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Africa

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10 October 2014
Italy-Africa. Ministerial Conference on Energy

The event, dedicated to sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, is part of a broader Italy-Africa Initiative aimed at promoting a model for sustainable growth, with the participation of all Italian sectors interested in increasing relations with the African continent.   Investment prospects in the sectors of electrical and renewable energy on the African continent and […]

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2 October 2014
Migration: Remittances to home countries and development

Over 500 billion dollars: that is the estimated amount migrants will send in remittances to their countries of origin in 2016. A figure that testifies to the strong economic impact of remittances on the global economy and shows that migration is also a development instrument for the countries of origin. The relationship between migration, development […]

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25 September 2014
Ebola emergency – Italian Cooperation intervention plan

The United Nations is mobilising to fight the Ebola virus epidemic by creating an international coalition. A recent unanimously approved Security Council resolution identified the Ebola epidemic as a “threat to international peace and security”. A meeting is now to be held at head of state and government level of the countries affected and major […]

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24 September 2014
Somalia Summit – Italy’s role in stabilisation and national reconciliation

The event being held in the margins of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly will evaluate progress achieved in the stabilisation and national reconciliation of Somalia in light of the objectives identified by the Somali authorities in the government’s “Vision 2016” programme. These include the adoption of a Federal Constitution within 2015 and […]

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22 September 2014
Italy in the UN – against child and forced marriages

Italy is in the forefront in the UN against the scourge of child and forced marriages. “The ending child marriages: towards a more gender equitable world” event was held  in the margins of the General Assembly to promote more awareness of a phenomenon that is impacting dramatically on female populations and on socio-economic development prospects. […]

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19 September 2014
Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 19 September: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Sole 24 Ore Radiocor

Zambia – D.R. Ferroviaria Italia to refurbish Lusaka-Ndola railwayD.R.Ferroviaria Italia s.r.l., specialist in railway construction, was awarded the project for the refurbishment of the railway line between Lusaka and Ndola, the industrial and commercial capital of the Cooperbelt mining province in the north of the country. The Zambian government’s main priorities are the rehabilitation and […]

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Press Releases
16 September 2014
Ue: Della Vedova oggi e domani a Strasburgo

Il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Benedetto Della Vedova sarà oggi e domani a Strasburgo per intervenire, a nome della Presidenza italiana dell’UE e su delega del Ministro Mogherini, alla seduta plenaria del Parlamento Europeo. Della Vedova interverrà sull’iniziativa europea a favore della gioventù e dell’occupazione giovanile, sulla preparazione del vertice dell’Eurozona, sul Summit dell’ONU sul […]

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Press Releases
16 September 2014
Ue: Della Vedova oggi e domani a Strasburgo

Il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Benedetto Della Vedova sarà oggi e domani a Strasburgo per intervenire, a nome della Presidenza italiana dell’UE e su delega del Ministro Mogherini, alla seduta plenaria del Parlamento Europeo. Della Vedova interverrà sull’iniziativa europea a favore della gioventù e dell’occupazione giovanile, sulla preparazione del vertice dell’Eurozona, sul Summit dell’ONU sul […]

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Press Releases
8 September 2014
Italy welcome the release of two Algerian diplomats

Italy welcomes the recent release of 2 Algerian diplomats, Mourad Ghessas and Kaddour Miloudi, who had been kidnapped in Mali in April 2012. Our country reiterates its condemnation of international terrorism and the kidnapping of hostages. In expressing its appreciation of Algeria’s efforts to mediate between the various parties in Mali, the Italian Government conveys […]

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8 September 2014
Mogherini deeply saddened by killing of nuns in Burundi

The Foreign Ministry confirms the news of the killing of Italian nuns in Burundi. “I was deeply saddened to hear of the killing of the missionaries in their convent in Kamenge. In my own name and that of the Government, I wish to convey my sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to […]

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