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Africa

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2 April 2014
DEI/Sole 24Ore – FYROM – Italian Embassy–ICE Business Forum

Over 100 business people attended a Business Forum organised by the ICE Trade Agency office and the Italian Embassy in Skopje to discuss investment projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Topics examined included the 3 new stretches of railway line, for a total of 620 million euros, on which work will soon begin to […]

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31 March 2014
Full throttle Putin

”Full throttle Putin”: il Presidente russo, con la decisione sulla Crimea ed i rapporti con l’Ucraina: e’ il tema di copertina del nuovo numero di ”Longitude” la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco in edicola il 5 aprile. Gli altri titoli, ”The twisting roads of arab transition”, ”Fiscal Compact truth” e ‘Erdogan’s turkey”, sono dedicati, rispettivamente, […]

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31 March 2014
Full throttle Putin

“Full throttle Putin”: the Russian president, his Crimea decision and relations with Ukraine, takes top billing in the latest issue of Longitude, the geopolitical magazine directed by Pialuisa Bianco and on newsstands as of 5 April. Other focuses include ”The twisting roads of Arab transition” and “Erdogan’s Turkey”. The ”Fiscal Compact” according to Bini Smaghi […]

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Press Releases
26 March 2014
Central African Republic: Under-Secretary Giro meets with “three saints of Bangui”

The three religious leaders of the Central African Republic — Protestant Reverend Nicolas Guerekoyame-Gbangou, Monsignor s, Archbishop of Bangui, and the Imam Omar Kobine Layama — were received by Under-Secretary Giro on the express instruction of Minister Mogherini to show Italy’s solidarity and support for the efforts they are making toward reconciliation in their country. […]

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25 March 2014
Italian Olympics – Four foreign geniuses compete

What’s new about this year’s Italian Olympics, a competition for students of Italian state schools and equivalency schools abroad, is that its participants will also include students from foreign and international schools around the world. In fact, four of the finalists in the event to be held on 11 and 12 April in Florence come […]

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24 March 2014
Energy and Africa – 22 Ambassadors in Terni Province

A visit to industrial sites in the province of Terni for the ambassadors of 22 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa has been organised by the Farnesina and Terni Province as part of the “Italy-Africa Initiative”. The aim of the initiative is to make Italy a favoured partner in applying a sustainable growth model in the African […]

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Press Releases
19 March 2014
Minister Mogherini meets Luciana Alpi, mother of Ilaria Alpi

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini met Luciana Alpi, the mother of the journalist Ilaria Alpi who was killed in Somalia 20 years ago, at the Italian Chamber of Deputies today. The Speaker of the Chamber, Laura Boldrini, was also present. Minister Mogherini reiterated her own and the government’s commitment to discover the true circumstances of the […]

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4 March 2014
Della Vedova a Panel Onu su flussi immigrazione

Il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Della Vedova ha partecipato al Panel di alto livello dedicato alla protezione dei diritti umani dei migranti, organizzato a Ginevra nell’ambito della sessione del Consiglio dei Diritti Umani, su iniziativa del gruppo africano alle Nazioni Unite. La grande maggioranza dei flussi migratori via mare si dirige verso l’Italia: 43.000 arrivi […]

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4 March 2014
Della Vedova a Panel Onu su flussi immigrazione

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, has attended a high-level Panel on the protection of migrants’ human rights organised during the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The event was organised at the initiative of the African group at the United Nations. The great majority of migratory flows by sea is directed […]

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25 February 2014
Diplomacy “On air” – “An Ambassador in Africa”

Giuseppe Mistretta, presently Italy’s Ambassador in Angola but recently named Ambassador to Ethiopia, will host the 17th instalment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni” on the air on Tuesday 25 February at 21:00. “An Ambassador in Africa” Giuseppe Mistretta is also the author of “Un ponte lungo quattro secoli” (Gangemi editore, 2013) a book of curious stories […]

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