Marines: “Intensive activity to achieve our goal”, Terzi tells Pianetta. “Parliament’s support is vital”

“The Hon. Pianetta is right: Italy intends to act according to the rules of international law and with full respect for these rules will continue to demand – with firm determination – that India come into line with them. That is the line we are following, prompted not by prudence or by boldness, but by […]

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Chile – Italian film at the Santiago Film Festival

Italian film is to be showcased at the Santiago Film Festival. The international festival, which runs from 17 to 25 August 2012, will be screening two full-length films by Italian directors: “Corpo Celeste” by Alice Rohrwacher and “Una sconfinata giovinezza” by Pupi Avati. The Italian actress Francesca Neri will also be taking part, as a […]

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Dassù: «Per la Siria ci vuole una terza via» (La Stampa)

Caro Direttore, intervenire in Siria porrebbe rischi simili alla guerra in Iraq, più che alla guerra di Libia. Per chiunque guardi a Damasco, il punto di riferimento è Baghdad. Questo dato di fatto, unito al possesso di armi chimiche da parte dell’esercito di Bashar-Al Assad, spiega parte della prudenza americana. Certo, si potrebbe abbattere con […]

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Dassù: «Per la Siria ci vuole una terza via» (La Stampa)

Caro Direttore, intervenire in Siria porrebbe rischi simili alla guerra in Iraq, più che alla guerra di Libia. Per chiunque guardi a Damasco, il punto di riferimento è Baghdad. Questo dato di fatto, unito al possesso di armi chimiche da parte dell’esercito di Bashar-Al Assad, spiega parte della prudenza americana. Certo, si potrebbe abbattere con […]

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LONDON – The Amerigo Vespucci docks at Portsmouth

A stopover in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, for the Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Navy’s “school ship” and one of the world’s most spectacular sailing ships. Waiting to greet the ship was the Italian Ambassador to London, Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, who boarded the vessel to welcome the crew and the cadets from Livorno Naval Academy. The […]

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“A truce in Syria, or Al Qaeda will step in” (Nazione – Carlino – Giorno)

“The only credible way out of the Syrian crisis is a government of national agreement”. This is in Russia’s interest too, because “if the conflict continues, Assad’s regime will in any case emerged defeated and only Al Qaeda and radicalism will be left standing in the ruins”. In other words, the opposite of what Moscow […]

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Solidarity on behalf of the victims of the violent Gaddafi regime in Libya continues within the framework of the Tripoli Declaration, with Italian hospitals providing for the specialized treatment of 1500 wounded Libyans. The effort is being coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Region of Lazio. The first […]

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In view of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 18-25 September 2012) please note the availability of all press accreditation information on the website of the United Nations. In particular, we wish to point out that journalists and camera persons/photographers not in possession of UN accreditation and that intend to […]

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Italian entrepreneurs, go to Serbia! This heartfelt appeal comes from Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, 66 years old, following a trip to Belgrade to meet with the country’s new leaders – some of whose curricula vitae have been cause for alarm among other governments. President Tomislav Nikolić, 60 years old and a […]

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SEOUL – Italy and Korea join forces on ICT in maritime transport

Ambassador of Italy in Seoul Sergio Mercuri and Deputy Minister for Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Korea JOO Sung-ho signed Memorandum of Understanding today on ICT and Innovation in Maritime Transport creating a direct line of communication between Italian and Korean Single Points of Contact (SPOC) as a first step in an effort aimed […]

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Libya: Terzi’s “deep satisfaction” with power handover

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his “deep satisfaction” with the National Transitional Council’s handover of power yesterday evening to the newly elected Libyan National Council. The minister described it as “another step forward on the road to a democratic Libya, a concrete and tangible sign of the new leadership’s democratic maturity and responsibility”. […]

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To the Editor: I would like to thank the associations Migrare and Articolo 21, which in the columns of Unità recently turned their attention to Somalia and to the commitment of Italy and the overall international community to the future of that country. The International Contact Group on Somalia met in Rome one month ago, […]

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