Prague-Bratislava: Dacia Maraini meets with her readers
Writer Dacia Maraini, who is also Italian Ambassador for Culture to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, took part on 7 March in ameeting at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague organised by the Prague committee of the Dante Alighieri Society entitled, “Dacia Maraini: narration”, which garnered both critical and public success. For international Women’s Day, […]
Read moreTunis: Promos mission to strengthen sme partnership
The objective of last week’s mission by the President of Promos–Chamber of Commerce of Milan Bruno Ermolli, within the context of the 10th regional conference of FEMIP, an EIB instrument that has helped develop the private sector of Mediterranean countries, was to strengthen the partnership between Italy and Tunisia in the sector of micro, small […]
Read moreORE 14.00 – MARINES: Ashton committed to positive solution, Monti says. EU contacts in India after Monti-Terzi intervention
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton “has committed to undertaking any possible further step toward a positive solution” to the affair involving two Italian servicemen in India. This was the message of Premier Mario Monti in a note issued in Brussels after a meeting with the High Representative, during which she supplied the Italian Premier with […]
Read moreItaly-Algeria: Terzi in Algiers on Thursday to build new strategic partnership
Minister Giulio Terzi will be in Algiers on Thursday for a visit that, according to Special Envoy for the Mediterranean Maurizio Massari, will serve to “build a strategic partnership” between the two nations. The visit will also be preparatory to a bilateral summit to take place within the year. “Algeria is an example of political […]
Read moreSYRIA: Assad regime denounced by UN – truce to allow humanitarian convoys access, says Italy
12.00 – SYRIA: international community must act in unison, says Terzi. Annan meets with Syrian opposition (SNC): we’ll disarm if the repression stops “The Syrian regime is vicious and politically blind. The international community must act in unison and without further delay. Stop the massacres”, tweets Minister Giulio Terzi, while UN and Arab League special […]
Read moreItaly-Spain: boosting contacts, Massolo in Madrid
The mission by Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General Giampiero Massolo to Madrid today was aimed at implementing the strengthening of bilateral dialogue between Italy and Spain outlined in Rome in late February by Spain’s head of government Mariano Rajoy and Prime Minister Mario Monti. Massolo held meetings in the Spanish capital with Secretary of State for […]
Read moreSYRIA: Repression continues – UNESCO condemns. UN envoy’s appeal
The repression in Syria goes on, while new violence is reported against women and children in the city of Homs for which the Syrian National Council (SNC) has called an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council; while special UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s appeals to President Bashar Al Assad in meetings in […]
Read moreCooperation: training centre opens in Albania
Ambassador of Italy in Albania Massimo Gaiani opened the “Laura Vicuña” training centre in Bregdeti Tale (Lezhë), built with funds from the Italian Cooperation. The centre will host the training courses offered through the “Boosting socio-educational services and the social and cultural advancement of children, young people and women in Tale in the district of […]
Read moreHuman Rights: Italian foreign policy priority and EU security policy guide, Terzi says
Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA) on Tuesday 13 March. Illustrating the conclusions of the informal EU foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen, the minister […]
Read moreWATER: A right (not yet) universal
The planet is increasingly short of water and crowded with people, and “it’s time for solutions” that will ensure the universal right to “blue gold”. The route to achieving this objective will be the focus of the 6th World Water Forum, a non-governmental organisation created in 1996 and scheduled to be held this year from […]
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