Los Angeles – Cinema: Ferretti and Lo Schiavo, oscar for Italy

The American Academy Oscars ceremony held at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater awarded the prize for “Best Art Direction” to Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, in the respective roles of Production Designer and Set Decorator for Martin Scorcese’s film “Hugo”. In his acceptance speech, Lo Schiavo dedicated the statuette to our country. To read more select […]

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una missione molto importante

Giovedì visita lampo. Partenza al mattino, rientro alla sera. Lungo volo d’aereo. «Ma è una missione molto, molto importante», osserva Margherita Boniver, in partenza per la Mauritania. Missione che l’inviato speciale per le emergenze umanitarie del ministro degli Esteri Terzi aveva preannunciato nelle scorse settimane e che ora la Farnesina ha confermato. «Vado per avere […]

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EU, SYRIA: Terzi calls for a “humanitarian truce” – EU, SERBIA: yes to Candidate Country status

“I urged a humanitarian truce, and for insistence that the UN Security Council pass a decision allowing relief to reach a population victimized by unheard of violence”. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s statement at the end of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers today in Brussels, which voted to approve a package of sanctions against […]

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Ore 12.00 – Italy-India: joint Terzi- Krishna press conference addresses marines incident, but also strengthening strategic partnership

The incident involving two marines, as well as strengthening the strategic partnership between Italy and India, were the focus of a meeting between Minister Giulio Terzi and his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna, which was followed by a joint press conference.”Italy has jurisdiction in the incident involving the two Italian marines, which took place in international […]

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La crisi in Europa: l’impatto sulla politica estera (in translation)

Il 22 febbraio il Centro su Stati Uniti e Europa di Brookings (CUSE) e la Fondazione Heinrich Boell presentano una relazione sull’impatto della crisi finanziaria sull’Europa rispetto agli altri paesi nel mondo. Tra i relatori sono presenti il Sottosegretario per gli affari esteri Marta Dassù e Charles Kupchan della Georgetown University e del Council on […]

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Human Rights: a pillar of Italian foreign policy, says Terzi

”The defence of human rights is a fundamental component of Italian foreign policy”, Minister Giulio Terzi said in his speech to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, citing Italy’s commitment to the defence of women and children against gender violence and female genital mutilation. “There is a close relationship between […]

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Speech detail

(valid only the actual speech delivered) Mr Prime Minister Cameron, Mr. President Sheikh Sharif, Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to thank Prime Minister Cameron for convening this very timely meeting which will hopefully give a strong impulse to the solution of the Somali crisis. Indeed, the crisis in Somalia needs a full sense of responsibility […]

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(valid only the actual speech delivered) Madame President and High Commissioner, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, more than ever, human rights have acquired an operational dimension. If the ethics of rights is undermined, the social balance is threatened: large-scale violations of the fundamental freedoms create instability and provoke conflicts. There is a close […]

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Dettaglio intervento

Audizione del ministro degli affari esteri Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata sul tema Politica estera e diritti umani PRESIDENTEDI GIOVAN PAOLO (PD)LIVI BACCI (PD)SANTINI (PdL)TERZI DI SANT’AGATA, ministro degli affari esteri Sigle dei Gruppi parlamentari: Coesione Nazionale:Grande Sud-SI-PID-Il Buongoverno: CN:GS-SI-PID-IB; Italia dei Valori: IdV; Il Popolo della Libertà: PdL; Lega Nord Padania: LNP; Partito Democratico: PD; […]

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Dettaglio intervento

Audizione del ministro degli affari esteri Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata sul tema Politica estera e diritti umani PRESIDENTEDI GIOVAN PAOLO (PD)LIVI BACCI (PD)SANTINI (PdL)TERZI DI SANT’AGATA, ministro degli affari esteri Sigle dei Gruppi parlamentari: Coesione Nazionale:Grande Sud-SI-PID-Il Buongoverno: CN:GS-SI-PID-IB; Italia dei Valori: IdV; Il Popolo della Libertà: PdL; Lega Nord Padania: LNP; Partito Democratico: PD; […]

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Rabat: Exhibition “the Farnesina palace and its collections”

The itinerant exhibition “The Farnesina Palace and its Collections” comes to Morocco. The event opened on 23 February at the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture (ENA) in Rabat, in the presence of Minister for Habitat and Urban Development (and former ambassador to Italy) Nabil Benabdellah, ENA Director Bensaid, Italian Ambassador Piergiorgio Cherubini, the acting cultural attaché at […]

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SYRIA: Italy cites “humanitarian truce” as essential. EU, new sanctions package approved

Minister Giulio Terzi expressed the “need to find a way to call a humanitarian truce”, in Syria. Participating in the Council of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels, which approved a new package of sanctions against the Syrian regime, the minister asserted that the Red Cross “is not even able to get in” to Homs. The […]

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