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Press Releases
19 September 2013
Cooperation Steering Committee approves funding for 57 NGO projects in developing countries – Press Release

The Development Cooperation Steering Committee, chaired by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli, today approved funding for 57 NGO projects in development countries, for a total of €23 million. The projects are to be carried out in 25 of the Cooperation’s priority countries (among them, Afghanistan, Albania, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Palestinian Territories) and in crucial […]

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Press Releases
19 September 2013
Farnesina: Bonino meets with Armenian colleague

Bilateral relations and relations between Armenia and the European Union were the focus of a meeting today in Rome between Minister Emma Bonino and her Armenian colleague Eduard Nalbandyan. On the bilateral relations front, the two ministers expressed their hope for continued growth in trade, even in light of the already excellent results for 2012 […]

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Accreditation Notices
16 September 2013
NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Recall – Conferenza Stampa Ministro Bonino-Vice Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Affari Esteri greco Evangelos Venizelos (Farnesina, 17 settembre 2013)

Martedì 17 settembre 2013, alle ore 10.00, il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Emma Bonino incontrerà alla Farnesina il Vice Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Affari Esteri greco Evangelos Venizelos. Al centro dei colloqui un focus sui temi europei, in particolare la rotazione della Presidenza dell’Unione Europea nel 2014, che vedrà protagoniste Grecia e Italia rispettivamente […]

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Accreditation Notices
16 September 2013
NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Recall – Conferenza Stampa Ministro Bonino-Vice Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Affari Esteri greco Evangelos Venizelos (Farnesina, 17 settembre 2013)

Please be reminded that Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will meet at 10:00 on 17 September 2013 at the foreign ministry in Rome with Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos. Their discussions will centre on European themes, particularly the rotation of the European Union Presidency in 2014, which will pass in […]

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Press Releases
12 September 2013
Italy welcomes the ruling by the European Union Court on publishing recruitment competition notices in all the languages of the Union

Italy welcomes today’s ruling by the European Court on the need to publish recruitment competition notices, in full, in all the languages of the Union. Indeed, the Court considered that the obligation to sit selection tests in one of just three languages (English, French or German) was not justified. Following the ruling of 27 November […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2013
IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“E’ un episodio gravissimo, che suscita profonda preoccupazione. La perdita di vite umane è assolutamente inaccettabile, e va condannata con la massima fermezza”. Lo afferma il Ministro degli Esteri, Emma Bonino, in relazione alle notizie provenienti da Camp Ashraf. “Ci attendiamo – prosegue Emma Bonino – che da parte del Governo iracheno vengano immediatamente chiariti […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2013
IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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21 August 2013
Syria: the EU calls for an immediate investigation on chemical weapons reports

The European Union’s foreign ministers have called for an immediate and thorough investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria which, if confirmed, would be totally unacceptable. “I have seen with grave concern the reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. Such accusations should be immediately and thoroughly investigated”, […]

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21 August 2013
Egypt: EU agrees to suspend export licences and review assistance

“Member States agreed to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any equipment which might be used for internal repression and to review their security assistance with Egypt”, state the conclusions of today’s extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. Licences covered by the EU common position, a matter for member state competence, will also be […]

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21 August 2013
Egypt: Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in Brussels for extraordinary meeting of Foreign Affairs Council

Sanctions against the Egyptian Government? “It depends what you’re referring to. I hope to see military supplies being blocked. I don’t think economic sanctions are what will make the difference. All the programmes we have, apart from government-to-government programmes, are for social purposes more than anything else. It seems to me that in terms of […]

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