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6 August 2014

Pistelli: «L’Ue ci segua sugli aiuti» (Avvenire)

Non è solo un gesto simbolico quello compiuto ieri dall’Italia per Gaza. «Le necessità della Striscia in questo momento sono enormi. I soccorsi che abbiamo portato hanno, dunque, un valore pratico importante», afferma il vice-ministro Lapo Pistelli, a Gerusalemme per consegnare 30 tonnellate di beni di prima necessità, per un valore di 350mila euro. Il […]

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Interviews

6 August 2014

Pistelli: «L’Ue ci segua sugli aiuti» (Avvenire)

Non è solo un gesto simbolico quello compiuto ieri dall’Italia per Gaza. «Le necessità della Striscia in questo momento sono enormi. I soccorsi che abbiamo portato hanno, dunque, un valore pratico importante», afferma il vice-ministro Lapo Pistelli, a Gerusalemme per consegnare 30 tonnellate di beni di prima necessità, per un valore di 350mila euro. Il […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2014

Ukraine: The new sanctions send a strong signal to Russia, says Mogherini

The new sanctions approved today in Brussels send a strong, unified signal to Russia to keep to the commitments made in recent months. This was the view of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who commented: “The European Union decided unanimously today to apply new sanctions to Russia. This step has become necessary in view of Moscow’s […]

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28 July 2014

Mogherini in Belgrade and Podgorica – “Ahead with EU integration and reforms”

The process of EU integration and reforms, as well as bilateral relations, were the focus of Minister Federica Mogherini’s meetings in Serbia and Podgorica, on the final leg of her mission to the Balkans. At the end of the meeting in Belgrade with her Serbian colleague Ivica Dacic, Mogherini expressed the hope that Serbia would […]

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24 July 2014

Mogherini on Balkans mission – first stop Sarajevo, then Pristina, Skopje and Tirana

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini stopped in Sarajevo on the first leg of a mission to the Balkans that will later take her to Pristina, Skopje and Tirana. The minister met in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina with the three-member Presidency and her counterpart Zlatko Lagumdzija, and attended a conference promoted by the European Union […]

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Press Releases

24 July 2014

IUnder-Secretary Della Vedova chairs 11th EU – FYROM Association Council

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova chaired the 11th European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Association Council in the place of High Representative Catherine Ashton. The plenary session, attended also by the representatives of several Member States, was followed by a closed session with Commissioner Fuele, the Council Secretariat and FYROM Foreign Minister […]

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23 July 2014

Italian EU Presidency: Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano’s Europe without borders – Making one’s contribution by learning from others

“We must be Europeans. There has to be integration and interconnection. We have to feel Italian, French, Spanish and German, but at the same time transform ourselves into Europeans – without losing our identity”. This was the message launched by Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian air force pilot, […]

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22 July 2014

Ukraine: Mogherini calls for “strong and unified EU response” – and “new and positive” moves by Moscow

The downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane “changes the picture of the Ukrainian crisis”, which is not longer only Ukrainian and European, but “has become global, and new and positive moves by Moscow are necessary”, according to Minister Federica Mogherini’s summary of the common reflection by the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. The head […]

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22 July 2014

Declaration issued from Brussels by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy

The Foreign Ministers of France, Laurent Fabius, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Italy, Federica Mogherini, declared today in Bruxelles: “Anti-Semitic agitation, hate speech against Jews, attacks against people of Jewish belief and against synagogues cannot be tolerated in our societies in Europe. We strongly condemn the outrageous anti-Semitic statements, demonstrations and attacks in our countries in […]

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22 July 2014

EU: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Middle East and Ukraine focus

The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, following the attack on Gaza and the downing of the Malaysian airplane, will occupy the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today, the first of the Italian duty EU presidency and in which Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Moghernin will participate. The EU-Eastern Partnership […]

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Press Releases

21 July 2014

EU Presidency: Italian priorities presented to foreign diplomatic corps at MFA

The priorities of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented to the foreign diplomatic corps at the MFA in three meetings with various regional groups. The presidency’s underlying theme – “Europe: a fresh start” – dominated the meetings in which minister Federica Mogherini, Under-Secretary Benedetto Della Vedova and Secretary General […]

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Press Releases

21 July 2014

Middle East: Mogherini meets Cavusoğlu, urges Ankara to use influence for a ceasefire

Turkey’s European integration and the Italian EU duty presidency’s priorities were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today in Rome with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoğlu. They also exchanged detailed information regarding a series of Middle East dossiers and, at bilateral level, in reference to EXPO Milano 2015 and […]

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