Italy-Argentina: boosting parliamentary diplomacy
The “First Parliamentary Day for Italo-Argentine Friendship and Integration”, held on 16 November in Buenos Aires, was organised by a group of Italian MPs and intended as a way to more deeply analyse Italo-Argentine relations with a view to boosting the role of parliamentary diplomacy. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreGaza: Italy and France appeal for truce – We are working toward dialogue aimed at peace, says Terzi
Italy is insisting on a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. Giorgio Napolitano and Francois Hollande launched a joint appeal from Paris for a truce in Gaza. Napolitano, in particular, reiterated the “firmest condemnation of terrorism”, expressing “solidarity with Israel, which feels brutally attacked, and with the victims” of Gaza. Containing the escalating violence France and […]
Read moreTbilisi: Film Festival tribute to Giannini
The Tbilisi Film Festival, running in the nation’s capital from 3 to 9 December, will honour actor Giancarlo Giannini with a tribute to his life and work. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDakar: Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days
Dakar will host the second edition of the Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days on 3 and 4 December. The event will be a moment for reflection and encounter on the current strategy of the Italian Cooperation in that country, and allow for the promotion to local authorities and international donors of Italy’s activities in Senegal. It will […]
Read moreQuito: recovery plan for convent of St. Francis
An agreement was signed in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito between UNESCO and INPC [the national institute for cultural patrimony] of a plan for the integrated management and cultural and tourism-related enhancement of the Convent of St. Francis. The complex, consisting of a convent, a church and a museum, is considered the largest monastic complex […]
Read moreTerzi: Foreign Ministry focus on science and enterprise
Sustaining and promoting collaboration between science and enterprise in Italy and abroad, in the conviction that an effective combination of diplomacy, science and business can spur growth. This is the task to which the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dedicated its efforts over the past year, increasingly distinguishing itself as an economic and scientific […]
Read moreGaza – Terzi reports to Lower House – prolonged conflict would have unacceptable humanitarian consequences
“A prolongation or deterioration of the conflict would have unacceptable consequences at humanitarian level, but also with regard to the stability of the region and the Mediterranean area in general”. This was the statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi in his report to the Foreign Commission on the situation in Gaza, underscoring that […]
Read moreExpo 2015: China signs up, goal of one million visitors from Beijing
EXPO 2015 has a goal of one million Chinese visitors, as emerged during the signing at the foreign ministry in Rome of China’s contract for participation in the Milan event. 4500 square metres The agreement assigns Beijing a strategically located 4500-square-metre exhibition space and “will serve to strengthen economic and industrial cooperation between Italy and […]
Read moreZambia: Business meeting in Parma
A rich source of raw materials and metals in a steady growth phase and already in the sights of other major rivals such as China and Brazil: the country in question in Zambia, the subject of a Country Presentation planned for today in Parma, organized by the Parma industrialists’ union in collaboration with Confindustria Assafrica […]
Read moreGaza – EU Foreign Ministers meet– Immediate cessation of hostilities, support for Egypt and other mediators
Immediate cessation of the hostilities, and support for “the efforts of Egypt and other actors to mediate for rapid ceasefire”, was the appeal of the EU foreign ministers who met in Brussels to confront the Gaza crisis and other dossiers. Also “welcomed” during the meeting was Secretary General Ban ki-Moon’s mission to the region. Grave […]
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