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Italy and France agree on their analysis of the Syrian crisis, which was discussed today in Rome in a meeting between Ministers for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and Laurent Fabius. “It must be stressed that the Annan plan remains current”, and at the same time we need to “ratchet up the pressure on the regime […]
Read moreLess bureaucracy and waiting time for to Italians who need a passport issued abroad: starting on 6 June, a new computerized system will reduce the waiting time from the current 15 to 30 days to just a few minutes, according to an announcement by Ministry spokesman Giuseppe Manzo during his weekly press briefing. A procedure […]
Read more“We consider critical Europe’s urgent, incisive and concerted effort to generate growth”, and are in full harmony with Paris on the matter. This was Minister Terzi’s comment during a joint press conference with his French colleague Laurent Fabius. “Recovery must go hand-in-hand with growth”, the minister underscored, stressing that “negotiations are under way at this […]
Read moreMeeting in Paris, the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) chose Milan for its 24th General Conference, which every three years gathers over 4,000 museum and culture professionals from all over the world. Milan, which took 66% of the votes, was short-listed with other finalists Moscow (25%) and Abu Dhabi (9%). “This […]
Read moreLa Cooperazione Italiana sta per lanciare un nuovo programma da 1.3 milioni di euro nel sud e sud-est dell’Etiopia, per superare l’emergenza siccità e l’emergenza profughi dai paesi vicini. Sono cinque le aree identificate caratterizzate dalla cronica mancanza di acqua potabile e di adeguate strutture sanitarie. Il programma – la cui prima fase si è […]
Read moreL’Italia ha sospeso oggi l’attività della propria Ambasciata a Damasco e rimpatriato dello staff della sede diplomatica. Anche in considerazione delle gravi condizioni di sicurezza, insieme ai principali partner dell’Unione Europea, abbiamo inteso ribadire la più ferma condanna verso le inaccettabili violenze attuate dal regime siriano nei confronti dei propri cittadini. L’Italia continuerà a sostenere […]
Read moreA conference on “Networks and Agencies for Internationalisation in Europe” will be held on 7 June at the foreign ministry in Rome. The conference has been organised by Uni-Italia, an association formed by the foreign ministry, the ministry of Universities and Research and the Italy-China Foundation, which has had a decisive role in the increase […]
Read moreOn Thursday 7 June Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will be in Istanbul to participate in the second meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, launched in New York on the impetus of the United States in the interests of creating a new and more effective architecture for international cooperation against […]
Read moreThe Central European Initiative (CEI) will hold a meeting at the Palazzo della Regione in Trieste, home to its Secretariat, on Wednesday 13 June 2012. Participants at the meeting, held under the Ukrainian Presidency, will include Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù and the foreign ministers of the CEI Member Countries. The agenda includes the […]
Read moreThe exhibition “Titian-Veronese-Tiepolo: masterpieces of Italian painting from the collection of the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo” opened on 2 June at the National Museum of Poznan, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Poland. Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia attended the opening. The exhibition of Venetian and Lombard painting masterpieces from the 15th to the […]
Read moreThe Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton. Annan plan has the best […]
Read moreVisit to Rome on 4 and 5 June for newly appointed French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accompanied by Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve, who will meet with President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister Mario Monti, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and Minister for European Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi. Preparatory mission for […]
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