BARCELLONA – “Rinascimento, Principi e Re”, mostra di costumi al Museu Diocesa’ (in translation)

Lo scorso 9 maggio al Museu Diocesa’ di Barcellona è stata inaugurata l’esposizione di costumi ‘Rinascimento. Principi e Re’, un evento ideato e realizzato dall’associazione ‘Invito a Corte’ con la collaborazione dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura ed il patrocinio dell’Ambasciata d’Italia a Madrid, grazie alla volonta’ dell’Ambasciatore Visconti di Modrone, ed al contributo quale sponsor unico […]

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Cooperation: Lebanon – a strategic development plan for Dinnieh region

A strategic plan for economic development in the region of Dinnieh, one of the most vulnerable in Lebanon– this was the goal of an initiative launched one year ago thanks to funding from Italian Development Cooperation and the Belgian Government and implemented by UNDP-ART GOLD. The results were illustrated during a ceremony in Beirut with […]

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Russia: una guida per gli investimenti italiani (in translation)

Da Mosca alla Siberia, da San Pietroburgo a Vladivostock, ecco il vademecum per orientare le imprese italiane che vogliono sbarcare nel mercato russo. E’ la ‘Guida per operatori economici italiani nella Federazione russa’, volume da 800 pagine a cura dell’Ambasciata italiana a Mosca, presentata oggi a Palazzo Giustiniani alla presenza del Sottosegretario Marta Dassu’ e […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Mr Secretary General, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be here on this high level segment and I would like to thank the Secretary General, Koji Sekimizu, for organising this meeting particularly useful at this time when there are many different initiatives on piracy mainly […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Mr Secretary General, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be here on this high level segment and I would like to thank the Secretary General, Koji Sekimizu, for organising this meeting particularly useful at this time when there are many different initiatives on piracy mainly […]

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Appointment of new Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes of Paris, Beijing and Tokyo

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi appointed the following Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes: Italian Cultural Institute of Paris – Marina Valensise Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing – Stefania Stafutti Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo – Giorgio Amitrano The decision was taken at the end of the procedure prescribed for the appointment of Directors of […]

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Press release detail

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi spoke on the telephone today, 17 may 2012, with the new French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius. Minister Terzi congratulated his colleague on his appointment and said that he looked forward to working fruitfully together during this difficult period for the international economy. The two Foreign Ministers agreed to meet in the […]

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Napolitano addresses the Tunisian Constituent Assembly: “Strategic partnership” a model for Mediterranean countries

“A democracy is vigorous and vibrant only if all of its citizens, men and women, of all religious faiths or social groups, can identify with and participate in the res pubblica”. These were the words of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, in his address to the Tunisian Constituent Assembly, which has been working […]

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India: Marines – go-ahead for transfer from prison. New mission by de Mistura

The authorities in Kerala have authorised the transfer of the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, from Trivandrum prison to another structure in the city, Kochi Borstal School. The School was suggested by the Italian delegation as a possible alternative to prison. The marines will be transferred some time in the next 3 […]

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MARINES: Kerala authorities authorise transfer from prison within 20 days

The authorities in Kerala have authorised the transfer of the two Italian marines, Massimiliano La Torre and Salvatore Girone, from the prison in Trivandrum to another structure in the city. The transfer will take place in the next 20 days.

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Michele Cervone D’Urso appointed European Union Special Envoy for Somalia. Appointment welcomed by the Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the appointment of Michele Cervone D’Urso as European Union Special Envoy for Somalia. The appointment is a recognition of the extremely high level of professional expertise and experience of an Italian official from the European External Action Service (EEAS). Italy has always played a high-profile role in support of […]

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Fighting piracy: at the World Navigation Organisation, Italy reasserts the fundamental principles of flag state jurisdiction and the immunity of organs of the state

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassu’, addressed a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which took place in London today, 16 May 2012. The meeting was devoted to piracy and, more specifically, the presence of armed personnel on board merchant ships to counter this phenomenon. During her speech, Under-Secretary Dassu’ underscored […]

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