim […]

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Cooperazione: Guatemala, nuove infrastrutture per i più deboli (in translation)

E’ dedicato al programma di emergenza ‘Ran Guatemala’, in fase di conclusione, il secondo numero de ‘La Gazzetta – El Periodico del Sistema Italia en Guatemala’, pubblicazione coordinata dall’Ambasciata italiana. “RAN Guatemala” sta eseguendo, grazie al coinvolgimento di dieci ong italiane, interventi nei settori della riduzione del rischio di disastri e della sicurezza alimentare, ottenendo […]

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MADRID – Nuova biblioteca all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura (in translation)

Ha aperto i battenti la nuova Biblioteca/Mediateca dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Madrid, realizzata grazie ai finanziamenti erogati da MAE, MIBAC, MIUR e MISE. Sono stati restaurati circa 180 metri quadrati situati al pianoterra del prestigioso Palacio de Abrantes, sede dell’Istituto. La nuova biblioteca, oltre a fornire ai nostri studenti dei corsi di lingua un […]

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BUDAPEST – Fiera del Libro, l’Italia porta l’editoria d’arte e per ragazzi (in translation)

L’editoria per ragazzi e l’editoria d’arte sono i due settori che l’Italia promuoverà al XIX Festival Internazionale del Libro di Budapest, in programma dal 19 al 22 aprile al Parco Millenaris. L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest si presenta con uno stand – LibrItalia – al cui interno è allestita una speciale libreria nella quale […]

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