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23 July 2014
Italian EU Presidency: Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano’s Europe without borders – Making one’s contribution by learning from others

“We must be Europeans. There has to be integration and interconnection. We have to feel Italian, French, Spanish and German, but at the same time transform ourselves into Europeans – without losing our identity”. This was the message launched by Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian air force pilot, […]

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22 July 2014
Ukraine: Mogherini calls for “strong and unified EU response” – and “new and positive” moves by Moscow

The downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane “changes the picture of the Ukrainian crisis”, which is not longer only Ukrainian and European, but “has become global, and new and positive moves by Moscow are necessary”, according to Minister Federica Mogherini’s summary of the common reflection by the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. The head […]

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22 July 2014
Declaration issued from Brussels by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy

The Foreign Ministers of France, Laurent Fabius, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Italy, Federica Mogherini, declared today in Bruxelles: “Anti-Semitic agitation, hate speech against Jews, attacks against people of Jewish belief and against synagogues cannot be tolerated in our societies in Europe. We strongly condemn the outrageous anti-Semitic statements, demonstrations and attacks in our countries in […]

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22 July 2014
EU: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Middle East and Ukraine focus

The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, following the attack on Gaza and the downing of the Malaysian airplane, will occupy the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today, the first of the Italian duty EU presidency and in which Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Moghernin will participate. The EU-Eastern Partnership […]

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Press Releases
21 July 2014
EU Presidency: Italian priorities presented to foreign diplomatic corps at MFA

The priorities of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented to the foreign diplomatic corps at the MFA in three meetings with various regional groups. The presidency’s underlying theme – “Europe: a fresh start” – dominated the meetings in which minister Federica Mogherini, Under-Secretary Benedetto Della Vedova and Secretary General […]

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21 July 2014
Middle East: Mogherini meets Cavusoğlu, urges Ankara to use influence for a ceasefire

Turkey’s European integration and the Italian EU duty presidency’s priorities were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today in Rome with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoğlu. They also exchanged detailed information regarding a series of Middle East dossiers and, at bilateral level, in reference to EXPO Milano 2015 and […]

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21 July 2014
Rule of law and growth – MFA-IDLO conference in Rome

The conference “Achieving a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda: The Contribution of the Rule of Law to Equity and Sustainability” is under way at the headquarters of the UN’s FAO in Rome, and was organised by the MFA in collaboration with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) within the framework of the Italian duty presidency of […]

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21 July 2014
EU – Scarpitta exhibit in Washington for Italian Presidency

An exhibition of works by Italian sculptor Salvatore Scarpitta (1919-2007) opened today at Washington’s Hirshhorn modern and contemporary art museum to celebrate the Italian EU presidency. “After bringing Titian’s Danae to the National Gellery for the opening of the presidency semester, we are now participating in the celebration of a great artist of our own […]

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18 July 2014
Germany – Italian Presidency takes centre stage in Munich

The Italian Presidency of the EU Council will take centre stage in Munich on 26 and 27 July 2014. Our Consulate General has organised a number of events in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and a number of Italian and international organisations and voluntary associations. The programme of events, featuring Italian artists, musicians and […]

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18 July 2014
European Union: original treaties on display at the Farnesina

The Farnesina is celebrating the Community’s history with an exhibition of the original treaties marking its birth and the road travelled since then. Cases have been set up in the Mosaic Hall to display the documents, from the first Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 to the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties that […]

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16 July 2014
Pistoletto’s “Terzo Paradiso” on show in the EU Council headquarters

The Justus Lipsius building, the headquarters of the Council of the European Union, has been embellished for the Italian Presidency semester with Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Terzo Paradiso” installation. The work, installedin the atrium, symbolises the mathematical sign for “infinity”. As the Italian artist explained, the “New Sign of Infinity��� consists of 3 circles: the two opposite […]

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