Africa

Speeches

21 March 2013

Intervento del Ministro Terzi al Convegno “Digital Media in zone di guerra”

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Direttore Generale della SIOI, Dottoressa Sara Cavelli, Direttore Generale del Budapest Center of International Prevention of Genocide, Dottor Enzo Le Fevre, Presidente dell’Italian Climate Network, Dottoressa Veronica Caciagli, Signore e Signori, è con grande piacere che introduco i lavori di questo seminario. Rivolgo innanzi tutto un caloroso saluto […]

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Speeches

21 March 2013

Intervento del Ministro Terzi al Convegno “Digital Media in zone di guerra”

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Direttore Generale della SIOI, Dottoressa Sara Cavelli, Direttore Generale del Budapest Center of International Prevention of Genocide, Dottor Enzo Le Fevre, Presidente dell’Italian Climate Network, Dottoressa Veronica Caciagli, Signore e Signori, è con grande piacere che introduco i lavori di questo seminario. Rivolgo innanzi tutto un caloroso saluto […]

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21 March 2013

Digital media in war zones – Instrument for democracy but web brings risks, says Terzi

The social media are an important “instrument for democracy” but we need to be aware of the risks linked to the “magma” of the web. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi as he opened the seminar on “Digital media in War Zones” organised in collaboration with the “Wired Italia” magazine. Connecting knowledge […]

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19 March 2013

Somalia: Italy at Mogadishu’s side in the stabilisation process, says Valensise

“Somalia is making a great effort to stabilise the country, an effort that we support from both the political and the economic standpoints. We aim to encourage the mobilisation of resources that can foster the development of a country that has great potential”. The point was underscored by the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry, […]

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18 March 2013

Somalia, bomb in Mogadishu: Terzi firmly condemns attempt to destabilise institutions

“Firm condemnation of any attempt at destabilising institutions”, tweeted Minister Giulio Terzi following the explosion of a car bomb in Mogadishu that left at least 10 dead.

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13 March 2013

MAPUTO – Italian film festival

Director Francesco Bruni’s “Scialla” will open the 5th annual Italian Film Festival in Maputo on 15 March. Following the success of past editions of the festival, the Italian Ambassador to Maputo reports, Italian cinema has returned to the theatres of Mozambique’s capital city. The festival runs through 22 March. Read more, in Italian.

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11 March 2013

Syria – Brahimi in Brussels – ‘Political solution only. Important EU role’

The Syrian crisis was among the topics discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, whose participants included UN and Arab League Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, which followed close on the heels of the 28 February Conference in Rome. The Syrian situation, “one of the world’s major crises”, cannot but have a political […]

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11 March 2013

EU Foreign Affairs Council – North Korea added to the agenda

The situation in North Korea (Pyongyang has crossed the “red line”) joins the crisis in Syria, relations between the two shores of the Mediterranean and the Iran question on the agenda of the European Union Council of Foreign Ministers, where Italy will be represented by Under-Secretary Marta Dassù. Meeting with Brahimi A meeting with UN […]

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Press Releases

10 March 2013

Killing of Italian national Silvano Trevisan and other hostages abducted in Nigeria on 16 March 2013

The foreign ministry’s Crisis Unit and other State institutions involved have continued to monitor developments that have, unfortunately, become increasingly dramatic over recent hours. Fact-finding carried out in coordination with the other nations involved lead to the belief that reports of the killing of the hostages taken last month in Nigeria are true. In these […]

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Press Releases

10 March 2013

Uccisione del connazionale Silvano Trevisan e degli ostaggi sequestrati in Nigeria nella notte tra il 16 ed il 17 febbraio 2013

L’Unita’ di Crisi della Farnesina e gli altri organi dello Stato coinvolti hanno continuato a seguire gli sviluppi che purtroppo in queste ore hanno acquisito connotati sempre più drammatici. Le verifiche effettuate in coordinamento con gli altri Paesi interessati ci inducono a ritenere che sia fondata la notizia dell’uccisione degli ostaggi sequestrati il mese scorso […]

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Press Releases

10 March 2013

Dichiarazione del Ministro Terzi sull’uccisione del connazionale Silvano Trevisan e degli altri ostaggi sequestrati in Nigeria nel febbraio scorso

“Piangiamo un nostro cittadino che portava fuori della sua patria le nostre migliori virtù e i più profondi valori che uniscono tutto il popolo italiano: l’attaccamento al lavoro, la serietà, la tenacia, lo spirito di sacrificio”. “La dolorosa tragedia che ho seguito personalmente anche in queste ore è un’ulteriore, drammatica dimostrazione delle aberrazioni alle quali […]

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Press Releases

10 March 2013

Dichiarazione del Ministro Terzi sull’uccisione del connazionale Silvano Trevisan e degli altri ostaggi sequestrati in Nigeria nel febbraio scorso

“We mourn the loss of our fellow citizen, who carried beyond the borders of his country the profound virtues and values of all Italians: hard and earnest work, tenacity and spirit of sacrifice”. “This painful tragedy, which I have personally monitored, is further dramatic proof of the aberrant lengths to which fundamental extremism can lead. […]

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