Recent estimates by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), a regional organisation designed on the model of the IMF, affiliated with the Arab League and headquartered in Cairo, confirm the top position earned by the United Arab Emirates in 2010 as the top Arab world market also for 2011. As regards Italy, the Emirates are the […]
Read moreThe Unicredit Group collection comes to Poland with the exhibition “People and the City”, which opened on 2 March in Torun and features many of the collection’s major pieces, including “Piazza d’Italia”(1970) by Giorgio De Chirico and “Paesaggio” (1925) by Giorgio Morandi, and the photo “Birmingham” (2008) by Marco Zanta To read more select ITALIANO […]
Read moreHead of the Foreign Ministry Press and Institutional Communication Service Giuseppe Manzo will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, 6 March, at 12:30 for accredited members of the press to outline Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s agenda of future international commitments. To obtain accreditation please send an e-mail to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it or a fax to […]
Read moreThe long journey of Written in Italy – the first itinerant library of Italian literature translated abroad – comes to an end in Latin America where it began with the first edition in Argentina. Twelve stops in over four years, covering more than 100,000 kilometres, for an unprecedented experience that will wind up in Montevideo […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will meet at the foreign ministry in Rome on Wednesday 7 March 2012 with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Ato HailemariamDesalegn. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference at approx. 15.30. Journalists and camera operators interested in covering the event are asked to […]
Read more(please check against actual speech delivered) “Double transition: Economics and politics across Europe and the Mediterranean” The changing geopolitics of the Middle East: real dangers and common interests Last year’s events were a watershed for the Middle East and North Africa. The title of this Aspen Bosphorus Dialogue rightly stresses that the transition is double. […]
Read moreL’austerity decisa dal governo colpisce – certo, non volendolo – anche le missioni per salvare gli italiani rapiti all’estero. Tutto ciò è successo a Margherita Boniver, deputato del Pdl e inviato speciale dal ministro degli Affari esteri per gestire i contatti per la liberazione degli ostaggi in Africa, che avrebbe dovuto incontrare il presidente della […]
Read moreCome mai è scoppiato un giallo sulla liberazione della cooperante italiana, Rossella Urru? Ecco come risponde, Margherita Boniver, inviato speciale per le emergenze umanitarie del ministro degli Esteri, Giulio Terzi di Santagata. «Non c’è alcuna conferma. Significa che fino a quando non c’è una certezza di verità, non si dà credito a queste notizie. E […]
Read moreIl 24 marzo del 1999 le prime bombe sganciate dagli aerei della Nato andavano a colpire le postazioni delle forze armate serbe schierate sul territorio del Kosovo. Tredici anni dopo, a Bruxelles, la Serbia ottiene lo status di candidato a membro dell’Unione Europea. La Storia ha in genere tempi più lunghi. L’ingresso a pieno titolo […]
Read moreWhat happens when gold – the standard for “value” – loses it its “glitter”? That is the central theme of the new issue, on newsstands Monday 5 March, of “Longitude”, the magazine directed by Pialuisa Bianco. The major urban areas in the United States about to be polished up, along with analyses of the International […]
Read moreThe priority in Syria is to bring relief to the suffering population and to devastated cities such as Homs, and to stop this systematic destruction of every point of rebellion against the power of Assad”. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s statement upon concluding his mission to Asia, assuring that Italy is working toward a “humanitarian […]
Read moreItaly views Vietnam and Singapore as countries offering “unique” opportunities. Hanoi, with its steady annual growth of 6%, a broadening market economy and reforms and development plans already launched, can act as a bridge to a consumer market of 600 million: that of Southeast Asia; Singapore is Asia’s number one financial centre, with two sovereign […]
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