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“Everyone must contribute to putting the maximum pressure on Assad in order to avoid another massacre”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, expressing his deep concern over the “disturbing” news of the government forces’ siege of the city Syrian of Aleppo. The Italian Cooperation has already launched emergency interventions on the ground on behalf […]
Read moreL’Italia sostiene la transizione democratica egiziana e auspica che l’Egitto conservi il suo ruolo di punto di riferimento, attivo ed equilibrato, della regione, su cui pesa la crisi siriana. Questo messaggio è stato portato dal Ministro Giulio Terzi, al Cairo, al nuovo Presidente egiziano Mohamed Morsi. Centrale per l’Italia – ha sottolineato Terzi – è […]
Read moreWith the intention of further strengthening Italy’s already intense relations with Egypt, Minister Giulio Terzi is to meet in Cairo, for the first time officially, with President Mohammed Morsi, the first civilian head of state to be elected after a long electoral campaign, one of the most delicate moments of a transition process that is […]
Read moreThe Italian Consulate of Alexandria, Egypt, now has an on-line visa “booking” system created by the MFA’s DGAI. The new system was activated for the Visa Office, while instructions, enrolment forms and booking template are published on the Consulate website. Once the system’s practicability and performance were tested, it was distributed to local Italian and […]
Read moreMinister Giulio Terzi hailed the EU Foreign Affairs Council’s approval of a document on integrated border controls “that responds to Italy’s requests to the letter”. The document confronts immigration with strategies common to all 27 Member States as urged by Italy in a letter signed by Minister Terzi and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Malmstrom. […]
Read moreThe EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels decided today to ratchet up the pressure on the Syrian regime by extending sanctions and, in particular, by boosting the arms embargo already in force. The new measures will allow European countries to perform inspections in their airports, sea ports and territorial waters of ships and planes en […]
Read moreFEDERLEGNO (wood producers federation) made a mission from 18 to 20 July to Luanda, with a delegation consisting of a dozen construction and furniture sector representatives. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreThe UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the observers mission in Syria by 30 days, after Thursday’s veto by Russia and China on a resolution presented by the Western countries in which sanctions were threatened against the regime in the case of failure to respect the Annan plan. Instead, the approved resolution calls […]
Read more“I reiterated Italy’s pledge to support the political and institutional transition in Yemen, which is proceeding in a decidedly positive way”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment coming out of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. “Yemen has weathered the Arab spring with intelligence, and handled a […]
Read more“It is certainly impossible to stand by impotently; something different needs to be done”, Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the latest Russia-China UN Security Council veto on the Syrian crisis, suggesting that an “urgent meeting” of the Friends of Syria be called. At the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with […]
Read more(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signor Segretario di Stato Alaya Bettaïeb, Dottoressa Agrò, Signor Vice Segretario Generale dell’OCSE, Ambasciatore Richard Boucher, Sottosegretario Claudio De Vincenti, Undersecretary Bob Hormats, Autorità, sono lieta di partecipare a questa riunione del “MENA-OECD Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development”, che per la prima volta […]
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