Once again this year, on Minister Terzi’s strong impetus and thanks to the committee for the coordination of Shoah memorial events set up by the Office of the Prime Minister, Italy is offering its citizens both in Italy and around the world a series of events commemorating the Day of Remembrance – 27 January, the […]
Read moreThe refugee emergency and food crisis are what most concern the European Union in Mali. The alarm was sounded by Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva upon her return from a mission to Bamako and Burkina Faso, one month on from her last visit. The food crisis is the “main worry” when it comes to security […]
Read more“It’s inconceivable that London could be thinking of a future outside of Europe at a time when the European Union is playing an increasingly central role for the security and progress of all its member states and the entire international community. It is especially hard to imagine, at a time when that role, which we […]
Read moreThe relationship between Italy and Vietnam dates from a period when the Vietnamese people were shaking off the colonial burden and subsequently had to face a long and extremely costly conflict: costly in both human and social terms. In those years, a strong sense of solidarity for Vietnam grew throughout Italian society. The strength of […]
Read moreMali risks being precipitated into a crisis “worse than Somalia and Afghanistan” and “Italy cannot not take part in the EU training operation” in view of its commitment to combating terrorism. These points were underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi in his briefing to the Foreign Affairs and Defence joint committees at the Chamber of […]
Read more“In the run-up to tomorrow’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Foreign Ministry is liaising closely with the Ministry for Home Affairs. We are assessing all possible means of responding to the demands of students temporarily abroad under the Erasmus programme so that they can exercise their right to postal voting”. The declaration was […]
Read more21 January 2013 “I believe that a country like Italy, engaged not just in combating terrorism, but in fostering stability and development in the Sahel region, cannot not take part – even if only to a limited extent – in this operation” in Mali. These were Minister Terzi’s words as he reported to the Foreign […]
Read moreThe Indian Supreme Court’s decision is “a step forward” in the case involving Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, as Minister Giulio Terzi explained to the TG1 news programme, commenting on the transfer of the case to a special tribunal. “First and foremost, the court recognized that the State of Kerala did not have […]
Read more“The dramatic news from Algeria, where tens of people taken hostage yesterday have lost their lives in the gas facility at In Amenas, are the horrific consequence of a cowardly terrorist attack. The Italian government condems this attack most firmly”. This was the statement by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who continued: “Italy confirms its commitment […]
Read moreAn EU training mission in Mali was approved today at a foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Italy will be sending “up to 24 men” of an expected 250 total, which could “double if need be”, Minister Giulio Terzi reported. “The decision”, Terzi continued, “was discussed yesterday in both houses of parliament, where it earned the […]
Read moreDear fellow Italians, We are nearing the elections for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Voting is the legally guaranteed constitutional right of all Italian citizens living both in Italy and abroad. Exercising that right – also the civic duty of each and every one of us – is essential to […]
Read more“Italy is ready to offer logistical support to the operation” in Mali. The announcement was made by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi in a report to the Senate today on international missions. The minister explained that the military operation launched by France with another group of countries against the rebels “is in line with […]
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