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Italian entrepreneurs, go to Serbia! This heartfelt appeal comes from Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, 66 years old, following a trip to Belgrade to meet with the country’s new leaders – some of whose curricula vitae have been cause for alarm among other governments. President Tomislav Nikolić, 60 years old and a […]
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To the Editor: I would like to thank the associations Migrare and Articolo 21, which in the columns of Unità recently turned their attention to Somalia and to the commitment of Italy and the overall international community to the future of that country. The International Contact Group on Somalia met in Rome one month ago, […]
Read more“The world must regulate the arms trade” (Famiglia Cristiana) by Giulio Terzi
The United Nations Conference to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty has come to a close in New York. For years now, the International Community has been trying to regulate international trade in arms and weapons materials. Several countries, including Italy and, more generally, the European Union, have strict control systems. But others – many others […]
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FIGLI E CARRIERA, UN DIRITTO DELLE DONNE Caro direttore, alla metà degli Anni 30, l’ambasciatore britannico in Finlandia scrisse, in un suo messaggio a Londra, di avere conosciuto la signora Ruth Bryan Owen, ambasciatore americano a Copenhagen dal 1933 al 1936. II capo missione britannico ammise che «si può parlare con lei come se fosse […]
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Even as the spread emergency bites into the flesh of Italian economy like an insatiable monster, from his privileged observatory in the foreign ministry in Rome, Giulio Terzi sees an Italy with a much stronger voice in Europe and well-equipped to weather the financial crisis – on one condition: that the reforms the government has […]
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Not long from now our children and grandchildren may find themselves caught in the undertow of a rising tide of fundamentalism, unconventional military threats, uncontrolled migration flows or stiff economic competition. What will our defence be when they accuse us of not having given them the instruments and policies for preventing Europe from becoming a […]
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Women’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]
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Margherita Boniver, inviato speciale della Farnesina per le Emergenze umanitarie, è appena rientrata dalla Nigeria dove, nella capitale Abuja, ha avuto una serie di incontri con numerosi esponenti governativi. Che impressione ha riportato dalla Nigeria? Intanto ho trovato la capitale Abuja sempre più blindata, anche rispetto alla mia precedente missione di maggio: posti di blocco, […]
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La strage dei cristiani in Nigeria, nella città di Jos, nella quale sono morte 22 persone tutte di fede cristiana, porterebbe la firma del gruppo terroristico islamico “Boko Haram”. Le vittime dell’attacco di domenica scorsa partecipavano al funerale di alcune delle persone uccise il giorno prima a Barkin Ladi, sempre nella stessa zona, dove un […]
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Corriere della Sera has said that starting from today Italy has on its doorstep an elected Islamic leader in the most populous and influential Arab Country. How did you receive this fact? Do you think the Italian-Egyptian long friendship will face any challenges? The election of Mohammed Morsi is a historic step in the process […]
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