Pakistan: the Jahanabad Buddha restored

The Jahanabad Buddha is coming back to life thanks to Italy, with funds from the Pakistan debt conversion. The restoration of the 6th-7th century A.D. statue is being done by ISIAO (Italian institute for Asia and the Orient) in partnership with the province of Khyber Pakthunkwa and the collaboration of non-governmental organisation ISCOS-CISL. At the […]

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi called “disturbing and absolutely unacceptable” anti-Semitic statements by Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi two days ago in Teheran during a conference on drug trafficking organized by the United Nations and the Iranian authorities for the International Day against Drug Abuse. “Such uncustomary statements concern us and we […]

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A meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia will be held on Monday 2 July 2012 at 14:00 at the foreign ministry in Rome. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will deliver the opening speech. The Contact Group is the forum in which the international community coordinates its efforts toward the stabilisation of Somalia. […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Gentile vice Ministro INEICHENPresidente PodestàAmbasciatore RegazzoniAmbasciatore MartinelliConsole BaggiSignore e Signori Mi fa molto piacere essere qui con voi oggi per celebrare i 150 anni di relazioni diplomatiche fra Svizzera ed Italia. Il 17 marzo 1861 la Confederazione elvetica fu il secondo Stato europeo a stabilire rapporti con l’appena […]

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Lebanon: a model for the Arab world, says Terzi

“Lebanon’s stability is essential to the region, and with its recent resumption of national dialogue, Beirut stands as a model for the entire Arab world”. This was the comment by Minister Terzi on a visit to Beirut at the end of talks with Lebanese institutional leaders. He added that, on the Syrian crisis, the Lebanese […]

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Italy for the Mediterranean, information and development

The Mediterranean is a mirror for many of our problems – the Arab spring was not followed by a happy summer – and Rome has a pivotal place in this picture as a link between north and south. The seminar “Italy for the Mediterranean region – information and development” opened at the foreign ministry in […]

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SOFIA: a summer of contemporary italian art

A painting exhibition and two installations – one of photos the other a mural are the summer events organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sofia. “Bulgare Visioni”, a exhibit that opened on 20 June at the National Gallery of Foreign Art of paintings by Silvio Formichetti, piqued the attention of the Bulgarian media, as […]

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CZECH REPUBLIC: “L’irrazionale geometrico”, exhibition by Achille Perilli in Pilsen

The Pilsen gallery is hosting the exhibition ‘L’irrazionale geometrico’ by Achille Perilli, one of Italy’s greatest living artists, who has been working for over 60 years on the problems of colour and what he refers to as “surface dynamics”, and has participated in all the most important moments of 20th century artistic experimentation. The exhibit […]

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Bianca Pomeranzi was elected to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) with 132 votes. “The election of an Italian to CEDAW is a major acknowledgement of our country’s dedication to the promotion of gender equality and to countering every form of abuse and discrimination of women”. Minister Terzi commented on the […]

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Belgrade – Conference on scientific collaboration between Italy and Serbia

On 25 and 26 June the Dean of the University of Belgrade hosted the international conference “Serbia – Italia: Status and Perspective of the Scientific and Technological Bilateral Cooperation”, organized by the Embassy of Italy in Belgrade in collaboration with the University of Belgrade, coinciding with the first meeting of the members’ assembly of the […]

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Syria: New EU sanctions – NATO condemns Turkish plane downing

International pressure tightens on Syria. During a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 25 June the European Union approved a new package of sanctions against the Damascus regime and condemned the downing of a Turkish military plane by Syria. NATO expressed the same condemnation in an extraordinary meeting convened in Brussels on […]

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Crimes against Christians: De Mistura urges synergy between diplomacy and civil society

The struggle against hatred of Christians in the world and the role of the civil society, are the focus of a workshop organised on 26 and 17 June at the foreign ministry in Rome by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Speaking at the opening session, Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura recalled Italy’s […]

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