Communication is a foreign policy tool
The Foreign Ministry “promotes and defends Italy’s interests worldwide so must communicate to the world what Italy is and does. For us, communication never comes as an afterthought to decisions: it is an integral part of and helps determine them”. In short, said Manzo, “communication is a foreign policy tool”. The point was explained by […]
Read moreBrazil – Rousseff welcomes Caravaggio to Planalto
Caravaggio’s journey across Latin America is proceeding with great success. Having attracted over 160,000 visitors to the “Museu de Arte” in São Paulo for an exhibition lasting nearly two months, “Caravaggio and His Followers” is now showing in Planalto, the seat of the Presidency of the Brazilian Republic. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreLa comunicazione è strumento di politica estera (in translation)
Si è tenuto oggi a Milano a Palazzo Giureconsulti il workshop “Il governo è maker?” nell’ambito della Settimana della Comunicazione, un evento collettivo annuale in cui si incontrano creativitá, tecnologie, editoria, arte e design. Tra i partecipanti, il capo del servizio per la stampa e la comunicazione istituzionale del Ministero degli affari esteri, Giuseppe Manzo, […]
Read moreItaly-Georgia : trade up 53.7% in the first half of 2012
According to the latest ISTAT data, trade between Italy and Georgia increased by nearly 54% (53.7) in the first half of 2012 as compared with the same period in 2011, totally over €137 million. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreOttawa: Italy-Canada round table on start-ups
In collaboration with Carleton University, Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the University of Toronto, the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa organised a day, October 2nd, dedicated to discussions of Italian and Canadian experiences in innovation and university, business, research and institutional partnerships, and the creation of start-ups. The event can be followed in live streaming […]
Read moreInternational Cooperation Forum: Terzi: Central to foreign policy – from assistance to partnership
“The rapid transformations of recent decades that have accelerated new geopolitical equilibriums and regional integration, today express the foreign policy-cooperation equation in new terms; dense in problems and at the same time filled with extraordinary prospects, which include “assistance and aid evolving into partnerships with our counterparts”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented during […]
Read moreSide – event on religious tolerance (New York, 27 settembre 2012) – Chairs’ Summary (in translation)
Ministerial Level side-event and panel discussions on The Civil Society and the Education on Human Rights as a tool for promoting religious toleranceUN Headquarters – Conference Room 5 (NLB)27 September 2012Chairs’ Summary Victims of human rights violations and day-to-day discriminations have the right to expect that the international community is on their side. This is […]
Read morePari Opportunità l’Italia sta con Hillary (in translation)
IL CASO L’Italia ha aderito all’iniziativa del segretario di Stato Usa, Hillary Clinton, per le pari opportunità nella politica e nell’economia. Come ha spiegato la sottosegretaria agli Esteri Marta Dassù la proposta è quella di creare un gruppo di lavoro volontario fra i paesi interessati e intenzionati a promuovere l’accesso delle donne alla vita politica, […]
Read moreItaly-Albania-Greece for the Tap gas pipeline
Italy, Albania and Greece reached an accord in New York, in the margins of the 67th UN General Assembly, on the development and building of a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan’s Shah deposits to Italy, passing through through Greece and Albania. The memorandum of understanding was signed by the foreign ministers of all three countries […]
Read moreUN General Assembly – Italy’s Contribution – Religious dialogue Forum. Terzi: commitment to social plurality
Strengthening religious dialogue, fighting intolerance and violence and disseminating respect for human rights: these were the goals proposed to the UN, in the margins of the General Assembly, during a forum chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and his Jordanian colleague Nasser Judeh, whose participants included experts and members of nongovernmental educational associations […]
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