Abu Dhabi: Pirelli and Ducati introduce innovations

Pirelli and Ducati introduced innovations in the United Arab Emirates, with recent tests there for the world press of the new F1 Pirelli tyres. The initiative took place in the setting of the F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of President and CEO of Pirelil SpA Marco Troonchetti Provera, and was a significant […]

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Country System: conference in Parma on diplomacy and business

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and daily newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore”/Radiocor, in collaboration with the Parma industrialists union, have arranged a conference for Wednesday February 1st in Parma entitled “Diplomacy and business in the globalised world, 150 years since the unification of Italy”. The conference will be an opportunity for dialogue with businesses heavily […]

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Somalia: Terzi meets with Premier Ali: Italy still supporting stabilisation

Italy is “strongly determined to continue its support for Somalia’s efforts at stabilization, and especially on the security front”, Minister Giulio Terzi assured at the end of a meeting today at the foreign ministry in Rome with the Prime Minister of the Somali Transitional Government Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. “A fundamental aspect of our relations with […]

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Minister Terzi meets with his Polish counterpart Sikorski

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met this morning at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Polish colleague Radoslaw Sikorski. Their meeting centred on European themes such as the neighbourhood policy, enlargement and the fiscal compact, as well as the defence of freedom of worship and development of economic opportunities for Italian firms in […]

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Cooperation: Italy’s commitment to mother and child health

The 31st issue of the Italian Cooperation Newsletter is a special on healthcare cooperation. The Italian Cooperation is committed to reducing infant and maternal mortality and to fighting the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and supports developing countries in the organisation of basic healthcare services, environmental sanitation, the control of chronic and […]

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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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