Chamber: Terzi attends conference commemorating Mirko Tremaglia
Minister Giulio Terzi is taking part in a conference today, Tuesday 31 January 2012, in memory of Mirko Tremaglia, the former Minister for Italians Abroad who recently passed away. The conference will be held at the Chamber of Deputies. Opened by Roberto Menia and closed by the Chamber’s Speaker, Gianfranco Fini, the discussion will focus […]
Read moreAbu Dhabi: Pirelli and Ducati introduce innovations
Pirelli and Ducati introduced innovations in the United Arab Emirates, with recent tests there for the world press of the new F1 Pirelli tyres. The initiative took place in the setting of the F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of President and CEO of Pirelil SpA Marco Troonchetti Provera, and was a significant […]
Read moreCountry System: conference in Parma on diplomacy and business
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and daily newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore”/Radiocor, in collaboration with the Parma industrialists union, have arranged a conference for Wednesday February 1st in Parma entitled “Diplomacy and business in the globalised world, 150 years since the unification of Italy”. The conference will be an opportunity for dialogue with businesses heavily […]
Read moreSomalia: Terzi meets with Premier Ali: Italy still supporting stabilisation
Italy is “strongly determined to continue its support for Somalia’s efforts at stabilization, and especially on the security front”, Minister Giulio Terzi assured at the end of a meeting today at the foreign ministry in Rome with the Prime Minister of the Somali Transitional Government Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. “A fundamental aspect of our relations with […]
Read moreCooperation: Italy’s commitment to mother and child health
The 31st issue of the Italian Cooperation Newsletter is a special on healthcare cooperation. The Italian Cooperation is committed to reducing infant and maternal mortality and to fighting the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and supports developing countries in the organisation of basic healthcare services, environmental sanitation, the control of chronic and […]
Read moreTurkey: new investment opportunities in 2012
Ambassador of Italy Gianpaolo Scarante will meet on 31 January with representatives of the Italian business community in Turkey at an encounter to be held in Istanbul’s Palazzo di Venezia. Taking part in the meeting will be approximately 100 business persons from all the sectors in which Italian businesses are operating in Turkey, from the […]
Read moreLebanon: Italy still a leader: General Serra installed at the command of UNIFIL
Italy once again takes command of the UN mission in Lebanon. On Saturday 28 January a ceremony was held for the instalment of General Paolo Serra as commander of the UNIFIL mission, in the presence of Minister for the Defence Giampaolo Di Paola and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Staffan De Mistura. The appointment […]
Read moreSyria: Damascus is central in our activity, but its views differ from ours, says Massari
Syria “is central in our activity, but our views on the solution of the crisis differ in two ways from those of Damascus”. The point was explained by Maurizio Massari, Minister Giulio Terzi’s new Special Envoy for the countries of the Mediterranean and the Arab Spring. Massari was speaking in a radio interview on RAI’s […]
Read moreNew efforts for Africa
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is once again taking action for Africa in a collaboration with the University of Genoa for the next SpeRA Conference (Solidarity, Projects and Resources for Africa). The Conference will be taking place at the Maritime Museum in Genoa from 14-16 June 2012. The initiative was presented at the Ministry, […]
Read moreItaly-Albania: support for Tirana on its road to Europe, says Dassù
Italy’s support for Albania and especially for its European prospects was reiterated by Secretary of State Marta Dassùin her talks with Albanian leaders in Tirana. In her recent meeting with the Premier, Sali Berisha, the Secretary of State also discussed the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, which Berisha views as “a project of fundamental importance for the Western […]
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