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6 October 2015
Italian Cooperation earmarks one million euro multilateral emergency contribution for aid to displaced Somalis

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation approved a one million euro voluntary multilateral emergency contribution to the activities of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and in particular for the project known as “From Emergency Response to Durable Solutions: Providing Assistance to Arrivals from Yemen […]

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21 September 2015
Guido Raimondi nuovo Presidente della Corte Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo

Guido Raimondi, classe 1953, laurea in Legge all’Università di Napoli nel 1975,  è un esperto di diritto internazionale. Attivo al servizio del contenzioso diplomatico, presso il ministero degli Affari esteri, dal 1986 al 1989, è poi passato, come addetto giuridico, alla rappresentanza permanente dell’Italia a Strasburgo. Dal 1997 al 2002 ha ricoperto la carica di avvocato […]

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Press Releases
18 September 2015
Della Vedova a Treviso, seminario su libertà religiosa, di coscienza e di pensiero

Il Sottosegretario agli Esteri, Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova, apre oggi, insieme al Consigliere Speciale del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite, Adama Dieng, il Seminario “Libertà di coscienza, di pensiero e di religione: quali limiti al progresso sociale, economico e culturale?” volto a promuovere il dibattito sull’accettazione della diversità di credo e la tutela dei diritti […]

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10 September 2015
Anna Lindh Foundation – Leaders for dialogue and peace meet

On the symbolic date of 11 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is hosting two important meetings for dialogue and peace. The first concerns the Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Foundation, made up of 43 Euro-Mediterranean nations, which proposes to strengthen international efforts in light of the challenges generated by the […]

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8 September 2015
Gentiloni attends international conference to relaunch an Action Plan against ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is attending an international conference in Paris on the victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East. The conference is being co-chaired by France and Jordan, with Gentiloni himself chairing a round table on “Facilitating the safe and sustainable repatriation of homeless people and refugees”. The representatives of 60 […]

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5 September 2015
Gentiloni alla Gymnich, Italia lavora per impegno comune UE

“L’Italia lavora per un impegno comune della UE sull’immigrazione”, così ha dichiarato il Ministro Gentiloni al termine della riunione informale Gymnich  dei Ministri degli Esteri UE svoltasi a Lussemburgo. “Qualche mese fa – ha aggiunto il Ministro – qualcuno pensava che la questione riguardasse solo i flussi del Mediterraneo. Adesso vediamo scene terribili anche nell’Europa centrale e […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2015
Gentiloni: Italy, Germany and France jointly address immigration

In reaction to the worsening migration tragedy of recent days, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Paolo Gentiloni, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and France, Laurent Fabius have drafted a broad-based document calling for a strong European response to the crisis. The highly detailed document underscores how, in the light of the limitations and inadequacies of […]

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Interviews
29 August 2015
The unending migration tragedy – Gentiloni: “Now Europe knows”

Interview with the minister: common rules on asylum and repatriation. White House: EU must stop traffickers “The horror of the lorry has convinced hawks, Europe has understood this is everyone’s tragedy”  Paolo Gentiloni, Minister for Foreign Affairs: “The tragedy of Austria is proof that the migration emergency is not ours alone. Members must not be […]

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Press Releases
27 August 2015
Refugee emergency in Serbia: intervention by Italian Development Cooperation

Italy is responding to the appeal by the Serbian authorities, who are faced with a significant influx of refugees arriving from the Middle East and heading for northern Europe. Italian Development Cooperation has arranged funding of 100,000 euro for the Serbian Red Cross for initial assistance activities. The Italian funding is channelled through the International […]

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Interviews
23 August 2015
Gentiloni: «Europe must change now or Schengen’s in jeopardy» (Messaggero)

ROME «The issue of immigration threatens to bring out the worst in Europe, amid member state egoisms, disparate decision-making and polemics. I’m worried. It is going to be on this question that Europe either rediscovers its soul or else truly loses it».  According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni there has to be agreement, […]

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18 August 2015
Turkey: Construction begins on metro line to Istanbul’s third airport

Construction has begun on a metro line connecting Istanbul’s third airport to the city centre. Competition for the first phase, as transport minister Feridun Bilgin announced, concluded on 27 July and the competition for the main phase will take place in mid-2016. The 33-kilometre metro line will leave from Gayrettepe, intersect with the existing metro […]

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