Scalfarotto: concern about the situation in Belarus

“We express all our concern and associate ourselves with the appeals of the President of the European Parliament, Mr Sassoli, and High Representative Borrell on the situation in Belarus,” said Undersecretary Scalfarotto on the eve of the extraordinary Council of EU Foreign Ministers convened for tomorrow. “The Government’s repression must be stopped immediately and the […]

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Telephone interview of Minister Di Maio with Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Minister reiterated the need for all parties to maintain a moderate and cooperative approach to reduce tensions and resolve outstanding issues. In this […]

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Scalfarotto: satisfaction with USTR decision on duties

Undersecretary Scalfarotto expressed great satisfaction for the decision of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) not to add any additional duty to Italian products as part of the six-monthly review of the measures adopted in implementation of the WTO ruling on Airbus subsidies, providing for increases only for specific categories of goods from France and […]

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Sereni: “Italy is ready to support the rebirth of Lebanon. These are the three challenges Beirut has to face”. (Il Foglio)

With the resignation of the Diab government in Lebanon, the dramatic interweaving of three emergencies has become very evident: humanitarian, economic-social and political. On a humanitarian level, the terrible explosion on 4 August in the port of Beirut plunged hundreds of dead, thousands injured and the enormous destruction of the city. This situation was already […]

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Scalfarotto: satisfaction for United States Trade Representative decision not to add new duties to Italian products.

Undersecretary Scalfarotto expressed great satisfaction for the decision of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) not to add any additional duty to Italian products as part of the six-monthly review of the measures adopted in implementation of the WTO ruling on Airbus subsidies, providing for increases only for specific categories of goods from France and […]

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Del Re: “Lebanon is facing its own destiny” (Limes)

A terrible explosion in the harbour of Lebanon’s port city of Beirut, Hangar 12, led to massive destruction. However, it is not only the saddest figures of the tragedy – one hundred and sixty dead, more than six thousand injured, over three hundred thousand people displaced – as well as the destruction of the port […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: freed Italian journalist apprehended in Belarus

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the Italian freelance journalist stopped by the Belarusian authorities in recent days has been released and is now at the Italian Embassy in Minsk.

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Lebanon: a humanitarian flight to Beirut

An Air Force flight took off this morning from Pisa to Beirut. The flight was loaded last night at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi of about 2.4 tons of medical equipment (hygiene kits) made available by the Italian Cooperation to deal with the health emergency in Lebanon and the growing spread […]

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IIC Cairo: M’ illumino / d’immenso Prize

The Italian Cultural Institute of Cairo, the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, the Luxor University, the Luxor Poetry House, the Traduxit Laboratory in order to promote the translation and diffusion of Italian and Swiss-Italian poetry in Arabic-speaking countries are announcing the first edition for Arabic-speaking countries of M’illumino / d’immenso, an international prize for the translation […]

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Belo Horizonte, a tribute to Italian cinema in music

The Italian Consulate in Belo Horizonte organizes a passionate musical tribute to the great Italian Cinema and its masters: from the melodies of the Oscar-winning Ennio Morricone, who died a few weeks ago, to the famous notes of Nino Rota, another award-winning composer of Federico Fellini’s films, whose centenary we celebrate this year. Leading the […]

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IIC Beijing: “Mid-August Concert

On the occasion of the festivities of Mid-August, on August 15 the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing will organize the online concert ‘I colori della mia voce intorno al 41-simo parallelo” (The colours of my voice around the 41st parallel). The Neapolitan singer Simona De Rosa and the jazz guitarist Federico Luongo will participate in […]

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Belarus: deep concern about the suppression of key civil rights and fundamental democratic freedoms

The wave of indiscriminate arrests over the last two days in Minsk, as well as the suppression of key civil rights and fundamental democratic freedoms, including the press, give rise to the deepest concern. These serious developments also followed an election which, according to many observers, not only local, has disappointed the expectations placed on […]

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