Africa

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16 May 2013

ANGOLA – italian centre fights bovine disease

Italy goes to work in Angola to fight infectious bovine diseases: The ‘G.Caporale’ Istituto zooprofilattico of Teramo is starting up an ambitious programme for the treatment of sick cattle and improvement of slaughtering conditions. The main goal is to weaken the bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) that seems to be infecting the Angolan provinces of Huila, Cunene […]

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14 May 2013

ADDIS ABABA – Negus project arrives at Italian Institute

The “Negus – Echoes Chamber” audio-visual performance was staged on 13 May by Invernomuto at the Italian Cultural Institute of Addis Ababa, in a version adapted by the Negus Project that explores the figure of Haile Selassie in a series of films and retraces the Jamaican musical tradition of “versioning” with a set by DJs […]

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9 May 2013

KENYA – Italian Smes at Nairobi Buildexpo

A delegation of business persons from the Italian province of Reggio Emilia, representing the sectors of wood-processing, insulation machinery, electrical generators, elevators, and professional cooking and amusement park equipment, attended BuildExpo at the Jomo Kenyatta trade centre in Nairobi. The delegation was received by the Italian ambassador. Read more, in Italian.

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6 May 2013

Somalia – London Conference – Bonino underscores Italy’s support for stabilisation

The stabilisation of Somalia is a commitment that Italy “has undertaken to support and that was one even when they weren’t getting so much attention”, underscored Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino as she spoke in London with journalists in the margins of the international conference on the future of that Horn of Africa country.  […]

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2 May 2013

MALINDI – Italy funds hospital operating theatre

Italy is helping improve Kenya’s healthcare provision, with a new operating theatre in Malindi District Hospital funded by Lombardy Region. The opening ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the San Matteo Policlinico, Alessandro Moneta; the Governor of Kilifi, Amason Kingi; authorities from Lombardy Region and the Province of Pavia; and the Italian Ambassador to […]

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26 April 2013

ANGOLA – Possible multi-sector partnerships with Italy

Prospects for new partnerships between Italy and Angola are opening up in all economic sectors, reported Luigi Marras, Director General for Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was interviewed during an international meeting organized to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Angolan independence. Read more, In Italian.

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26 April 2013

ITALY-ETHIOPIA – Artists united in ‘Heart to Hearth’

Rome and Addis Ababa unite in “Heart to Heart”, an exhibition that brings together 5 Italian and 6 Ethiopian artists in a friendly dialogue embracing painting, drawing, photography and video to explore contemporary interdependence and globalisation themes. Curated by Meskerem Assegued, the show is hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa and runs […]

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23 April 2013

Puntland: 15 4x4s for local police and short-wave radio station

Brand new vehicles and a fundamental instrument for radio communication to lead the population of Puntland toward a future of renewed development: a ceremony was held in Garowe, the capital of the North East region of Somalia, on 21 April for the official presentation of 15 Toyota 4x4s to the local police and of a […]

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23 April 2013

NATO ministerial – Monti: multiply efforts toward democratic transition in Lybia

NATO’s participation in the training of Libyan security forces and the reintegration of armed militias was one of the proposals on the table of the Atlantic Alliance foreign ministers meeting in Brussels this morning a few hours from the attack on the French embassy in Tripoli. Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti expressed Italy’s […]

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23 April 2013

MAPUTO – Amb. Vellano awards “Nosside” poetry prize

Preparations are under way in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo, for International Book Day. The Italian embassy has planned an event dedicated to poetry, with a group of “friends” of the Italian language and culture, at which Ambassador Roberto Vellanowill announce the winner of the “Nosside” international poetry prize sponsored by UNESCO. Read more, in […]

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22 April 2013

EU Foreign Affairs Council – Dassù in Luxembourg. Agenda includes Syria, Lebanon and Balkans

Developments in Syria, Lebanon and Mali, as well as the Serbia-Kosovo accord, will be topics of discussion by the European Union’s foreign ministers, with Deputy Minister Marta Dassù representing Italy, meeting today in Luxembourg. It is expected that last Thursday’s decision in Brussels to lift the embargo on oil sales by the Syrian opposition will […]

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Speeches

17 April 2013

Intervento del Vice Ministro Dassù alla riunione Ministeriale di Dialogo 5+5 – Nouakchott (versione originale)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Dear Minister Hamadi, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentleman, I am very pleased to attend this meeting as Co-President on behalf of Italy. I am really grateful to the Mauritanian Government for its major effort in organizing this event. I wish to reiterate Italy’s appreciation and gratitude for the […]

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