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“About 60 Lazio fans are still under arrest and are being held for summary trial by the Polish judicial authorities. We cannot rule out the possibility that some of them have been deprived of their personal freedom for committing offences of varying degrees of gravity. I have instructed our Ambassador in Poland to speak to […]
Read moreFarnesina: Italy re-elected to the Executive Commitment of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Since 1948, Italy has been one of the 10 leading states in global maritime transport in terms of size of merchant fleet. The General Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) met this morning, 29 November 2013, in London. The Assembly re-elected Italy, by acclamation, to Category A of the executive Council, reserved for the […]
Read moreItalo-Turkish summit: Dassu’ in Istanbul
Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù will meet in Istanbul today with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Egemen Bağis. The meeting will offer an opportunity to prepare the 3rd Italo-Turkish intergovernmental summit to be held in Istanbul on 17 January. Their talks will touch on principal European concerns, such as the enlargement process and EU-Turkish relations within […]
Read moreGiro at UNESCO agency, a global world won’t survive without identity
“Italy confirms ICCROM’s strategic importance in the protection and recovery of cultural treasures, elements essential to reinforcing and maintaining identities within the current dynamics of globalisation”, commented Under-Secretary Mario Giro during his speech at the28th General Assembly of the International Centre for Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), a UNESCO agency […]
Read moreIran: Bonino’s satisfaction with the Geneva accord. Important step in Mideast peace
“I am very pleased that the Geneva negotiations have led to a 5+1 Group accord with the Iranian authorities. This is a first essential step toward rebuilding that climate of trust that is indispensable to reassuring the international community about Iran’s nuclear programme”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented upon hearing the news from […]
Read moreItaly-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting
Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù hosted the first Italy-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting at deputy foreign minister level, an operational follow up to the 12 September trilateral of Heads of Government in Venice. Croatia was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Hrvoje Marušić and Slovenia by Secretary of State for European Affairs Hrvoje Marušić, accompanied by their respective delegations. […]
Read moreONU/Bonino: “Risoluzione contro i matrimoni forzati e precoci, consenso internazionale anche successo dell’Italia”.
“The position adopted by the United Nations on working to achieve a ban, within the next 12 months, on early and forced marriages is excellent news. And all the more symbolic as it comes immediately in the wake of Universal Children’s Day”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comment on the approval by the UN […]
Read moreLa Farnesina e Banca UBAE rafforzano la collaborazione a sostegno delle imprese italiane
The Foreign Ministry and the Union of Arab and European Banks (UBAE Bank) are becoming increasingly active in helping the Italian business community enter foreign markets, a mission that is a priority for both. This shared commitment has recently led to closer collaboration between the MFA’s Directorate General for Country Promotion and UBAE Bank. The […]
Read morePhilippines: new Italian Development Cooperation flight
A new Italian Development Cooperation flight – the third since the onset of the emergency in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan – left the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi today, headed for Cebu. The plane is carrying 42.5 tons of supplies such as tents, emergency shelters, water containers and purification equipment, […]
Read moreCaso D’Alessandro: Bonino, bene decisione scarcerazione
Foreign Minister Emma Bonino has welcomed the Russian authorities’ decision to release Italian national Cristian D’Alessandro on bail. D’Alessandro was arrested on 19 September 2013 as part of the Greenpeace Arctic case. “Cristian’s release is a first, positive step in the right direction. I hope it is a signal of the Russian authorities’ intention to […]
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