Messaggio del Ministro Bonino per la commemorazione della tragedia di Marcinelle
On 8 August, Italy remembers the Marcinelle tragedy, the worst mining disaster ever to occur in Europe, in which 262 miners of 12 different nationalities lost their lives. 136 of them were Italian. In memory of that day, 8 August is a day of Commemoration of the Sacrifices of Italian Workers Throughout the World. On […]
Read moreDomani si rinnova la commemorazione della tragedia del Bois du Cazier: Vice Ministro Archi a Marcinelle
57 years have passed and the memory still lives on. Once again, the site of the Bois du Cazier mine – which in 2012 became a UNESCO world heritage site – will be the setting for ceremonies commemorating one of the worst mining tragedies in modern times. 262 of the 274 miners working on that […]
Read moreNicola Piovani e l’Orchestra Italiana del Cinema: la colonna sonora ufficiale dell’Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti diventa un video
A new soundtrack has been composed by maestro Nicola Piovani to celebrate the Year of Italian Culture in the USA. Entitled “Allegretto Made in Italy”, the score, for symphony orchestra, was performed by the Italian Film Orchestra. It was produced with the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy and Italian Cultural […]
Read moreForeign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise receives Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at request of Embassy of Kazakhstan
Foreign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise has received Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at the request of the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Secretary General Valensise reiterated to Ambassador Yelemessov the Foreign Ministry’s surprise and disappointment over his unorthodox handling of the case of Mrs. Alma Shalabayeva with the Italian authorities. The Secretary General was following the line taken […]
Read moreVisita in Messico del SS Giro “centrale per le relazioni dell’Italia con tutta l’America Latina. E’ il paese con più imprese italiane e partner strategico per la stabilità del centro America”
Under-Secretary Mario Giro, whose remit includes Central America, will be on an official visit to Mexico on 8 and 9 August 2013 – the first bilateral visit by an Italian Government representative in many years. “Mexico is undergoing an important economic and social reform process, a process that is making rapid pace and in which […]
Read moreForeign Minister Bonino received news of the death of Renato Ruggiero with “profound sadness”
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received the news of the death of Renato Ruggiero with “profound sadness”. “With the death of Renato Ruggiero”, the minister stated, “we lose an eminent protagonist of 20th century Italian diplomacy, who placed his exceptional professional and moral stature at the disposal of his nation in his many responsibilities […]
Read moreIncontro alla Farnesina tra il Vice Ministro Dassù e il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin.
Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù met today in Rome with French Minister for European Affairs Thierry Repentin, not least in anticipation of the Italo-French summit scheduled for 20 November in Rome. Their discussions included the European Union’s external relations, European Neighbourhood Policy – with a particular focus on Mediterranean priorities – enlargement to the Western Balkans […]
Read moreEgypt, Bonino firmly condemns escalation of violence. “Extremely urgent that Egyptian political forces meet to seriously discuss national reconciliation”
“I wish to express my firmest condemnation of those responsible for the escalation of the violence in Egypt. The news of dozens of victims is confirmation – if that were necessary – of the extreme urgency that all political forces meet to discuss national reconciliation”, was Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s comment today. The […]
Read moreEgypt: Bonino calls for “a new stage of dialogue and national reconciliation”
“Egypt must open a new stage of dialogue and national reconciliation as the only approach to overcome their differences”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, who is following developments in Egypt closely. “I strongly urge all Egyptian institutional and political actors, and civil society too, to play their part – both in […]
Read moreArchi in Jakarta for bilateral consultations and support for Italian businesses
Indonesia: the world’s fourth largest country, a model pluralist society, a leading ASEAN country, an active member of the G20, a market of 240 million potential consumers, and projected to be the 7th global economy by 2025. These are just some of the figures illustrating the country that welcomed Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Archi on […]
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