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8 May 2014
Nigeria – EU coordination for girls’ release, urges Mogherini

Proposal to be formalised at Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council: coordination needed, not a leading role for any one country “Our interest is not so much seeing any one country play a leading role, but results: the release of the girls abducted in Nigeria”. This was the comment by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who will propose […]

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Press Releases
6 May 2014
Ukraine: Mogherini urges Lavrov to halt the clashes and resuscitate the Geneva agreement

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini had a long conversation with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in the margins of the Council of Europe meeting in Vienna. The two foreign ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine, the on-going crises in Syria and Libya, and the international mobilisation to free the schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria. Minister Mogherini stressed […]

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Press Releases
5 May 2014
Nigeria: Mogherini, chiederò a Ue azione politica per liberazione studentesse

Il ministro degli Affari esteri, Federica Mogherini, ha auspicato una mobilitazione politica dell’Unione europea in sostegno agli sforzi per la liberazione delle studentesse rapite in Nigeria. “È la volontà di impedire un futuro diverso per la Nigeria a colpire di più nel rapimento di 280 studentesse in un collegio del nord del Paese, a metà […]

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Press Releases
5 May 2014
Nigeria: Mogherini, chiederò a Ue azione politica per liberazione studentesse

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is seeking political action by the European Union to support the efforts to obtain the release of the abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria. “What strikes you most about the abduction of 280 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria in mid-April is the kidnappers’ determination to stand in the way of […]

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2 May 2014
Mozambico – Missione di imprenditori italiani a maggio (in translation)

Una delegazione italiana di 200 imprenditori sara’ dal 19 al 21 maggio in Mozambico per esplorare le opportunita’ di investimento che offre il Paese africano. L’iniziativa, dedicata ai settori dell’agroindustria, infrastrutture ed energia, e’ stata promossa dal ministero dello Sviluppo economico, in collaborazione con la Farnesina, e organizzata da Confindustria, Ice, Abi, Unioncamere, Rete Imprese […]

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30 April 2014
Mogadishu Embassy re-opens, announces Mogherini – Ukraine: 8 Italians in OSCE mission for elections on 25 May

Two initiatives relating to Italy’s relations with Somalia and Ukraine were announced by Minister Mogherini during her briefing to the Chamber and Senate Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees. The first initiative concerns the re-opening of the Italian Embassy in Mogadishu, which was closed in 1991. The new Ambassador will be Fabrizio Marcelli. “At the moment, […]

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28 April 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Marocco: Governo presenta nuovo Piano politica industriale (in translation)

E’ stato recentemente presentato dal Ministro dell’ Industria, Commercio e Investimenti, Moulay Hafid Elamy, il “Piano di accelerazione industriale” del Marocco. La nuova strategia industriale 2014-2020 si propone di creare 500.000 nuovi posti di lavoro nei settori considerati promettenti a livello mondiale (aerospaziale, automotive, chimico, para-chimico e farmaceutico) e di aumentare la quota di contribuzione […]

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18 April 2014
DEI/Sole 24Ore – Bolivia: Italian exports rising as local economy grows

Bolivia: Italian exports rising as local economy grows Italy’s national statistics office (ISTAT) figures for Italian-Bolivian trade in 2013 confirm the upwards trend seen in 2012. Italian exports rose by 30.8% to 97.43 million euros, while our imports from Bolivia saw a 111.5% increase to 64.4 million euros. This unbroken upwards trend in trade over […]

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16 April 2014
Childhood in Senegal – Development Cooperation-UNICEF project “Combating trafficking and the worst forms of child labour”

Trafficking, child labour and sexual exploitation. Childhood in Senegal is often violated by these abuses, which Italy and UNICEF are fighting with a prevention, recovery and protection project. February 2014 saw the end of stage 2 of the project: “Combating trafficking and the worst forms of child labour”. The initiative was funded by Italian Development […]

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14 April 2014
Italy-Somalia: Giro-Osman Jawari meeting

Under-Secretary Mario Giro met the Speaker of the Somali Parliament, Mohamed Osman Jawari, at the Farnesina today for discussions that included the AMISOM Mission, the political and stabilisation processes, and development cooperation. AMISOM Mission and political process The meeting was a valuable opportunity to exchange information and views on the situation in Somalia with respect […]

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11 April 2014
DEI/Sole 24Ore – Angola: diversified economy makes room for Italian enterprise

The Angolan economy grew (+5.3%) in 2013 in the non-oil sector (services, construction, farming), which is growing at a faster rate (+5.8%) than the oil sector and, most importantly, is showing major signs of stability: inflation (which had made Luanda the most expensive city in the world) has come down to single-digit levels (7.6%), State […]

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