Italian Marines, Defence Minister: “They’re in good shape” – Departure authorised for the Lexie

Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola met today with the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, being held at the Trivandrum prison in Kerala, and found them “in good shape”. In the meantime, the High Court of Kerala approved the departure of oil tanker the “Enrica Lexie” (which could sail in the next […]

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Amman: Danilo Rea jazz concert a big success

Danilo Rea’s “Italian Piano Tales”, a jazz concert he gave in Amman on 25 March, was met with major critical and popular acclaim. An audience of 500 enthusiastically applauded the artist’s virtuosity in performing jazz arrangements of Italian musical selections from opera, cinema, and 60s and 70s hits by Modugno, Paoli and Tenco. To read […]

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Panama: Italy returns to the Expocomer trade fair

After four years of absence, Italy once again participated in EXPOCOMER, the best known multisector trade fair in Panama, held from 21 to 24 March. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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Tel Aviv: Trent-Israel, industrial research and development accord

The Autonomous Province of Trent signed an industrial research and development accord with Israel within the context of a mission led by provincial president Dellai. The delegation was made up of representatives from the University of Trent, the Edmund Mach and Bruno Kessler Foundations and ten of the province’s high technology firms. To read more […]

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Cooperation: Albania, drug addiction treatment centre opened

A new drug addiction treatment centre has been opened in Tirana at the Mother Theresa Hospital, the country’s largest, in the presence of Health Minister Vasili. The centre, the first of its kind in Albania, was built through a joint programme by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health […]

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MFA-Turin agreement for country system promotion

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the City of Turin sealed an agreement aimed at the foreign promotion of the country system, signed by Minister Giulio Terzi and Mayor Piero Fassino.. The objective, Terzi explained, is to further “enhabce the international image that Turin already has with the UN and EU facilities hosted there, but […]

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Kosovo: we support rapid EU association agreement, Terzi says

It is Italy’s hope that an association agreement between Kosovo and the European Union can be rapidly concluded, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi said after a meeting with his counterpart from Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj. That agreement would give Pristina “a solid and structured bond” with the EU, Terzi added, who then confirmed that country’s […]

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Innovation: COTEC 2011 report presented at MFA

The economic crisis has had negative effects on Italian business innovation, but the synergy between the public and private sectors can produce positive results. This was the affirmation by Director General of COTEC Claudio Roveda at the foreign ministry in Rome as he presented the 2011 annual report on innovation. The report shows, for example, […]

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Inward investment to Italy: the way is clear

The “Prontuario”, a handbook on the Italian economy to pave the way for foreign investors, prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Bank of Italy and ISTAT, was presented during the MFA-Bank of Italy conference held in the Bank’s Rome headquarters in Palazzo Koch. The handbook […]

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ITALIAN MARINES: we will never give up on them, says De Mistura

“We are ready and determined to go as high as possible. We will never give up on our servicemen”. This is a “fundamental fact, it’s happened to us today, tomorrow it could happen to anyone, even the Indians themselves who have military abroad”. This was the comment from Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura during the customary […]

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AFGHANISTAN: No change in Italian-Alliance strategy, reports Terzi

Italy’s “strategy [editor’s note: that of Italy and its allies in Afghanistan] goes forward and has not changed direction. Therefore, the timeframes are those that were described and announced”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s comment at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with US Special Envoy for […]

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MARO’ : De Mistura, “non li molleremo mai. Determinati ad andare il piu’ in alto possibile” (in translation)

“Siamo pronti e determinati ad andare il più in alto possibile. Non molleremo mai i nostri marò”. Lo ha affermato il Sottosegretario agli Esteri Staffan De Mistura nel corso del consueto briefing settimanale alla Farnesina. Si tratta di un “fatto fondamentale”, ha sottolineato De Mistura che “oggi è capitato a noi e domani può capitare […]

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