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France, Germany, Spain and Italy will hold a quadrilateral summit on Friday 22 June 2012 at Villa Madama in Rome. Participants will be President of the French Republic François Hollande, Germany Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the Spanish Government Mariano Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. A press conference will be held at […]

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“In the Heart of China” – Matteo Ricci, a bridge between East and West

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi spoke on Tuesday 19 June at Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni at the presentation of the documentary “In the Heart of China”, created by journalist Duilio Giammaria with the support of the Marche Region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development. The event has been organized […]

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Dassù and Confindustria meet with young Italian managers in Paris

Members of Confindustria giovani (young Italian manufacturers federation) met with young Italian managers in France on 18 June for the first in a series of encounters promoted by the Embassy of Italy in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Confindustria giovani. The workshop focused on prospects for the internationalisation of System Italy and […]

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FARNESINA DESIGN: the collection stops in Algeria

The exhibition entitled “The Farnesina Palace and its Collections” opened on 14 June at the Palace of the Rais in Algiers. A guided tour, led by curators Nadia Salvatori and Renza Fornaroli, gave numerous visitors, who included local authorities, journalists and students, a chance to discover and appreciate some of the essential aspects of Italian […]

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Italy-Jordan: agricultural twinning

The creation of a quality-control brand for Jordanian farm products is the goal of a twinning project between the Italian Ministry of Agricultural Policies and the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture, who have launched a collaborative effort to build a national quality-control system for farm products. The undertaking, which will last through March 2013, aims to […]

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ITALY-CHINA: strenthened cooperation in training and research

Italy and China are strengthening cooperation in the sector of training and research, and new agreements were reached in the course of a mission by Minister for Education, Universities and Research Francesco Profumo, who met in Beijing with Chinese institutional and academic representatives.

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Minister Terzi met at the foreign ministry in Rome today with Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Council of the Russian Federation and President of the Russian Federation’s Special Envoy for Africa, Mikhail Vitalievich Margelov. Minister Terzi and Chairman Margelov examined the crisis in Syria in light of the recent dramatic developments on […]

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Syria: Obama and Putin meet at G20 in Mexico

The crisis in Syria was the main focus of a face-to-face meeting between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin as both attended the G20 summit in Los Cabos Mexico. Whether this meeting has helped to bridge the divide in their positions on Syria will only be made clear through what comes out of the UN Security […]

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Terrorism that targets minority ethnic groups, and religious minorities in particular, defies the universal principles of civilisation and human coexistence itself. The situation in Nigeria, where the extremist sect Boko Haram, which has gained in strength over recent years by implementing a strategy of striking Christian churches during the practice of religious rites is, therefore, […]

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France, Germany, Spain and Italy will hold a quadrilateral summit on Friday 22 June 2012 at Villa Madama in Rome. Participants will be President of the French Republic François Hollande, Germany Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the Spanish Government Mariano Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. A press conference will be held at […]

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Italy-Angola – A market beacon in Africa, says Terzi

The Angolan market is, for Italy, “one of the African continent’s points of reference, and not only in terms of the major energy firms operating there”, said Minister Giulio Terzi in a speech he delivered at Angola Investment Day, in which he underscored how that country was one of the most representative of “African dynamism”. […]

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(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Ministro Chikoti, Signore e Signori, sono lieto di accogliere l’autorevole delegazione angolana e di partecipare a questo incontro con una qualificata e diversificata rappresentanza di operatori economici italiani presenti in Angola o interessati a investire nel Paese. L’Africa è un continente in continua trasformazione. Nessuno mette in discussione […]

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