Turkey – Major opportunities for Italian firms
The development of economic/trade relations between Italy and Turkey was the main focus of the 2013 “first business committee” meeting organised in Istanbul by the Embassy of Italy with the resident Italian business community. The meeting offered an opportunity to take stock of 2012’s total trade of nearly €20 billion, which, despite a slight dip, […]
Read moreTERZI CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST – THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY
“The nuclear test performed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is to be condemned with the most absolute firmness”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented from Paris, where he is attending the Conference on Libya. According to the foreign minister, the North Korean nuclear test “is the latest blatant violation of the obligations […]
Read moreElaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentato in occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa (in translation)
Elaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentatoin occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE:the role of Academia and mass media in spreading religious tolerance. by Giulia Janni “Your Christ is a Jew, your pizza is Italian, your coffee is Brazilian, your car is Japanese, your writing is Latin, your holiday is Turkish, your numbers […]
Read morePOPE’S RESIGNATION: HIS MAJOR IMPACT ON CHRISTIANITY, SAYS TERZI
Benedict XVI has been “able to have a major impact on Christianity”. Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the Pope’s decision to resign, effective 28 February next. Recalling the Holy Father’s words at their latest meeting on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the Papal Bull to the Order of Malta, Terzi explained that Ratzinger […]
Read moreFoibe: persecution remains etched in the memory of all, says Terzi
“Episodes of anti-Italian persecutions in Istria, Dalmatia and Fiume must remain etched in all our memories”, so that “hostile feelings, or tendencies toward racial discrimination, toward peoples and nations who are our neighbours, such as those that led to the 1938 racial laws, will never be resussitated”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s […]
Read moreReligious freedom – ISPI Conference – Terzi: our battle against extremism in the interests of peace
The defence of religious freedom serves to combat violent forms of extremism that use religion as a pretext for their own dissemination, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored as he opened an ISPI-sponsored international workshop on the promotion of religious freedom today at the foreign ministry in Rome, co-chaired by Italy and Jordan. Italy’s guiding role in […]
Read morePrague – concert by St. George’s British International School
The student chorus and orchestra of St. George’s British International School in Rome will give a concert on Friday 15 February at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, conducted by Darren Everhart. The performance is part of a musical tour through the Czech Republic by the prestigious international school founded in 1958.
Read moreMOZAMBIQUE – ITALY DONATES €200,000 FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
The Italian government has donated €200,000 for the victims of flooding in the province of Gaza in southern Mozambique. In a communiqué issued by the Embassy of Italy in Maputo, the Italian government announced its intention to make the donation available through the World Food Program (WFP) in response to the recent flooding that has […]
Read moreJERUSALEM – ITALIAN EVENTS AT THE BOOK FAIR
From Lina Wertmuller to Giuseppe Ayala, and from Bruno Arpaia to Marco Ansaldo. These are just some of the names featured in the rich programme of events taking place in the Italian Pavilion at the 26th International Book Fair in Jerusalem, which opens on Sunday 10 February 2013. The programme was organised by the Italian […]
Read moreTrafficking – OSCE seminar – Slavery in the 21st century – development and rights essential, says Terzi
“Trafficking in human beings is one of the most abnormal crimes of today’s world: it is the slavery of the 21st century”. The point was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi as he opened the seminar on “Co-operation to Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings in the Mediterranean Region”, organised by the Organization for Security and […]
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