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21 June 2013

EU: We are about to begin a crucial week, says Bonino, when Europe will be called upon to confront issues that will have a key impact on its future

We are about to begin a crucial week, when Europe will be called upon to confront two issues that will have a key impact on its future. The first: With regard to Turkey, Europe must not shy away from its historic responsibility to choose between short and far-sightedness. It is necessary to bring dynamism to […]

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21 June 2013

Farnesina: Somalia, Pistelli incontra inviato Ue per Corno d’Africa. Italia impegnata per consolidamento istituzioni somale

Gli sviluppi della crisi in Somalia e il ruolo di stabilizzazione svolto dall’Unione Europea e dall’Italia sono stati al centro dei colloqui avuti alla Farnesina dal Vice Ministro degli Esteri, Lapo Pistelli, con l’Inviato speciale per il Corno d’Africa dell’Unione Europea, Alex Rondos. Pistelli ha confermato al suo interlocutore l’impegno italiano a favorire l’emergere di […]

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Press Releases

20 June 2013

Deputy Minister Dassù to visit St. Petersburg and Moscow

Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù will make a visit from 21 to 24 June that will take her to St. Petersburg and Moscow. She will be taking part in the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, a platform for dialogue and encounter for Russian political leaders and prominent members of Italian and international economic, financial […]

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19 June 2013

Bonino in Belgrade and Pristina – European integration for Serbia-Kosovo stabilisation

Italy strongly supports the European integration of the Western Balkans, and will do everything possible in the European Council of late June to see that start-dates are set for negotiations on an Association and Stabilisation Agreement (ASA) with Kosovo and on Serbia’s EU accession. This was the message that Minister Emma Bonino carried to the […]

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19 June 2013

Italy-Kosovo – Minister Bonino in Pristina

Italy’s support for Kosovo’s European integration and the development of bilateral collaboration were the main focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s meetings today in Pristina. Meeting first with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, she is scheduled to meet later in the day with Minister for Foreign Affairs Enver Hoxhaj. After a meeting with […]

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19 June 2013

Minister Bonino in Belgrade – Italy to urge EU to set a date for the opening of negotiations

Italy’s commitment to obtain a firm start-date for Serbia’s EU accession negotiations from the European Council of 27-28 June was underscored by Minister Emma Bonino in all her institutional encounters in Belgrade. Serbia, she observed, should be rewarded for the determination it has shown in establishing dialogue with Pristina, enacting the reforms required by Europe […]

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Interviews

19 June 2013

Bonino: «Chiederemo la data – subito!» (Vecernje Novostiserbia)

1) Italy has strongly supported Serbia towards the EU. Can we also in the future count on that support? Serbian officials consider that our country deserves a date for opening negotiations with EU and say that the Brussels is on the move now. Brussels responds that there is still much that needs to be done. […]

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18 June 2013

Il Ministro Bonino a Belgrado – Impegno italiano per avere data negoziati a Consiglio Ue (in translation)

L’Italia farà tutto il possibile perché al Consiglio europeo del 27 e 28 giugno venga fissata una data chiara e precisa per l’avvio del negoziato di adesione con la Serbia. Lo ha detto a Belgrado il Ministro Emma Bonino, al termine di un colloquio con il collega serbo Ivan Mrkic, nell’ambito di una visita in […]

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18 June 2013

Minister Bonino in Belgrade and Pristina – European integration, regional cooperation and bilateral relations

Italy supports Serbia and Kosovo’s efforts toward European integration, not least in light of the fact that the European incentive has proven to be decisive in placing both countries on the road toward normalising relations, which culminated with the accord signed on 19 April. European integration will therefore be the main focus of Minister Emma […]

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Press Releases

17 June 2013

Iraq: Bonino, EU and UN must urge Baghdad government to seek a solution to the refugee situation

“It is essential that the European Union and United Nations hasten to step up their efforts at urging the Iraqi government to seek an adequate solution to the dramatic situation of the refugees: the serious episode at Camp Liberty is proof that this is a priority that can no longer be deferred”. The statement came […]

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14 June 2013

Italy-Serbia: Bonino visiting Belgrade on 18 June – European integration, regional cooperation and bilateral relations

The outlook for closer European integration for Serbia, regional cooperation, the Kosovo question and bilateral relations. These are the topics for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussions with the Serbian leadership in Belgrade on 18 June. During the visit, her first outside Italy apart from institutional ones, for example on EU business, minister Bonino will meet […]

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13 June 2013

Turkey: failed accession would be a strategic loss for Europe

Turkey’s entry to Europe “is by no means simple”. It is a “very long process subject to numerous conditions but, in the longer term, losing Turkey would be a strategic loss for Europe”. Speaking in an interview with RadioUno on 13 June, Deputy Minister Marta Dassù reiterated Italy’s favourable view of keeping talks open on […]

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