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14 April 2014

EU Foreign Affairs Council agenda – Mogherini, concern for Ukraine. Bosnia-Herzegovina integration, Syria

“No, I don’t think so”, was Minister Federica Mogherini’s response, as she arrived in Luxembourg for the EU Foreign Affairs Council, to journalists’ who asked if it was time to go on to “phase 3” of the sanctions against Russia. But, the minister asserted that it was “a situation whose developments in recent days and […]

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8 April 2014

Mogherini briefs Schengen Committee – A visa every 15 seconds in 2013; 12,000 lives saved, but EU needed

“In 2013 Italy became the number-two Schengen country for number of visas issued, with a total of 2,125,490. We cam in second only to France (2,471,220 visas issued) and, for the first time, surpassed Germany (slightly more than 2 million). Our 172 authorised missions issued an average of one visa every 15 seconds, which is […]

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5 April 2014

Mogherini at informal EU ministers meeting on Ukraine crisis, “keep calm and carry on”. Focus on Mediterranean

“Keep calm and carry on” was how Minister Mogherini summarised the informal EU foreign ministers meeting on Ukraine held in Athens, considering “phase two” of the sanctions sufficient. The third phase is being prepared but will only go into effect if further steps are taken to destabilise Ukraine”, said Mogherini, explaining however that it must […]

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4 April 2014

Sudan: EU and Italy together to boost health services

The European Union and Italy are working together to boost health services in Sudan. “Promoting Qualitative Health Services in Eastern Sudan”, a 12.9 million euro health programme funded by Brussels and run by Italy, opened recently. Designed to improve access to and the quality of services and treatment for the people of three states, Kassala, […]

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3 April 2014

Venezuela: support for dialogue from Mogherini – Under-Secretary Giro in Caracas – protecting Italian community a priority

“We firmly support the efforts of Latin America’s organisations to open a constructive dialogue between government and opposition. The present situation in Venezuela cannot continue”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, announcing that Under-Secretary Mario Giro is in Caracas today, 3 April 2014, to examine events closely and meet the Italian community. […]

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1 April 2014

Italy-Serbia – Twinning agreement by Agriculture Ministries

A twinning agreement on the “Implementation of sustainable use of plant protection products and establishing systems for regular technical inspection of pesticide application equipment” has been signed by the Serbian and Italian Ministries of Agriculture. The agreement is one of Italy’s initiatives to support Serbia’s EU integration process and a strand of the two countries’ […]

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1 April 2014

Immigrazione: Della Vedova, politiche europee è l’obiettivo (in translation)

”L’Europa deve, ancor di più di quanto sta già facendo, che non è poco, considerare le politiche per l’immigrazione delle politiche europee”. Questo l’auspicio espresso dal sottosegretario agli Esteri, Benedetto Della Vedova, intervenendo al dibattito su ”L’Europa e le politiche di migrazione” promossa a Napoli dalla rappresentanza in Italia della Commissione europea. ”Questo perchè – […]

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31 March 2014

Full throttle Putin

”Full throttle Putin”: il Presidente russo, con la decisione sulla Crimea ed i rapporti con l’Ucraina: e’ il tema di copertina del nuovo numero di ”Longitude” la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco in edicola il 5 aprile. Gli altri titoli, ”The twisting roads of arab transition”, ”Fiscal Compact truth” e ‘Erdogan’s turkey”, sono dedicati, rispettivamente, […]

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31 March 2014

Full throttle Putin

“Full throttle Putin”: the Russian president, his Crimea decision and relations with Ukraine, takes top billing in the latest issue of Longitude, the geopolitical magazine directed by Pialuisa Bianco and on newsstands as of 5 April. Other focuses include ”The twisting roads of Arab transition” and “Erdogan’s Turkey”. The ”Fiscal Compact” according to Bini Smaghi […]

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Press Releases

26 March 2014

Italian Cooperation passes OECD peer review

“If it is true that exams are never-ending, it is always a pleasure to pass one”. This was the reaction of Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli at the conclusion of a peer review of the Italian Development Cooperation by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The reviewers expressed great appreciation for the changes set in […]

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24 March 2014

Bruxelles, Giro a conferenza sociale Euro-Latinoamericana

“A nome dell’Italia esprimo soddisfazione per i risultati del programma di scambio tra politiche sociali America Latina e Unione Europea (Eurosocial)” così il Sottosegretario agli esteri Mario Giro, intervenendo assieme ai suoi omologhi spagnolo, tedesco e francese alla conferenza sui risultati del programma Eurosocial a Bruxelles. “L’Unione Europea deve dare una risposta alla crisi dei […]

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24 March 2014

Bruxelles, Giro a conferenza sociale Euro-Latinoamericana

“On behalf of Italy, I wish to express my satisfaction over the results of the exchange programme on Latin American and European Union social policies (EUROsociAL)”. This was Under-Secretary Mario Giro’s comment at the conference, also attended by his counterparts from Spain, Germany and France, on the results of the EUROsociAL programme in Brussels. “The […]

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