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24 June 2014

Albania: Mogherini hails EU candidate status

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini hailed today’s news of the General Affairs Council’s granting of EU Candidate Country status to Albania. This decision, which will have to be ratified by the next European Council, “is the crowning result of the commitment and determination Albania has shown and the results it has achieved”, the minister […]

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24 June 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – UE: Italcementi chosen for Graphene project

UE: Italcementi chosen for Graphene project Italcementi has been selected to take part in the Graphene Flagship Project Consortium, a European research project on the development of new materials technologies with overall financing for one billion euro. The goal is to fully develop the potential of graphene and other recently discovered two-dimensional materials. Italcementi will […]

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20 June 2014

London – Italians in tour for Pontignano Conference

Ten young people, 5 of them Italian, are in London for the Pontignano Fellowship Scheme, an exchange programme organised in the run-up to the Pontignano Conference. The theme of this year’s Conference, which will take place in Pontignano, near Siena, from 3 to 5 October 2014, is “Better together or better apart?” Italian and British […]

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19 June 2014

“Italy and space” – Parmitano and Cristoforetti meet the UN in Vienna

Italian astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano were guests of honour at “Italy and Space”, the event organised in Vienna by Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The event was organised with the support of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the collaboration of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Italian […]

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13 June 2014

Mogherini meets with Zaoralek, support for Ukraine dialogue

The situation in Ukraine and the Italian half-year EU Presidency were the main topics of discussion this morning at the foreign ministry in Rome between Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and her Czech colleague Lobomir Zaoralek. The Italian Presidency, the Czech minister agreed, “will be an opportunity for growth”. Ukraine: dialogue the only way […]

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Press Releases

13 June 2014

EU: Mogherini to Lajčák, Presidency focused on growth

The priorities of the Italian Presidency of the EU were the focus of a meeting today between Minister Federica Mogherini and her Slovakian colleague Miroslav Lajčák. Mogherini pointed out investments in economic growth as central to the agenda. They then discussed immigration, which Lajčák underscored as a clear example of the need for European solidarity. […]

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Press Releases

12 June 2014

Minister Mogherini meets with foreign minister of the Republic of Finlandia Erkki Sakari Tuomioja

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met in Rome today with her Finnish opposite number Erkki Sakari Tuomioja. First on the agenda was convergence and collaboration between Rome and Helsinki on the priorities of the Italian EU Council Presidency, from the Western Balkans to the Mediterranean, with particular regard for Libya and immigration. Other key […]

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11 June 2014

Mogherini, support for Iraq against terrorist threat – Minister in Athens for EU-Arab League meeting

Italy spearheaded a declaration on Iraq at the EU-Arab League summit today in Athens, following the dramatic reports from Mosul. The Iraqi security situation was also the focus of a bilateral meeting the minister held in the summit margins with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The international community, the EU and naturally also Italy, must […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2014

Mogherini cites need for collaboration among countries fighting transnational crime and human trafficking

In a message to Maria Falcone for the workshop “The Palermo Convention and the fight against organised crime on the current international scenario. Italy’s role: reflections and expectations, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed the hope that collaboration among countries fighting transnational organised crime would to also impact on migration flows. The workshop was […]

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9 June 2014

Bilateral meetings with Abbas and Peres – Peace in is everyone’s interests, says Mogherini

Just back from a visit to Lebanon and Jordan, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met today with Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres. “There is the awareness, among both Palestinians and Israelis, that peace is in everyone’s interests” and “the international community has the duty to support” that path, said Minister Mogherini. Italy prepared to […]

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Interviews

4 June 2014

Mogherini:“We missed our chance with Ukraine. The EU should have encouraged dialogue” (La Stampa)

Minister Mogherini, people are saying that the change of government in Delhi could have positive repercussions on the case of the Italian marines. Is there any diplomatic evidence to support these expectations? “The new Indian government corresponds with a new Italian government, and a new dynamic. We picked up the work done by Minister Bonino […]

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3 June 2014

Balkans: Mogherini in Vienna – Central European Initiative (CEI) foreign ministers’ meeting

The conference on the Western Balkans is now under way in Vienna, as part of the annual meeting of Central European Initiative (CEI) foreign ministers. Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is attending the meeting along with representatives of the CEI’s 18 member countries, the European Union’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Stefan Fule, and the […]

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