G8/G20 – Young Ambassadors recruit Italian delegations
Recruitment has begun for Italian delegations of the Young Ambassadors Society (YAS) who will take part in the official events parallel to the G8/G20 in Russia and Australia. With the support of the MFA, YAS is in search of 5 talented students or young professionals to represent Italy at the “Y8/Y20” meant to mirror the […]
Read moreValensise, Egypt key to area stability
“I delivered the Egyptian authorities Minister Bonino’s invitation to participate in the international conference on Libya being organised by the foreign ministry for 6 March”, reported Secretary General of the MFA Ambassador Michele Valensise at the end of a two-day mission to Egypt, where he had a busy agenda of meetings. Valensise added that he […]
Read moreEU: FAC on Syria, Central Africa and nuclear question – Bonino raises case of marines – Brussels confirms interest
The Iranian nuclear programme, the Syrian crisis ahead of the Geneva 2 meeting of 22 January and the crisis in the Central African Republic were among the principal topics addressed by the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels. Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino raised the issue of the case of the two marines – […]
Read moreSyria: OPCW Director General, generous contribution from Italy
“Italy has made an important contribution to international efforts to eliminate the Syrian chemical arsenal, the latest being its permission to use the port of Gioia Tauro” for transboarding the chemical agents to the U.S. ship the Cape Ray, which will then destroy them. With these words, as he accepted the University of Bologna’s Sigillum […]
Read moreNew Consulates in China and Vietnam – Farnesina, growth diplomacy opens new missions
The foreign ministry confirmed it would be opening two new Consulates General, one in Ho Chi Minh City, the financial capital of Vietnam, and one in Chongking in south-central China, a city of over 30 million inhabitants. “The openings fall within the scope of the growth diplomacy programme promoted by Minister Emma Bonino and aimed […]
Read moreAprono due nuovi Consolati a Ho Chi Minh e Chongqing (in translation)
Due nuovi consolati in Vietnam e Cina. La Farnesina ha formalizzato l’apertura di due rappresentanze diplomatica a Ho Chi Minh City, capitale economica del Vietnam, e Chongqing, municipalità di oltre 30 milioni di abitanti situato nel Centro-Sud della Cina. L’attuale stato della rete diplomatica-consolare nel mondo è stata inoltre oggetto dell’audizione della Vice Ministro degli […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Pakistan: ENI interested in shale gas and offshore deep-water exploration
Pakistan: ENI interested in shale gas and offshore deep-water exploration Pakistan’s Minister for Oil and Natural Resources, Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi, and ENI’s Chief Executive Officer, Paolo Scaroni, met recently in Islamabad to review the company’s operations in the country. ENI is the biggest international oil and gas company in Pakistan, with an investment of over […]
Read moreHong Kong – Decollano le esportazioni italiane (in translation)
Decollano le esportazioni italiane ad Hong Kong. Il 2013 si e’ chiuso con un incremento dell’8,72 per cento rispetto al 2012, che permette al nostro paese di posizionarsi al 16esimo posto in assoluto tra i fornitori di Hong Kong e al terzo tra i paesi europei (dopo Gran Bretagna e Germania e superando la Francia) […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Cina: utilizzo renminbi nelle lettere di credito sorpassa euro (in translation)
Secondo i dati di SWIFT, la societa’ che gestisce i pagamenti interbancari internazionali, il valore delle lettere di credito denominate in RMB ha superato nel mese di ottobre 2013 quello delle lettere in Euro, rispettivamente pari all’8,7 e al 6,6 per cento (la prima valuta impiegata a questo scopo rimane il dollaro americano, la cui […]
Read moreSyria: Gioia Tauro is chemical agents transfer port – Most important disarmament operation in last 10 years, says Bonino
The chemical agents leaving Syria on Danish and Norwegian ships will be transferred to the US vessel “MV Cape Ray” in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro. The official announcement was made during a hearing before the joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees attended by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, […]
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