Cooperation: project in Djibouti for maternal and infant health

The Italian Cooperation is starting up a new project in Djibouti, with the approval of €2.2 million in funding for the promotion of maternal-infant healthcare, with special emphasis on the issue of female genital mutilation. The programme, now in its launching stage, will train approximately 300 public socio-healthcare workers over a three-year period, with the […]

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Italy-Egypt: Terzi, support for a democratic transition – Minister urges guarantees for religious minorities

One year on from the start of the revolution, and a few days from the opening of the people’s assembly, Italy sends Egypt a message of solidarity on its long and arduous road to democracy. A message that reiterates the importance of Rome’s strategic partnership with Cairo from economic and cultural standpoints, while also urging, […]

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Italian abducted in Punjab, Pakistan

The foreign ministry confirmed the abduction of an Italian citizen today in Multan, southern Punjab, Pakistan. As soon as the news was received, the Foreign Ministry Crisis Unit immediately activated all channels by which to monitor the situation and facilitate its positive conclusion. Minister Terzi has asked to be kept advised of all developments. The […]

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Terzi al Cairo: rispetto profondo per il processo politico (in translation)

“Abbiamo profondo rispetto per il processo politico in Egitto, che auspichiamo rispetti i principi dei diritti dell’uomo e del diritto internazionale per raggiungere i livelli di democrazia ai quali aspira il popolo egiziano”. Lo ha affermato il Ministro Giulio Terzi al quotidiano Al Ahram, in occasione della sua visita oggi al Cairo. Terzi ha riconosciuto […]

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Sofia: FMR library showcases the beauty of italy

Italy’s great artistic and natural patrimony comes to the Bulgarian public through the Fondazione Marilena Ferrari, in an exhibition of books entitled “Italian publishing showcases the beauty of Italy: the FMR library”, and will be open from 23 to 30 January 2012 at the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Library of Sofia. The initiative has […]

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Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with German foreign minister Westerwelle

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi had a cordial telephone conversation this morning with German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle. During the conversation Minister Terzi expressed his deep sympathies for the tragic loss of German lives in the wreck of the Concordia, assuring that he was in close contact with the Civil Defence Department and that […]

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Libya – Italy’s focus is on training police forces, says Terzi

Italy considers it essential to concentrate on the training of police forces in Libya, in compliance with international conventions. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s assertion during a report he made with defence minister Di Paola on Italy’s participation in international missions before the joint parliamentary foreign and defence committees. After the successful NATO operation in […]

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Beijing: smart trash bins from Milan’s Polytechnic

Italian technology employed in waste management in China. The Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Research Institute decided in 2011 to implement the “Greenwaste” project designed in the Robotics Laboratory of Milan’s Polytechnic Institute in a central area of Beijing, the aim of which is to build and distribute intelligent urban trash bins. To read more select […]

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Calcutta: Italy guest of the book fair

The Calcutta International Book Fair opens on 24 January, where Italy has been invited as guest of honour. With over one million participants and proceeds of nearly two million euro in books sold at every recurrence, the “Kolkata Book Fair” is India’s most important event of the kind. It takes place at this time every […]

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Paris: Sarkozy inducts Umberto Eco into the “Legion d’Honneur”

In the course of a moving ceremony held at the Élysée on 13 January, French President Nicolas Sarkozy conferred the rank of Commandeur of the Legion d’Honneur on Italian writer and semiologist Umberto Eco, whose prestige and renown in France are equal to that which he enjoys in our country. To read more select ITALIANO […]

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Direct contact with Ethiopian authorities on the attack in the Afar region

On Minister Giulio Terzi’s instructions, Ambassador to Addis Ababa Renzo Rosso has urgently requested a meeting with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister for the purpose of obtaining a complete and detailed account of the tragic episode in the Afar region, with particular regard for the eventual involvement of Italian citizens. The meeting will take place this […]

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Minister Terzi meets with new FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi received new FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva at the foreign ministry in Rome today.The meeting offered an opportunity to review concerns such as food security and price increases. The minister underscored Italy’s “preferred relationship” with the nucleus of United Nations agencies headquartered in Rome, FAO in particular, […]

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