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17 April 2014

Ukraine: Geneva opens door to dialogue. – Now implement the agreed measures, says Mogherini

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini welcomed the first agreement reached at today’s meeting between Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union. “Today’s agreement in Geneva marks a turning point in the Ukrainian crisis, with the opening of dialogue. This is not the start but the beginning of a pathway in which we firmly believed […]

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15 April 2014

Italia-Kosovo: incontro Mogherini-Hoxhaj

The challenges of Kosovo’s pathway to closer European integration, the outlook for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the strengthening of bilateral relations. These were the issues discussed at the meeting at the Farnesina today, 15 April 2014, between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj. Minister Mogherini told her guest that […]

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15 April 2014

Italia-Kosovo: incontro Mogherini-Hoxhaj

Le sfide legate al percorso europeo del Kosovo, le prospettive del dialogo Belgrado-Pristina e il consolidamento dei rapporti bilaterali sono stati i temi al centro dell’incontro che il ministro per gli Affari esteri, Federica Mogherini, ha avuto oggi alla Farnesina con il ministro per gli Affari Esteri del Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj. Il ministro Mogherini ha […]

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15 April 2014

Balkans: Italy encourages closer EU integration – Mogherini meets Luksic. “I plan to visit region at start of EU Presidency”

“The Italian government supports Montenegro’s closer integration with the EU and with NATO. The Italian Presidency has a role to play in the western Balkans by encouraging European integration for the entire region”. This was Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s comment in the joint press conference with her Montenegrin opposite number, Igor Luksic, at the end […]

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14 April 2014

Ukraine: keep dialogue open, says Mogherini – EU ministers call on Syria to fulfil obligations to destroy chemical weapons

“We must ensure that the window of dialogue offered by Thursday’s meeting remains open – it is the only opening we have to find a solution to the situation in Ukraine. We need to ensure, in short, that we do not give anyone an excuse not to attend the meeting in Geneva”. This was Foreign […]

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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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