World Urban Forum to be held in Naples

The main area for discussion will be sustainable development (Prosperous Cities: how to combine ecology, economy and equity). The 6th World Urban Forum, organised by the United Nations through UN-HABITAT, will be held at the Mostra d’Oltremare in Naples from 1 to 7 September 2012. The Italian Ambassador in Kenya, Paola Imperiale, and the Executive […]

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Tomorrow, Tuesday 17 July, at 09.30, Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi will be meeting the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riad Malki. The meeting, which will be held at the Farnesina, will provide an opportunity for an exchange of views on the Peace Process and its prospects in light of recent developments in the […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signore e Signori,è con grande piacere che vi accolgo alla Farnesina. Ho innanzi tutto l’onore di leggere il messaggio che il Signor Presidente della Repubblica ha voluto rivolgere agli organizzatori ed ai partecipanti del Convegno. “Signor Ministro,desidero per il suo tramite salutare cordialmente il Sottosegretario Marta Dassù, gli […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signore e Signori,è con grande piacere che vi accolgo alla Farnesina. Ho innanzi tutto l’onore di leggere il messaggio che il Signor Presidente della Repubblica ha voluto rivolgere agli organizzatori ed ai partecipanti del Convegno. “Signor Ministro,desidero per il suo tramite salutare cordialmente il Sottosegretario Marta Dassù, gli […]

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Programma – ‘Women in Diplomacy’ – Farnesina, 16 luglio (in translation)

International Conference   Women in Diplomacy Building a Network for a Better World   Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Piazzale della Farnesina, 1) Rome, July 15 – 16, 2012   Programme   Sunday, July 15 7:30pm Welcoming reception at Villa Madama (Via di Villa Madama) Keynote Speech by Beppe Severgnini: “Italians: Women in the world” […]

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Women in Diplomacy – Building a Network for a Better World – Speakers (original version)

The Speakers (in alphabetical order)   Lucia Annunziata Lucia Annunziata is an international affairs columnist for La Stampa and hosts a weekly interview show on Rai – Channel 3. She is a member of the Aspen Institute. Recipient of Harvard University Nieman Fellowship. She has been Chairman of Italian Public Television RAI Radio Televisione Italiana; […]

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Sofia: cittadinanza onoraria all’Ambasciatore Benazzo (in translation)

Il Consiglio comunale di Sofia ha approvato la proposta di conferire la cittadinanza onoraria all’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Bulgaria, Stefano Benazzo. Nella motivazione si evidenzia il notevole apporto del diplomatico per la promozione di numerose iniziative volte ad arricchire la vita economica, sociale e culturale della capitale bulgara. Negli ultimi anni l’ambasciatore italiano ha rivolto particolare […]

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“High Representative Ashton’s mission to Asia was a great diplomatic success for the European Union, with which we are delighted and fully identify”. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment on the Declaration of Cooperation between Europe and the United States that Catherine Ashton signed with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the end of […]

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BEIJING – Italo-Chinese conference on climate change

The glaciers of Tibet have receded over the past 50 years by 10-15% as a result of climate change associated with human activity. The topic was confronted in Beijing at the bilateral Italo-Chinese Conference entitled “From Glacier to Climate. An Euro-Asiatic perspective in cryospheric sciences”, organized by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Bicocca […]

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MIKULOV: Classical Guitar Festival

Italy is being represented by award-winning musicians Carlo Marchione and Paolo Pegoraro at this year’s edition of the Mikulov International Classical Guitar Festival, one of the most important events of its kind in the Czech Republic and Central European in General.

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Less than 20% of the world’s decision-makers are women and, despite the important positions they hold in many fields, much remains to be done in terms of equal pay and political participation. Women, increasingly leaders in socio-economic and political transition processes, are a resource that has not yet been fully tapped. These are some of […]

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Italy and the “diplomacy of growth” – support for industry and SMEs is my personal challenge, says Terzi

“Our challenge, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ministry dedicated to growth and with a pronounced economic bent, is to provide broad-based support for the activities” of the large-scale, medium-sized and small enterprises of the aerospace and defence industries. Minister Giulio Terzi spoke at the closing of the Finmeccanica stand at the Farnborough air […]

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