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Press Releases
21 July 2013
Minister Bonino pleased with announcement by Secretary of State Kerry of the launch of talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said she was “very pleased” at the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry that talks between Israelis and Palestinians would take place in Washington aimed at a negotiated solution and a final end to the conflict. The minister expressed “gratitude” to Secretary of State Kerry for the “determination and personal […]

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Press Releases
19 July 2013
Minister Bonino at “Meeting on the Future of Europe” at Palma de Mallorca

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino was in Palma de Mallorca today to attend the Meeting on the Future of Europe, an encounter meant to confront the principal political/economic problems associated with the future of the Union, ahead of the European elections in 2014. Also in anticipation of the Italian EU duty Presidency in the second half […]

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18 July 2013
GEORGIA – EU twinning: cultural heritage conservation

An administrative twinning was officially announced between the European Union and Georgia for the development of that country’s National Agency for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. The initiative will receive one million euro in EU funding and last for 18 months. Read more, in Italian.

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Press Releases
18 July 2013
Operational Convention signed by MFA and National Research Council (CNR)

A significant moment in the meeting of scientific attachés, being held today and tomorrow at the foreign ministry in Rome, came with the signing of an operational convention between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council (CNR) aimed at further strengthening what are already excellent relations. Signed by MFA Secretary General Michele […]

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Press Releases
17 July 2013
Chargé d’affaires of Kazakhstan, Zhanybek Manaliyev, summoned to Foreign Ministry

On the basis of the results of the report by the Chief of Police presented yesterday evening in Parliament by the Minister for the Interior, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino summoned Chargé d’affaires of Kazakhstan Zhanybek Manaliyev to the foreign ministry, in the absence of Kazakh Ambassador Adrian Yelemessov. Minister Bonino expressed surprise and […]

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11 July 2013
EU: The United States of Europe is the road to take

The federalist solution “is not too popular in European organisations, indeed in some cases it’s opposed. But I believe that, in spite of that resistance, the United States of Europe are the only road to take”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino as she concluded her presentation at East Forum 2013 on […]

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5 July 2013
Bonino for EAST: Europe needs a federal solution

“Europe: rediscovering federalist origins to avoid decline”, is the title of an article by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino for the latest issue of the magazine “East-European Crossroads”, directed by Flavio Fusi. An article in which the minister analyses the limitations and virtues of a Europe that, 60 years on, “allows its inhabitants to […]

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5 July 2013
EGYPT: Italy fostering dialogue – ‘DATAGATE’: awaiting clarification, EU-US free-trade talks must go forward

Relations with Egypt and relations with the U.S. in matters of data management were the topics of a briefing by Minister Emma Bonino before the joint Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Defence Commissions. Process of constitutional normalisation obligatory, respect for fundamental rights The minister explained that, in Egypt, a “significant” portion of the population considered […]

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