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Unità di Crisi

Press Releases
11 September 2013
Advice on “viaggiare sicuri” website is intended to protect the public, says Farnesina

The Foreign Ministry has just received different, indeed diametrically opposed, reports from tourism operators and citizens complaining that the Ministry had pointed out, or failed to point out, situations of potential risk in Egypt. The information and advice provided by the Italian Foreign Ministry through the www.viaggiaresicuri.it website are clearly, and solely, intended to safeguard […]

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9 September 2013
Syria: Quirico released – a cause for rejoicing, says Bonino

“The news that Domenico Quirico has been freed fills me with great joy and satisfaction. My thoughts go out first of all to his family, who at last can embrace Domenico after all these months, days and moments of anxiety”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino on hearing the good news of […]

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Press Releases
17 August 2013
Minister Bonino hailed the liberation in Cairo of four Italian journalists

“I was informed that the four Italian journalists, who underwent some difficult moments this afternoon in Cairo, have just been received at the Embassy in the company of the Consul. I am very relieved. Our diplomats in Cairo, with the assistance of the RAI and Mediaset journalists, have once again shown their extraordinary efficiency and […]

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Press Releases
16 August 2013
Egypt: Bonino cites dramatic news pointing to human rights violations

Today has brought further news of violent clashes resulting in an increasingly heavy toll in human lives. The news of the use of brutal and unacceptable force by the interim authorities is giving rise to an alarming picture of human rights violations in stark contrast with the government and army’s fundamental duty to protect its […]

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11 July 2013
FARNESINA – over 4.6 million italians living abroad

In 2012, the number of Italians living abroad and listed in the Consular network’s Register Office system was 4,662,213 million. 52% were concentrated in just four countries: Argentina (801,425), Germany (688,685), Switzerland (569,120) and Brazil (387,743). These were some of the key figures to emerge at the presentation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical […]

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14 April 2013
Arrival of four journalists in Rome

RAI correspondent Amedeo Ricucci, photo journalist Elio Colavolpe, documentary filmmaker Andrea Vignali and freelance journalist Susan Dabbous were returned to Italy on a special flight that landed at Ciampino military airport at 2200 hours. There to receive them was secretary General of the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Michele Valensise, RAI Director General Luigi Gubitosi, and officials […]

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Press Releases
13 April 2013
Four Italian journalists freed

Interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti announced that the four Italian journalists detained in northern Syria on 4 April had been freed. “I wish to thank the Foreign Ministry Crisis Unit”, Moti said, “and all the other State agencies whose professional commitment in a particularly dangerous context helped to make this positive outcome possible”. Premier Monti, […]

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Press Releases
10 March 2013
Dichiarazione del Ministro Terzi sull’uccisione del connazionale Silvano Trevisan e degli altri ostaggi sequestrati in Nigeria nel febbraio scorso

“We mourn the loss of our fellow citizen, who carried beyond the borders of his country the profound virtues and values of all Italians: hard and earnest work, tenacity and spirit of sacrifice”. “This painful tragedy, which I have personally monitored, is further dramatic proof of the aberrant lengths to which fundamental extremism can lead. […]

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4 February 2013
Syria. Terzi: Belluomo is safe. Satisfaction and relief. Thanks to the Crisis Unit and all the State apparatus, says minister.

“He’s safe and we expect to see him soon back in Italy”, were Minister Giulio Terzi’s words as he announced the conclusion of the affair regarding Italian technician Mario Belluomo, abducted in Syria on 12 December. “At this time”, Terzi continued, “along with great satisfaction for this positive outcome, I would like to express my […]

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Press Releases
28 January 2013
Brazil: We share the pain and extend solidarity to the Brazilian people, says Terzi

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi described himself as “deeply struck by the tragic news from Santa Maria, and by the dimensions the tragedy is assuming in terms of human lives involved”, and he expressed his “most heartfelt and sincere condolences”, to his Brazilian colleague Antonio Patriota following the incident in a discotheque in the […]

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