SLOVAKIA – Mec-art, retrospective on Gianni Bertini in Zilina

A retrospective of 40 works by Gianni Bertini – whose “mec-art” was a precursor to Pop Art – opens at the Municipal Gallery of Zilina (Slovakia). It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava to celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday and 40 years since the creation of a project in Slovakia with his […]

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Assad non può restare al potere

Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, you have been foreign minister for just under six months. Did you prefer being an ambassador? «It’s not a question of preferences. Having technocrats from various sectors strengthens rather than weakens this government, and I have been given a great honour and responsibility, that’s all I think about». Nevertheless, the foreign […]

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Assad non può restare al potere

Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, lei è ministro degli Esteri da poco più di sei mesi. Le piaceva di più fare l’ambasciatore? «Non si tratta di preferenze. La presenza di tecnici nei vari settori rafforza questo governo, non lo indebolisce. E io ho ricevuto un grande onore e una grande responsabilità, non penso ad altro». E […]

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«Observers must be able to defend themselves»

The Friends of Syria are shut up in the Palace of Dolmabahce – where all the clocks perpetually read 9.05, the hour of the death of the father of modern Turkey Kemal Ataturk – when, almost like a dare, the news of the regime’s latest massacre arrives. The quest is on for a political solution […]

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Syria: Istanbul summit, “transition strategy” – toward new sanctions. Involve Russia but not Iran, says Terzi

Something has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]

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BEIJING – Palazzo Strozzi Foundation in China to promote the cultural treasures of Tuscany

Promoting the historical, cultural and artistic treasures of Florence, Tuscany and Italy to the Chinese was the goal of a mission to Beijing by President of the Association of Partners of Palazzo Strozzi (APPS) Leonardo Ferragamo to propose the Foundation’s inclusion of potential Chinese partners. Ferragamo was received by Ambassador of Italy to the People’s […]

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Cooperation: Steering Committee to set new priorities

Setting new intervention priorities while facing dwindling resources is the goal of the Italian Development Cooperation’s Steering Committee when it meets on 8 June to set 2012-2014 guidelines. Cooperation an essential foreign policy tool Cooperation is one of the most “essential tools of foreign policy”, and in order to maintain its effectiveness it is necessary […]

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Speech detail

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Sono particolarmente lieto che questo Convegno delle Reti e delle Agenzie di Internazionalizzazione del sistema universitario in Europa, organizzato per la prima volta nel nostro Paese su invito di Uni-Italia, si svolga presso il Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Mi rammarico di non potervi assistere personalmente, in ragione di […]

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Speech detail

(valid only the actual speech delivered) Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, let me express my sincere gratitude to the Turkish government for hosting this important event and to you, Secretary Clinton and Minister Davutoglu, for preparing and leading our session. I warmly welcome the first participation of Tunisia in the GCTF ministerial meeting, and I congratulate […]

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Terrorism: Al Qaeda remains the main threat, says Terzi

Despite the “progress made on a global scale” in combating it, Al Qaeda “remains the main threat” when it comes to terrorism, Minister Giulio Terzi said speaking at the Global Counterterrorism Forum in Istanbul. The AQMI, Boko Haram, Shabaab and the AQAP, he added, “have become channels for the spread of violence from the Sahel […]

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Universities: Terzi urges attracting foreign students to Italy

Growth in Italy depends partly on attracting the best minds from abroad to our universities, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored in his welcome message, read by Under-Secretary Marta Dassù, at the conference “Networks and agencies for internationalization in Europe” organized at the foreign ministry in Rome by Uni-Italia, an agency created to attract Chinese students to […]

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Syria: Istanbul summit, “transition strategy” – New sanctions. Involve Russia not Iran, says Terzi

Something has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]

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