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The competition to design a new logo for the Italian Cultural Institutes (Italian initials IIC) opens today. The initiative, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been entrusted to Zooppa.it, the crowdsourcing platform. It is open to innovative ideas from students, young creatives, agencies and anyone wishing to try their hand at creating and […]
Read moreIncidents in Warsaw: Representatives of Lazio fans attend meeting at Farnesina
A Foreign Ministry official has met two representatives of the Lazio fans to explain the steps being taken by the Farnesina and by Minister Bonino to obtain the rapid release of the Italians arrested in Warsaw. The meeting took place in the same spirit of solidarity with the fans as Minister Bonino expressed today to […]
Read moreIncidents in Warsaw: Bonino asks Polish counterpart for clarification of a case that still needs further investigation.
In a declaration issued at the end of the Italian-Israeli bilateral, Minister Bonino returned to the case of the Lazio fans arrested in Warsaw. “Today I’ve asked my Polish counterpart, Sikorski, for clarification of a case that still needs to be investigated in full and which, as things stand, sees 22 Italian citizens in prison […]
Read moreIncidents in Warsaw: Embassy making extraordinary efforts to ensure Italian nationals are released as soon as possible
“The circumstances leading to the arrest of the Lazio fans and the Polish judicial authorities’ decision to hold 22 people for trial certainly need to be investigated. I wish to clarify, however, that over 100 people were arrested and taken to various police stations in Warsaw and our Embassy is making an extraordinary effort to […]
Read moreNota Frnesina Tifosi laziali a Varsavia
“About 60 Lazio fans are still under arrest and are being held for summary trial by the Polish judicial authorities. We cannot rule out the possibility that some of them have been deprived of their personal freedom for committing offences of varying degrees of gravity. I have instructed our Ambassador in Poland to speak to […]
Read moreFarnesina: Italy re-elected to the Executive Commitment of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Since 1948, Italy has been one of the 10 leading states in global maritime transport in terms of size of merchant fleet. The General Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) met this morning, 29 November 2013, in London. The Assembly re-elected Italy, by acclamation, to Category A of the executive Council, reserved for the […]
Read moreItalo-Turkish summit: Dassu’ in Istanbul
Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù will meet in Istanbul today with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Egemen Bağis. The meeting will offer an opportunity to prepare the 3rd Italo-Turkish intergovernmental summit to be held in Istanbul on 17 January. Their talks will touch on principal European concerns, such as the enlargement process and EU-Turkish relations within […]
Read moreGiro at UNESCO agency, a global world won’t survive without identity
“Italy confirms ICCROM’s strategic importance in the protection and recovery of cultural treasures, elements essential to reinforcing and maintaining identities within the current dynamics of globalisation”, commented Under-Secretary Mario Giro during his speech at the28th General Assembly of the International Centre for Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), a UNESCO agency […]
Read moreIran: Bonino’s satisfaction with the Geneva accord. Important step in Mideast peace
“I am very pleased that the Geneva negotiations have led to a 5+1 Group accord with the Iranian authorities. This is a first essential step toward rebuilding that climate of trust that is indispensable to reassuring the international community about Iran’s nuclear programme”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented upon hearing the news from […]
Read moreItaly-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting
Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù hosted the first Italy-Croatia-Slovenia trilateral meeting at deputy foreign minister level, an operational follow up to the 12 September trilateral of Heads of Government in Venice. Croatia was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Hrvoje Marušić and Slovenia by Secretary of State for European Affairs Hrvoje Marušić, accompanied by their respective delegations. […]
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