Italy-Spain: boosting contacts, Massolo in Madrid

The mission by Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General Giampiero Massolo to Madrid today was aimed at implementing the strengthening of bilateral dialogue between Italy and Spain outlined in Rome in late February by Spain’s head of government Mariano Rajoy and Prime Minister Mario Monti. Massolo held meetings in the Spanish capital with Secretary of State for […]

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SYRIA: Repression continues – UNESCO condemns. UN envoy’s appeal

The repression in Syria goes on, while new violence is reported against women and children in the city of Homs for which the Syrian National Council (SNC) has called an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council; while special UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s appeals to President Bashar Al Assad in meetings in […]

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Cooperation: training centre opens in Albania

Ambassador of Italy in Albania Massimo Gaiani opened the “Laura Vicuña” training centre in Bregdeti Tale (Lezhë), built with funds from the Italian Cooperation. The centre will host the training courses offered through the “Boosting socio-educational services and the social and cultural advancement of children, young people and women in Tale in the district of […]

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Dettaglio nota

On Tuesday 13 March Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA). The ministry initiative began with a cycle of meetings held between October and December […]

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Human Rights: Italian foreign policy priority and EU security policy guide, Terzi says

Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA) on Tuesday 13 March. Illustrating the conclusions of the informal EU foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen, the minister […]

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Minister Terzi hails election of Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his satisfaction with the election of Italian judge Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court yesterday in The Hague. Vice President Tarfusser was elected after a three-year mandate as Judge in the Pre-Trial Division of the same ICC. This acknowledgement of the Italian magistrate’s accomplishments […]

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Letter from Minister Terzi: «From Nigeria to India»

Dear Editor I would like to express some observations regarding your newspaper’s commentary on our foreign policy efforts under circumstances that have inspired criticism. If, on the one hand, it is proper and understandable that these affairs be kept in the spotlight, on the other hand, their complexity is leading to a misapprehension that I, […]

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Colloquio tra il Ministro Terzi e il suo omologo britannico, William Hague, sull’operazione per la liberazione degli ostaggi in Nigeria

Il Ministro degli Esteri, Giulio Terzi, e il Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri e del Commonwealth, William Hague, hanno avuto oggi un colloquio in occasione della riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri dell’ UE a Copenaghen. I due Ministri hanno discusso della recente operazione per la liberazione degli ostaggi in Nigeria, facendo seguito […]

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WATER: A right (not yet) universal

The planet is increasingly short of water and crowded with people, and “it’s time for solutions” that will ensure the universal right to “blue gold”. The route to achieving this objective will be the focus of the 6th World Water Forum, a non-governmental organisation created in 1996 and scheduled to be held this year from […]

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NIGERIA: Terzi a Hague, “massima chiarezza” – MARO’: L’UE in campo. L’Italia conferma la sua posizione (in translation)

Il blitz anglo-nigeriano in Nigeria nel corso del quale sono rimasti uccisi l’italiano Franco Lamolinara ed un cittadino britannico e la vicenda dei due maro’ arrestati in India sono stati al centro della riunione informale dei ministri degli esteri Ue a Copenaghen. Nell’ambito della richiesta esplicita di “chiarimento” (“è necessario un chiarimento sul piano politico-diplomatico”) […]

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NIGERIA: BLITZ; TERZI A HAGUE, MASSIMA CHIAREZZA IN BREVE TEMPO (in translation)

Il Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi ha chiesto al collega William Hague di fare “massima chiarezza” sul blitz in Nigeria “nel più breve tempo possibile, nelle prossime ore”. Lo ha riferito lo stesso Terzi parlando con i giornalisti a Copenaghen dove si svolge una riunione informale dei ministri degli esteri dell’Ue.

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MARO’: Terzi a Ue, sia priorita’ difesa principi che regolano l’impegno comune contro la pirateria (in translation)

“Di fronte al pericoloso precedente creatosi (sul caso dei Marò), ribadirò la priorità che per noi europei e per la comunità internazionale rappresenta la riaffermazione e la difesa dei principi che regolano l’impegno comune contro la pirateria” e le missioni militari. Lo ha detto il Ministro degli esteri Giulio Terzi appena arrivato a Copenaghen per […]

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