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A reminder that the Summit of Heads of State and Government of NATO member states will take place on 20-21 May 2012 in Chicago (United States). Journalists and camera operators interested in following the event can apply for accreditation, no later than 13 April 2012, by following the information available on the website: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-3439894D-CD4C9794/natolive/news_85164.htm. For […]

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Terzi: “Those 50 victims in Afghanistan are like the victims of terrorism” (Corriere della Sera)

Rome: “The Italian soldiers who fell in Afghanistan have the same value as the Italians who lost their lives in the fight against terrorism”, said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi yesterday, 29 March 2012. In Afghanistan, this country assailed by the Taliban, our contingent still includes 4,200 people in uniform. Last week’s deaths brought the number […]

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Albania: Terzi is confident that Tirana will obtain EU candidate status

“I have great confidence that Albania will obtain EU candidate status”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi after his meeting at the Foreign Ministry with Edmond Haxhinasto, the Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. “I hope that the European Council in May, which will be focusing on this question […]

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Italian Marines, Defence Minister: “They’re in good shape” – Departure authorised for the Lexie

Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola met today with the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, being held at the Trivandrum prison in Kerala, and found them “in good shape”. In the meantime, the High Court of Kerala approved the departure of oil tanker the “Enrica Lexie” (which could sail in the next […]

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Amman: Danilo Rea jazz concert a big success

Danilo Rea’s “Italian Piano Tales”, a jazz concert he gave in Amman on 25 March, was met with major critical and popular acclaim. An audience of 500 enthusiastically applauded the artist’s virtuosity in performing jazz arrangements of Italian musical selections from opera, cinema, and 60s and 70s hits by Modugno, Paoli and Tenco. To read […]

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Panama: Italy returns to the Expocomer trade fair

After four years of absence, Italy once again participated in EXPOCOMER, the best known multisector trade fair in Panama, held from 21 to 24 March. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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Tel Aviv: Trent-Israel, industrial research and development accord

The Autonomous Province of Trent signed an industrial research and development accord with Israel within the context of a mission led by provincial president Dellai. The delegation was made up of representatives from the University of Trent, the Edmund Mach and Bruno Kessler Foundations and ten of the province’s high technology firms. To read more […]

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Cooperation: Albania, drug addiction treatment centre opened

A new drug addiction treatment centre has been opened in Tirana at the Mother Theresa Hospital, the country’s largest, in the presence of Health Minister Vasili. The centre, the first of its kind in Albania, was built through a joint programme by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health […]

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MFA-Turin agreement for country system promotion

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the City of Turin sealed an agreement aimed at the foreign promotion of the country system, signed by Minister Giulio Terzi and Mayor Piero Fassino.. The objective, Terzi explained, is to further “enhabce the international image that Turin already has with the UN and EU facilities hosted there, but […]

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Dassù: Italia riprende suo ruolo

Marta Dassù conosce le dinamiche di governo fin da quando era consigliere di politica estera a Palazzo Chigi con D’Alema e Amato, oltre che le studia dall’osservatorio privilegiato di Aspen Institute Italia. E preferisce il realismo della storia: Italia, non più nobile baricentro dell’Occidente, ma snodo da ricostruire nella politica internazionale con le nuove frontiere […]

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Kosovo: we support rapid EU association agreement, Terzi says

It is Italy’s hope that an association agreement between Kosovo and the European Union can be rapidly concluded, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi said after a meeting with his counterpart from Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj. That agreement would give Pristina “a solid and structured bond” with the EU, Terzi added, who then confirmed that country’s […]

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Innovation: COTEC 2011 report presented at MFA

The economic crisis has had negative effects on Italian business innovation, but the synergy between the public and private sectors can produce positive results. This was the affirmation by Director General of COTEC Claudio Roveda at the foreign ministry in Rome as he presented the 2011 annual report on innovation. The report shows, for example, […]

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