Italy-Libya: loan negotiations began well, says Terzi
Negotiations on the issue of loans by Italian firms to Libya “are proceeding satisfactorily”, said Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Libyan counterpart Mohammed Abdelaziz, who gave “major indications” on the question. Terzi and his Libyan colleague met in the margins of a ministerial […]
Read moreUN – Ministerial Meeting in Rome Terzi: Security Council Reform for greater credibility
“The UN has proven capable of acting effectively as a guarantor of peace and security”, but there is no lack of problems, as seen in the “Security Council’s immobility in the face of the tragedy of the Syrian crisis”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi’s as he opened the ministerial meeting on UN Security Council reform at […]
Read moreItalia-Pakistan – Terzi: firmato accordo strategico di collaborazione bilaterale (in translation)
Italia e Pakistan rafforzano la loro collaborazione bilaterale, con la firma di un documento strategico oggi alla Farnesina dei ministri degli Esteri Giulio Terzi e Hina Rabbani Khar. Il documento “farà da cornice per rafforzare i rapporti politici ed economici, culturali e di cooperazione”, ha spiegato Terzi, ricordando che l’interscambio ha superato il miliardo di […]
Read moreTerzi: micro finance to prevent social fragility
Microfinance is one of the instruments for “addressing inertia and social fragility, which is essential in safeguarding the quality of democracies” in order to prevent “material distress from encouraging populist deviation and citizen regression”. Minister Giulio Terzi thus explained the anti-crisis role of microcredit and microfinance, as he spoke at the second edition of the […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council, Terzi calls for rapid launch of border control mission in Libya
Italy called for the deployment “as rapidly as possible” of a European border control mission in Libya, explained Minister Giulio Terzi at the conclusion of an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. “We discussed the EU’s possible collaboration on border control in Libya and the country’s security conditions; my call for the rapid launch […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council Terzi in Brussels: focus on Syria, Mali, Egypt and Somalia
The crises in Syria and Mali, along with the situations in Somalia and Egypt, will be the main topics of discussion today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where Minister Terzi is representing Italy. Syria Italy will stress the urgency to accelerate a political solution hinging on Assad’s exit from the scenario, and […]
Read moreSIRIA – Da donatori 1,5 mld per i civili. Terzi: soluzione crisi resta priorità (in translation)
La comunità internazionale torna a mobilitarsi a sostegno dei civili siriani. La conferenza dei donatori, in Kuwait, con la partecipazione di 59 Paesi e 13 agenzie dell’Onu, ha raccolto promesse di aiuti per oltre 1,5 miliardi di dollari. Lo ha annunciato il segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-moon, aggiungendo che “abbiamo superato l’obiettivo”. Adesso si punta […]
Read moreEdinburgh – Two Shows Of Italian Graphics And Illustration At The College Of Art
The Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh promoted two exhibitions – “Comics, che passion!” on Italian cartoons from the 1930s, and “Le immagini della fantasia” on illustration techniques – in the spacious halls of the Edinburgh College of Art. The historic national institution has been a training ground for many Scots and other artists, and boasts […]
Read moreSyria – New meeting in Brussels. Crisis solution remains priority
The crisis in Syria will be on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Thursday 31 January in Brussels, discussions that will include a possible review of the arms embargo, although a decision may not be forthcoming until mid-February. The request to end the arms embargo came from the Syrian National Opposition […]
Read moreMontreal – Convenzione per insegnamento italiano in quattro scuole (in translation)
E’ stata siglata a Montreal una convenzione tra la Fondazione Comunitaria Canadese-Italiana (FCCI), che raccoglie rappresentanti della “business community” italo-canadese, la English Montreal School Board (EMSB) ed il Consolato Generale per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana in orario scolastico in quattro istituti di istruzione primaria della città. Promozione e tutela della lingua e della cultura italiana […]
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