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20 July 2015

Diritti Umani: Consiglio Affari Esteri Ue adotta Piano d’Azione 2015-2019

Il Consiglio Affari Esteri ha adottato oggi a Bruxelles il Piano d’Azione UE per i Diritti Umani e la Democrazia 2015-2019. Il Piano contempla una serie di azioni volte a rafforzare la coerenza e l’efficacia dell’azione della UE a tutela e promozione dei diritti umani e della democrazia nel mondo, attraverso la responsabilità condivisa di […]

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Press Releases

17 July 2015

Gentiloni meets with UN Special Envoy for the Sahel Hiroute Guebre Sellassie

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today at the Farnesina with the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie. “This was an important meeting to coordinate Italy’s actions in the Sahel with the strategy the special envoy is outlining for the region”, Minister Gentiloni said. “We are following […]

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14 July 2015

Iran: Comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme announced in Vienna is a long-awaited result, says Gentiloni

“The comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear question announced today in Vienna is a long-awaited result”, was the comment from Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on hearing the news. “Achieved thanks to the efforts of all the negotiators, and the important role played by the European Union, the Vienna agreement shows the efficacy of diplomacy and […]

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Interviews

7 July 2015

Gentiloni: «Athens is to blame, not the Germans. Time now to avoid EU exit» (Corriere della Sera)

«The situation has not been resolved with the Greek referendum’s “NO” victory. I understand the Syriza voters’ celebrations, a bit less the Italian cheering section. The vote established that Tsipras has the support of the majority of Greeks, but this is not the solution. It is now time for Greece and the EU to set […]

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2 July 2015

Slovenia and Croatia: Agreement on indigenous Italian minority signed for 2015

The Convention for 2015 between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Università Popolare di Trieste (UPT) and Unione Italiana was signed today, 2 July 2015, in Rome. For the Ministry, the Convention was signed by the Director General for the European Union, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi; for the l’Università Popolare di Trieste by […]

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2 July 2015

Gentiloni: “Luxembourg Presidency’s commitment on immigration is positive”

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, at the Farnesina today. Luxembourg took over the Presidency of the European Union yesterday, 1 July 2015. The focus of today’s discussion was an exchange of views on the EU immigration agenda. […]

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22 June 2015

Gentiloni, the EuNavFor against people trafficking

Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni, who is participating in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, asserted that the EUNavFor mission against people traffickers was an a first step and a small part of the European initiative, underscoring that it was fundamental that the 25-26 summit produce a “binding” accord on the […]

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Interviews

20 June 2015

Gentiloni: ‘Giusto fare pressioni perché la Russia rispetti Minsk’ (La Repubblica)

Intervista di Arturo Zampaglione NEW YORK. Secondo il ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni, il deterioramento degli scambi commerciali con Mosca non dipende solo dalle sanzioni approvate dopo l’aggressione in Ucraina, ma anche dalla grave crisi economica russa, dal crollo del prezzo del petrolio e forse anche dalla fuga dei capitali degli oligarchi. «Ma nonostante queste […]

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Interviews

14 June 2015

Gentiloni: “The nay-saying countries are short-sighted” (La Stampa)

“All of this reluctance to accept the European Commission’s immigration plan seems short-sighted to me”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has always taken a cautious approach and avoided any show of triumphalism even when – in mid-May – Italy could have claimed the transformation of the immigration dossier into a shared, European dossier, as a national […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2015

Communiqué for Libya meeting in Berlin – June 10th

1) Senior officials of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU met today in Berlin with the Libyan delegates to the UN-led Political Dialogue and in the presence of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Bernardino […]

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10 June 2015

Denmark – Italian cuisine for diabetes

Italy stepped in on behalf of diabetes sufferers in Denmark. Our embassy in Copenhagen, in agreement with the Steno Diabetes Center, presented a set of Italian cooking lessons in the residence of Ambassador Stefano Queirolo Palmas, featuring two chefs teaching disease sufferers how to prepare tasty carbohydrate-balanced meals. Apart from offering support to the country’s […]

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10 June 2015

Italy-Poland: Della Vedova in Warsaw today and tomorrow

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova will be in Poland today and tomorrow with a view to developing what are already excellent bilateral political and economic relations between Roma and Warsaw and as a follow up to Minister Gentiloni’s visit of 6 May last.The under-secretary will meet with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]

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