Turkey: new investment opportunities in 2012

Ambassador of Italy Gianpaolo Scarante will meet on 31 January with representatives of the Italian business community in Turkey at an encounter to be held in Istanbul’s Palazzo di Venezia. Taking part in the meeting will be approximately 100 business persons from all the sectors in which Italian businesses are operating in Turkey, from the […]

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de Mistura:«Il nostro investimento? Sono le missioni all’estero» (l’Unità)

Roma – Le missioni all’estero rappresentano un investimento politico per il nostro Paese in quanto rafforzano il ruolo e il prestigio dell’Italia sullo scenario internazionale». A sostenerlo è Staffan de Mistura, sottosegretario agli Esteri, con alle spalle una esperienza senza eguali nelle maggiori aree di crisi, dall’Afghanistan all’Iraq. L’Unità lo ha intervistato al suo rientro […]

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Lebanon: Italy still a leader: General Serra installed at the command of UNIFIL

Italy once again takes command of the UN mission in Lebanon. On Saturday 28 January a ceremony was held for the instalment of General Paolo Serra as commander of the UNIFIL mission, in the presence of Minister for the Defence Giampaolo Di Paola and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Staffan De Mistura. The appointment […]

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Syria: Damascus is central in our activity, but its views differ from ours, says Massari

Syria “is central in our activity, but our views on the solution of the crisis differ in two ways from those of Damascus”. The point was explained by Maurizio Massari, Minister Giulio Terzi’s new Special Envoy for the countries of the Mediterranean and the Arab Spring. Massari was speaking in a radio interview on RAI’s […]

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New efforts for Africa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is once again taking action for Africa in a collaboration with the University of Genoa for the next SpeRA Conference (Solidarity, Projects and Resources for Africa). The Conference will be taking place at the Maritime Museum in Genoa from 14-16 June 2012. The initiative was presented at the Ministry, […]

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Italy-Albania: support for Tirana on its road to Europe, says Dassù

Italy’s support for Albania and especially for its European prospects was reiterated by Secretary of State Marta Dassùin her talks with Albanian leaders in Tirana. In her recent meeting with the Premier, Sali Berisha, the Secretary of State also discussed the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, which Berisha views as “a project of fundamental importance for the Western […]

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Holocaust Memorial Day: Remembrance, so that it may never happen again Commemoration in Italy’s diplomatic missions worldwide

“In the face of absolute evil, remembrance is a duty. The Italian Parliament, one of the first in Europe, has made this day a solemn occasion for public reflection on a dark time in our history. To honour the victims of the atrocious Nazi-Fascist barbarity. And to pay homage to the many men and women […]

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Press notice detail

At 10.30 on Monday 30 January 2012 Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata will be meeting the Somali Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. A joint press point will take place at the end of the meeting. Journalists and camera operators interested in following the event are asked to apply for accreditation using the online accreditation […]

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Boniver:« Riflettori puntati su un’area in fermento». (Lab il Socialista)

Sono molti i profondi mutamenti, spesso veri e propri sconvolgimenti, che hanno investito lo scorso anno il Nord-Africa, le cui conseguenze pratiche e dirette che riguardano specialmente l’intera comunità europea, iniziano ad emergere, visti i riflessi al di fuori dei confini nazionali delle vicende di quei paesi interessati da una vera e propria ondata di […]

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Foreign Ministry: Telephone conversation between Terzi and Hague

Italy’s role in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Afghanistan. But also the liberalisation process and the strong support from Parliament yesterday for the Monti Government’s line in Europe. These were the main topics of this afternoon’s telephone conversation this afternoon (26 January 2012) between Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and his British colleague William Hague. […]

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Minister Terzi’s message for Holocaust Memorial Day

“In the face of absolute evil, remembrance is a duty. The Italian Parliament, one of the first in Europe, has made this day a solemn occasion for public reflection on a dark time in our history. To honour the victims of the atrocious Nazi-Fascist barbarity. And to pay homage to the many men and women […]

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Dettaglio comunicato

La Farnesina non esprime alcun commento in relazione alle notizie, diffuse oggi da agenzie di stampa, relative al caso disciplinare del Console Generale a Osaka Mario Vattani. Al riguardo, si ricorda che il Ministro Terzi aveva, il 29 dicembre scorso, dato disposizioni di deferire il Console Vattani alla Commissione di disciplina, sottolineando la necessita’ che […]

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