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Interviews
30 December 2013
Bonino: “Italy must turn the spotlight back on Africa” (Avvenire)

Dear Editor, It’s true: Africa deserves more attention from us. Over recent years, many Africa countries – I am referring especially to an oft-forgotten Sub-Saharan Africa – have undergone radical political, social and economic transformations, and made remarkable progress in strengthening institutions and the rule of law. Transformation that offer extraordinary opportunities for boosting our […]

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In detail
27 December 2013
Bonino at Radio Radicale forum – Iran: Rowhani window will not be open forever

“The partial Rowhani/Sarif window will not be open forever”. For that reason, the time factor in the West’s dialogue with Iran “is essential”. This was one of the key passages in Minister Emma Bonino’s speech at a forum organised by Radio Radicale. The tensions in Turkey and transition in the Middle East, as well as […]

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27 December 2013
Italy renews Africa initiative – Bonino to hold Monday press conference

The Italy-Africa Initiative will be at the centre of a press conference that Minister Emma Bonino is scheduled to hold at the foreign ministry in Rome at 15:30 on Monday 30 December, together with Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism Massimo Bray and Minister for Integration Cecile Kyenge; other participants will include Deputy […]

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Press Releases
27 December 2013
Minister Bonino receives Alma Shalabayeva with children Alua, Madina and Aldyiar

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received Mrs. Alma Shalabayeva today in Rome along with her children Alua, Madina and Aldyiar. Mrs. Shalabayeva expressed her sincere gratitude for the commitment Minister Bonino and the foreign ministry maintained over recent months that restored freedom of movement to her and her youngest daughter Alua. “I was very […]

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Press Releases
27 December 2013
Attack on Camp Hurriya condemned without reservation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its condemnation, without reservation, of the bloody terrorist attack on the residents of Camp Hurriya (Camp Liberty) and the Iraqi police, along with its condolences to the families of the victims and hopes for the rapid recovery of the wounded. “This tragic event”, Minister Emma Bonino declared, “confirms the […]

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Interviews
27 December 2013
The Bonino Method

This year-end conversation takes place on the eve of the return of Alma Shalabayeva and her small daughter Alua, an odyssey that should never have begun. A seven-month odyssey marked by strident dispute and silent, painstaking intercession. The foreign ministry was bypassed at the moment of deportation by an obliging interior ministry. Italian ambassador to […]

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Press Releases
24 December 2013
Minister Bonino speaks by phone with Alma Shalabayeva

In a telephone conversation today from the Italian embassy in Astana to Minister Bonino, Alma Shalabayeva expressed her deep gratitude for Italy’s efforts over recent months to help restore her freedom of movement. The minister said “the embassy will follow Mrs. Shalabayeva step by step until her departure with her daughter Adua”. Finally, the minister […]

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Interviews
23 December 2013
Bonino: «Salvare gli aeroporti questa deve essere la priorità» (Il Mattino)

Ministro degli Affari esteri Emma Bonino, lei oggi è a Napoli per la giornata conclusiva del convegno dei Giovani industriali. Non sono mancate le accuse da parte di Confindustria nei confronti delle scelte di politica economica del Governo e il caso Alitalia non fa eccezione. Non solo: l`Europa ha dubbi sulla natura del salvataggio. Da […]

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Press Releases
23 December 2013
Uganda: “My hope is that Museveni does not let anti-gay law pass “, says Bonino

The Ugandan parliament’s passage of an anti-homosexuality law that envisages stiff sentences of up to life in prison, is a very serious act. The struggle against paedophilia and pedo-pornography is, in this case, simply an excuse for enacting laws that are homophobic, retaliatory and contrary to the numerous international conventions that prohibit criminal prosecution on […]

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Press Releases
19 December 2013
Italy–Congo: Minister Bonino summons Ambassador Tshiseleka Felha

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino has summoned the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Albert Tshiseleka Felha, to the Farnesina to express the Italian Government’s concern over the fact that verbal agreements reached in November between the Congolese authorities and Minister Kyenge have not been respected and over a situation that remains “extremely worrying”. […]

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Press Releases
18 December 2013
Serbia-EU: Bonino welcomes Brussels’ decision to open accession negotiations

“Great satisfaction” was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s reaction to the decision by the European Union’s General Affairs Council of 17 December 2013 to open negotiations for Serbia’s EU accession. The talks will start in January 2014 with the first Inter-Governmental Conference. “This is a historic moment for Serbia and the Balkans”, declared Minister Bonino. “Italy […]

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