Italy-Egypt: Terzi, support for a democratic transition – Minister urges guarantees for religious minorities
One year on from the start of the revolution, and a few days from the opening of the people’s assembly, Italy sends Egypt a message of solidarity on its long and arduous road to democracy. A message that reiterates the importance of Rome’s strategic partnership with Cairo from economic and cultural standpoints, while also urging, […]
Read moreTerzi al Cairo: rispetto profondo per il processo politico (in translation)
“Abbiamo profondo rispetto per il processo politico in Egitto, che auspichiamo rispetti i principi dei diritti dell’uomo e del diritto internazionale per raggiungere i livelli di democrazia ai quali aspira il popolo egiziano”. Lo ha affermato il Ministro Giulio Terzi al quotidiano Al Ahram, in occasione della sua visita oggi al Cairo. Terzi ha riconosciuto […]
Read moreSofia: FMR library showcases the beauty of italy
Italy’s great artistic and natural patrimony comes to the Bulgarian public through the Fondazione Marilena Ferrari, in an exhibition of books entitled “Italian publishing showcases the beauty of Italy: the FMR library”, and will be open from 23 to 30 January 2012 at the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Library of Sofia. The initiative has […]
Read moreLibya – Italy’s focus is on training police forces, says Terzi
Italy considers it essential to concentrate on the training of police forces in Libya, in compliance with international conventions. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s assertion during a report he made with defence minister Di Paola on Italy’s participation in international missions before the joint parliamentary foreign and defence committees. After the successful NATO operation in […]
Read moreBeijing: smart trash bins from Milan’s Polytechnic
Italian technology employed in waste management in China. The Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Research Institute decided in 2011 to implement the “Greenwaste” project designed in the Robotics Laboratory of Milan’s Polytechnic Institute in a central area of Beijing, the aim of which is to build and distribute intelligent urban trash bins. To read more select […]
Read moreCalcutta: Italy guest of the book fair
The Calcutta International Book Fair opens on 24 January, where Italy has been invited as guest of honour. With over one million participants and proceeds of nearly two million euro in books sold at every recurrence, the “Kolkata Book Fair” is India’s most important event of the kind. It takes place at this time every […]
Read moreParis: Sarkozy inducts Umberto Eco into the “Legion d’Honneur”
In the course of a moving ceremony held at the Élysée on 13 January, French President Nicolas Sarkozy conferred the rank of Commandeur of the Legion d’Honneur on Italian writer and semiologist Umberto Eco, whose prestige and renown in France are equal to that which he enjoys in our country. To read more select ITALIANO […]
Read moreItaly-Egypt: Terzi off to Cairo for a stronger strategic partnership
Minister Giulio Terzi will be in Egypt Thursday next for a bilateral visit at a crucial stage in the redesign of the regional framework, one year on from the start of the “Arab spring”. He will hold a series of meetings in Cairo – with Head of the Armed Forces Supreme Council Marshall Houssein Tantawi, […]
Read moreCrisis: Italy and its government enjoy the EU’s full support, says Terzi
Europe has broadly acknowledged Italy’s commitment to overcoming the crisis. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s assertion on the television broadcast of “Otto e mezzo”, where he cited the “revival of credibility” and “full support for Italy” and “its government’s actions” of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, on a visit to Rome at a special […]
Read moreAfghanistan, transition in the province of Herat enters second phase
A ceremony was held today for the official opening of the second phase of the transition in Herat province, epicentre of the region where approximately 4,000 Italian troops are stationed. After an initial phase involving the main city of Herat, the transition will now continue in the majority of the province’s other districts, and is […]
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