DEI/Sole 24 Ore – USA: la crescita PIL rivista al rialzo (in translation)
L’espansione del PIL statunitense su base annua nel terzo trimestre 2013 è stata rivista al 4,1% rispetto al 3,6% stimato in precedenza. Al rialzo ha contribuito soprattutto la revisione della crescita dei consumi (2,0%, contro l’1,4%), mentre sono stati confermati sia la forte accelerazione degli investimenti privati (17,2%) sia il significativo contributo della variazione delle […]
Read moreRemembrance Day – At Yad Vashem with Ambassador Talò and the Italian community
The “duty of remembrance” was underscored by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Francesco Maria Talò, at a Remembrance Day event at Yad Vashem, the Jewish people’s memorial to the Holocaust. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by the Italian Jewish community in Israel, and by the Mayor of La Spezia, Massimo Federici. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreIntellectual property – A vital asset for growth, says Bonino
A vital asset for Italian growth, and an issue for which uniform worldwide protection is more than ever necessary. This was how Foreign Minister Emma Bonino described intellectual property (IP) at the conference on “Intellectual Property: a strategic economic development factor in a global market”. The aim of the conference was to focus individual aspects […]
Read moreSyria: Humanitarian access the most urgent concern, says Bonino
The most urgent concern, as the Geneva 2 negotiations go forward, is “to insist on humanitarian access in order to bring tangible relief to a Syrian people battered by three years of bombardment”. This was Minister for Foreign Minister Afairs Emma Bonino’s comment on Radio 24. Ceasefire appeal In her speech at the International Geneva […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation reform under way – A government priority once again, says Letta
The Development Cooperation reform is under way – another important and significant “segment” of our country’s “Europeanisation” and the fruit of a bipartisan parliamentary debate. The Council of Ministers has approved the bill containing “General provisions governing international Development Cooperation” and envisaging a systematic up-date of the system, after 27 years. The draft reform include […]
Read moreMediterranean: major challenge for the EU, says Dassù
“If we fail to meet the challenge of the Mediterranean, the winner in Europe will be the populist movements; by now the future depends to a varying extent on our ability to work out the problems of the Mediterranean”. Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù launched this message as she participated today in a conference at […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Danimarca: investirà 3,82 mld euro per rete ferrovie
È stato raggiunto un accordo politico multipartisan tra le forze governative, la lista unitaria Rosso-verde (ambientalisti e sinistra radicale) e il Partito Popolare danese per un ammodernamento della rete ferroviaria nazionale all’insegna dell’alta velocità e della completa elettrificazione. Si tratterebbe dello sviluppo del trasporto su ferro di piu’ ampia portata degli ultimi centocinquant’anni. I finanziamenti […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Danimarca: investirà 3,82 mld euro per rete ferrovie
Danimarca: investirà 3,82 mld euro per rete ferrovie È stato raggiunto un accordo politico multipartisan tra le forze governative, la lista unitaria Rosso-verde (ambientalisti e sinistra radicale) e il Partito Popolare danese per un ammodernamento della rete ferroviaria nazionale all’insegna dell’alta velocità e della completa elettrificazione. Si tratterebbe dello sviluppo del trasporto su ferro di […]
Read moreSyria: Bonino, “ceasefire a priority” – UN-piloted 3/2 “humanitarian meeting” in Rome
The “ceasefire is a priority in Syria, because we are seeing a “gigantic catastrophe” in need of humanitarian access, said Minister Emma Bonino as she met with the journalists of the World Economic Forum. There are “inaccessible areas, people starving to death”, and the massive refugee exodus is making the situation in Jordan and Lebanon […]
Read moreMarines: Bonino at Davos, Indian ministers commitment to 3 February
Minister Emma Bonino, in Davos for the World Economic Forum, after meeting with Indian Ministers for Finance and Trade, reported that they had assured her of their commitment to securing their government’s decision on the marines on 3 February, as requested by the Supreme Court. Bonino also reported that the question of the marines had […]
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