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27 May 2013
In Rome the EU considers the ‘Cocaine Route’ programme

Europe will be assessing the “Cocaine Route” Programme on 28 May in the course of an international conference in Rome entitled “Improving responses to organised crime and drug trafficking along the Cocaine Route”. The conference has been organised by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in cooperation with the Italian Ministry […]

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23 May 2013
FORUM PA 2013: Europe closer to citizens as we approach the 2014 elections

Democratic deficit and strategies to bring citizens closer to the EU, in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. Those were the features of the Europe that emerged from today’s conference on “The European Union, European Citizenship, European Democracy: the position one year before the European elections in 2014”, organised by the Ministry of […]

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23 May 2013
The Conference: ‘European integration: an assessment’

The conference will be an opportunity to assess one of the crucial challenges to European integration: ensuring that European citizens can identify with their institutions through instruments guaranteeing decision-making processes based on transparency and participatory democracy. This means that fully applying the principle of European citizenship, in its widest sense, is vital to achieving full […]

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20 May 2013
Afghanistan: Italy facilitates EU Ambassadors’ visit to Herat

A group of over 20 European Union ambassadors accredited in Afghanistan took part in an unprecedented visit to Herat province, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy. They met the Governor of the Province, Daoud Shah Saba; the public prosecutor, Maria Bashir; and the head of Regional Command West (RC-W), Brigadier General Ignazio Gamba The Ambassadors […]

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Interviews
20 May 2013
Bonino: «A Federal Europe? It’s now or never» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – “I take Francois Hollande’s openness very seriously. Whatever the reasons are, for the first time Paris is signaling a willingness to re-examine Europe that I like very much, because until a short time ago it was taboo to even talk about modifying the treaties. Obviously, the French President’s ideas presuppose at least a […]

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15 May 2013
Bonino in Parliament – Foreign Ministry to contribute to Italy’s rebound

Promotion of the country’s productive system, strengthening of the European Union, the Middle East peace process, the Syrian crisis, Libya and the solution to the case of the marines held in India were some of the foreign ministry’s main planning concerns outlined by Minister Emma Bonino in her report before the Upper and Lower Houses […]

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Speeches
9 May 2013
Minister Bonino’s speech at “ The State of the Union” Conference (original version)

(Please check against actual speech delivered) President of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev, President of Tuscany Region, Enrico Rossi, Mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, President of the European University Institute, Marise Cremona, Former Italian Prime Ministers and Ministers, Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to take the floor at this prestigious State of the Union conference here […]

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6 May 2013
INTERVIEW: a stronger Europe to weather the crisis, says Scognamiglio

Europe is a resource and not an obstacle to overcoming the economic crisis, but it must become an economic and political union with federal institutions. Likewise, individual members will have to demonstrate discipline and credibility by keeping their accounts in order. This was the thesis of Minister Plenipotentiary Giuseppe Scognamiglio as he analysed the future […]

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2 May 2013
LONGITUDE: “The end of Euphoria”

“The end of Euphoria”: cioè l’Europa della crisi ma anche delle potenzialità, è il titolo di copertina del nuovo numero, in edicola, di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco che analizza la crisi della Corea del Nord tra riarmo ed estrema povertà (“Kim the bully”) e il grave fenomeno che si sta manifestando nel […]

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