Ministri precedenti

In detail

18 June 2013

Minister Bonino in Belgrade and Pristina – European integration, regional cooperation and bilateral relations

Italy supports Serbia and Kosovo’s efforts toward European integration, not least in light of the fact that the European incentive has proven to be decisive in placing both countries on the road toward normalising relations, which culminated with the accord signed on 19 April. European integration will therefore be the main focus of Minister Emma […]

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Press Releases

17 June 2013

Iraq: Bonino, EU and UN must urge Baghdad government to seek a solution to the refugee situation

“It is essential that the European Union and United Nations hasten to step up their efforts at urging the Iraqi government to seek an adequate solution to the dramatic situation of the refugees: the serious episode at Camp Liberty is proof that this is a priority that can no longer be deferred”. The statement came […]

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Press Releases

17 June 2013

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino meets with Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Elias Josè Jaua Milano

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Elias Josè Jaua Milano, who is in Rome with President of the Republic NicolásMaduro.They discussed collaboration between Italy and that Latin American country in the sectors of industry, tourism and air safety. Minister Bonino expressed great […]

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Press Releases

17 June 2013

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is personally monitoring the case of Italian photographer Daniele Stefanini

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is personally monitoring the case of Italian photographer Daniele Stefanini and is being constantly briefed on the situation. Confident in a rapid resolution to the case, the minister instructed the Consulate General in Istanbul to ensure continuous assistance to this Italian national who is currently being detained by police […]

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Interviews

17 June 2013

«We mustn’t waste time – immediate agenda of meetings with Rohani», says Bonino (La Stampa)

“Really, Rohani’s won? A reformer, who also has close ties to Khatami, winning the elections in Teheran is the best news of all. And not only for the West”. Just in from Moscow, Emma Bonino and puffing on a cigarette she fires a flurry of questions at her team of assistants: can you get me […]

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In detail

14 June 2013

Italy-Serbia: Bonino visiting Belgrade on 18 June – European integration, regional cooperation and bilateral relations

The outlook for closer European integration for Serbia, regional cooperation, the Kosovo question and bilateral relations. These are the topics for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussions with the Serbian leadership in Belgrade on 18 June. During the visit, her first outside Italy apart from institutional ones, for example on EU business, minister Bonino will meet […]

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13 June 2013

Cultural diplomacy to enhance and revitalise Italy’s heritage and economy, says Bonino

Cultural diplomacy alongside diplomacy for growth, to help revitalise the Italian economy and a heritage which is the world’s richest but which has “all too often been neglected and at times defaced”. These were Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comments in her opening address at the First International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy, in which she reiterated […]

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In detail

12 June 2013

Briefing in the Chamber – Protests in Turkey, Syrian crisis and security in Libya

The Gezi Park protests, the Syrian crisis, the attempted attack on the Italian Embassy in Libya. These were the three dossiers on which Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s day at the Chamber of Deputies focused. This morning she gave an urgent Government briefing on developments in Turkey. The briefing was followed by addresses to the joint […]

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12 June 2013

TURKEY: Bonino addresses the Chamber – ‘Italy wants a fully democratic Turkey in Europe’

“Italy wants a fully democratic Turkey in Europe and EU membership could have a beneficial effect on Turkey”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her briefing to the Chamber of Deputies on the demonstrations in Turkey which, in the Minister’s view, arose “spontaneously”. The use of force is unacceptable Bonino also […]

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Interviews

10 June 2013

Intervista al Ministro Bonino (derStardard.at) (versione originale)

Italiens Außenministerin: EU stärkt Souveränität der Partnerländer Rom/Wien – In jedem Wahlkampf warnen populistische Parteien in ganz Europa vor einem Verlust der eigenen Souveränität durch die EU – ein Gedanke, für den Italiens neue Außen­ministerin Emma Bonino nichts übrighat: “Wir müssen realistisch sein: Heutzutage kann kein europäisches Land wirklich glauben, alles selbst machen zu können”, […]

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Interviews

10 June 2013

Intervista al Ministro Bonino (derStardard.at) (versione originale)

Italiens Außenministerin: EU stärkt Souveränität der Partnerländer Rom/Wien – In jedem Wahlkampf warnen populistische Parteien in ganz Europa vor einem Verlust der eigenen Souveränität durch die EU – ein Gedanke, für den Italiens neue Außen­ministerin Emma Bonino nichts übrighat: “Wir müssen realistisch sein: Heutzutage kann kein europäisches Land wirklich glauben, alles selbst machen zu können”, […]

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Press Releases

8 June 2013

Minister Emma Bonino instructs Chargé d’affaires of Embassy of Italy in Vienna to intercede with local authorities regarding the case of Viennese pub

On Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino instructions, the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Italy interceded to draw the attention of local authorities to the case of a Viennese pub whose menu referred ironically to Mafia victims such as Giovanni Falcone and Peppino Impasto. As reported by the media, the incident was considered as […]

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