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2 February 2015
Moscow must use its influence over the separatists, says Gentiloni. Minister underscores the importance of Europe’s “unitary message”

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has reiterated the importance of the “unitary message” concerning the Ukrainian crisis sent out to Russia by the latest European Union Foreign Affairs Council. The Minister was speaking from Algiers, where he has met his Algerian opposite number. “Moscow must use its influence – which is considerable – over the separatists […]

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Press Releases
27 January 2015
Gentiloni: Remembrance Day, Italy strong in fight against anti-Semitism and religious intolerance

“The Holocaust Remembrance Day is an important recurrence and one deeply felt by Italians”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “Our law of 2000 establishing a Holocaust Remembrance Day was five years ahead of the UN General Assembly’s declaration proclaiming 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day”, Gentiloni pointed out. “Italy supported […]

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19 January 2015
EU Foreign Affairs Council – Europe faces serious terrorist threat, says Gentiloni

“The meeting confirmed the terrorist threat to all European countries: there are an estimated 3000 to 5000 foreign fighters in Europe”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment at the end of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Gentiloni added that plans are under discussion “to set up security attachés in the EU delegations of the countries […]

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19 January 2015
EU Foreign Affairs Council – Gentiloni, working on unified response to terrorism

“Efforts are being made to achieve a unified European Union response to the challenge of terrorism, a response that must be shared with the overwhelming majority of Islamic governments and people”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s statement upon arriving at the Council of Foreign Ministers being held today in Brussels. Gentiloni underscored that “it is […]

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13 January 2015
Italian EU Presidency – “Europe has changed direction, time now for action”

Over the past six months, Europe has undergone a “profound change in direction, now it’s time for action”; while the Italian EU presidency has “the colour and taste of an opportunity”. In his closing speech for the EU presidency in Strasbourg, Matteo Renzi underscored that “either Europe switches economic gears or it is going to […]

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12 January 2015
Gentiloni: No EU government is talking about suspending Schengen – ISIS is terrorism becoming State. EU foreign ministers to meet in Brussels Monday

“No EU government is talking about suspending Schengen. Sacrificing our freedom of circulation would be an unacceptable price to pay”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni reported to the Senate on the attacks in France on “three days of horror that France and Europe will never forget”. Stating that the government shared the pain of the families of […]

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Interviews
31 December 2014
Gentiloni: “The EU is not a running faucet for sanctions” (La Stampa)

Minister Gentiloni, there an infinite number of issues are on the table for 2015. Shall we begin with Russia?  «Alright».  Regarding the Moscow sanctions “for illegal actions in Ukraine”, is there a softer European approach and a harsher U.S. one, and can you tell us how Italy has chosen to act?  «To tell the truth […]

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24 December 2014
Stockholm – Concert by Bollani to bid farewell to EU presidency

The Italian EU Presidency concluded in Stockholm with a performance by Stefano Bollani. The great Italian jazz musician received an enthusiastic response from the audience of 300 guests from political, diplomatic and business spheres. Great cultural events Speaking before the audience, Italian ambassador Elena Basile thanked the Swedish and Italian firms that had made the […]

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23 December 2014
Romania: President Iohannis hosts Italian concert

The newly installed Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, was guest of honour at a concert by Mauro Maur which closed the celebrations in Romania for the Italian EU Presidency. Italian Ambassador Diego Brasioli and the director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Ezio Peraro, who promoted the concert, also attended. Read more, in Italian. 

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23 December 2014
Zagreb – Guercino lights up EU ambassadors meeting in Croatia

The last coordination meeting for the European Union countries’ ambassadors to Croatia took place recently in Zagreb. The meeting took place in the Museum of Arts and Crafts, which until 31 January 2015 will host the exhibition entitled “Guercino: the Light of the Baroque”. Before the meeting, the Italian Ambassador to Croatia, Emanuela D’Alessandro, accompanied […]

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