On Tuesday 19 June at 19:00 Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi is scheduled to speak at Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni at the presentation of a documentary entitled “In the Heart of China”. The event is being organised jointly by the Marche Region, RAI and journalist Duilio Giammaria, with the support of the Marche Region, […]
Read moreCommercial trade between Italy and Georgia more than doubled in the 1st quarter of 2012, registering a rise of 116.8% over the same period in 2011, which had already been a record year. The Italian Statistics Institute (ISTAT) data on Italo-Georgian trade in the first quarter of 2012 – equal to €62.3 million – show […]
Read moreIn May of 2012 Italian ambassador to Manila Luca Fornari and Philippine Finance Minister Cesar Purisima signed a 5-year Italo-Philippine debt-conversion agreement that will allow approximately 3 million euros to be redirected to poverty-reduction, sustainable development and environmental protection programmes. This agreement will make it possible for Manila to redirect its debt payments toward job […]
Read moreThe latest bloody Sunday in Nigeria has given a tragic boost to the escalating violence there against Christians. According to Minister Giulio Terzi’s announcement, the Italian government’s special envoy for humanitarian emergencies Margherita Boniver, was preparing for a visit to Africa to meet with the local authorities on the issue of inter-religious conflict, while High […]
Read moreThe situation on the ground in Syria grows increasingly dramatic: a half-destroyed Homs is under siege, while, as a result of the escalating violence, the 280 UN mission blue helmets are not to venture off their bases. In a press conference in Damascus, UN mission commander General Robert Mood said that in this high-risk situation […]
Read moreThe latest bloody Sunday in Nigeria has given a tragic boost to the escalating violence there against Christians. According to Minister Giulio Terzi’s announcement, the Italian government’s special envoy for humanitarian emergencies Margherita Boniver, was preparing for a visit to Africa to meet with the local authorities on the issue of inter-religious conflict. Terzi cited […]
Read moreCaro Direttore, sappiamo ormai con certezza due cose, che incidono sull’agenda del G20 di Los Cabos. La prima è che i Brics stanno incontrando – in misura maggiore India e Brasile, in misura minore la Cina – i loro problemi: l’idea di una espansione economica praticamente ininterrotta di queste economie era poco fondata dall’inizio ma […]
Read moreCaro Direttore, sappiamo ormai con certezza due cose, che incidono sull’agenda del G20 di Los Cabos. La prima è che i Brics stanno incontrando – in misura maggiore India e Brasile, in misura minore la Cina – i loro problemi: l’idea di una espansione economica praticamente ininterrotta di queste economie era poco fondata dall’inizio ma […]
Read moreThe toll-free number set up by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia and TIM Brasil in collaboration with the Environment Ministry is now active. The service is dedicated to the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro from 13 to 22 June 2012. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreIt is to be hoped that the events on the agenda for the second half of June 2012 will lead Europe and the G20 international community will find unity of intent. The goal is to draw up a road-map for economic governance and, where the European Union is concerned, the completion of the political integration […]
Read more“You represent Italy with dignity, pride and professionalism. You are working at a delicate and crucial period for Afghanistan, both in terms of the resumption of activity by the insurgents and the highly sensitive nature of the transition”. These were the sentiments expressed by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, De Mistura, speaking to Italian soldiers […]
Read moreOn 13 June 2012 the Uffizi Library in Florence hosted a conference on Alessandro Valignano, the Jesuit priest who in the 16th century embraced Japanese culture to a degree unprecedented for the time. He learned Japan’s language, customs and traditions and for the first time described the country, until then legendary, in realistic terms. Read […]
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