ORE 14.00 – MARINES: Ashton committed to positive solution, Monti says. EU contacts in India after Monti-Terzi intervention

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton “has committed to undertaking any possible further step toward a positive solution” to the affair involving two Italian servicemen in India. This was the message of Premier Mario Monti in a note issued in Brussels after a meeting with the High Representative, during which she supplied the Italian Premier with […]

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Italy-Algeria: Terzi in Algiers on Thursday to build new strategic partnership

Minister Giulio Terzi will be in Algiers on Thursday for a visit that, according to Special Envoy for the Mediterranean Maurizio Massari, will serve to “build a strategic partnership” between the two nations. The visit will also be preparatory to a bilateral summit to take place within the year. “Algeria is an example of political […]

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SYRIA: Assad regime denounced by UN – truce to allow humanitarian convoys access, says Italy

12.00 – SYRIA: international community must act in unison, says Terzi. Annan meets with Syrian opposition (SNC): we’ll disarm if the repression stops “The Syrian regime is vicious and politically blind. The international community must act in unison and without further delay. Stop the massacres”, tweets Minister Giulio Terzi, while UN and Arab League special […]

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Italy-Spain: boosting contacts, Massolo in Madrid

The mission by Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General Giampiero Massolo to Madrid today was aimed at implementing the strengthening of bilateral dialogue between Italy and Spain outlined in Rome in late February by Spain’s head of government Mariano Rajoy and Prime Minister Mario Monti. Massolo held meetings in the Spanish capital with Secretary of State for […]

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SYRIA: Repression continues – UNESCO condemns. UN envoy’s appeal

The repression in Syria goes on, while new violence is reported against women and children in the city of Homs for which the Syrian National Council (SNC) has called an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council; while special UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s appeals to President Bashar Al Assad in meetings in […]

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Cooperation: training centre opens in Albania

Ambassador of Italy in Albania Massimo Gaiani opened the “Laura Vicuña” training centre in Bregdeti Tale (Lezhë), built with funds from the Italian Cooperation. The centre will host the training courses offered through the “Boosting socio-educational services and the social and cultural advancement of children, young people and women in Tale in the district of […]

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Dettaglio nota

On Tuesday 13 March Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA). The ministry initiative began with a cycle of meetings held between October and December […]

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Dettaglio nota

Il Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi inaugurerà il 13 marzo alle 15.00 alla Farnesina il secondo ciclo di incontri sul tema “I Diritti Umani: dalla teoria alla pratica”, rivolto agli studenti delle lauree magistrali delle principali Università romane (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, LUMSA). L’iniziativa ha preso l’avvio con un primo ciclo […]

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Human Rights: Italian foreign policy priority and EU security policy guide, Terzi says

Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA) on Tuesday 13 March. Illustrating the conclusions of the informal EU foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen, the minister […]

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Minister Terzi hails election of Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his satisfaction with the election of Italian judge Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court yesterday in The Hague. Vice President Tarfusser was elected after a three-year mandate as Judge in the Pre-Trial Division of the same ICC. This acknowledgement of the Italian magistrate’s accomplishments […]

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Dassù: Spendere di meno, contare di più. La quadratura (quasi) impossibile (La Stampa)

Dopo le analoghe osservazioni di Lucia Annunziata su «La Stampa», ieri Angelo Panebianco apriva il suo editoriale sul Corriere della Sera con una frase significativa: «Puoi anche non curarti della politica internazionale. Sarà comunque lei a scovarti e ad occuparsi di te». Questa frase sottolinea, nel giorno in cui il nostro Paese si stringe attorno […]

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Letter from Minister Terzi: «From Nigeria to India»

Dear Editor I would like to express some observations regarding your newspaper’s commentary on our foreign policy efforts under circumstances that have inspired criticism. If, on the one hand, it is proper and understandable that these affairs be kept in the spotlight, on the other hand, their complexity is leading to a misapprehension that I, […]

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