EU Foreign Affairs Council: sanctions against Syria and Iran on the agenda
Main topics on the agenda of the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels include sanctions against Syria and Iran, while, in addition to underscoring the EU’s increased focus on the Mediterranean, Minister Giulio Terzi launched an appeal to Europe and the international community on behalf of the defence of Christian communities in Nigeria, which have […]
Read moreItaly and the EU, greater focus on the Mediterranean – Terzi at the Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels
To increase the focus on the Mediterranean, and European policies regarding its southern shores, is one of Italy’s goals at the meeting in Brussels of the European foreign ministers, with an agenda that also includes the possible adoption of new European sanctions against Iran and analysis of the difficult situation in Syria. Minister Giulio Terzi […]
Read moreLibya: Monti in Tripoli (21 January)
The main objectives of Prime Minister Mario Monti’s mission to Tripoli on 21 January, accompanied by Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the Defence Giulio Terzi and Giampaolo Di Paola, are to reaffirm and strengthen relations with the new Libya, offer the el-Kib government Italy’s support for the democratic transition and reassert Italy’s role as a […]
Read morePrincipality of Monaco: exhibition ‘Italian Style, Art and Design’ closes a success
Italian style wins over the Principality of Monaco, as confirmed at the closing of the exhibition “Italian Style, Art and Design”, promoted by the Italian Embassy in the context of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification and under the high patronage of the President of the Republic and of Monaco’s Prince Albert […]
Read moreCooperation: project in Djibouti for maternal and infant health
The Italian Cooperation is starting up a new project in Djibouti, with the approval of €2.2 million in funding for the promotion of maternal-infant healthcare, with special emphasis on the issue of female genital mutilation. The programme, now in its launching stage, will train approximately 300 public socio-healthcare workers over a three-year period, with the […]
Read moreItaly-Egypt: Terzi, support for a democratic transition – Minister urges guarantees for religious minorities
One year on from the start of the revolution, and a few days from the opening of the people’s assembly, Italy sends Egypt a message of solidarity on its long and arduous road to democracy. A message that reiterates the importance of Rome’s strategic partnership with Cairo from economic and cultural standpoints, while also urging, […]
Read moreTerzi al Cairo: rispetto profondo per il processo politico (in translation)
“Abbiamo profondo rispetto per il processo politico in Egitto, che auspichiamo rispetti i principi dei diritti dell’uomo e del diritto internazionale per raggiungere i livelli di democrazia ai quali aspira il popolo egiziano”. Lo ha affermato il Ministro Giulio Terzi al quotidiano Al Ahram, in occasione della sua visita oggi al Cairo. Terzi ha riconosciuto […]
Read moreSofia: FMR library showcases the beauty of italy
Italy’s great artistic and natural patrimony comes to the Bulgarian public through the Fondazione Marilena Ferrari, in an exhibition of books entitled “Italian publishing showcases the beauty of Italy: the FMR library”, and will be open from 23 to 30 January 2012 at the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Library of Sofia. The initiative has […]
Read moreLibya – Italy’s focus is on training police forces, says Terzi
Italy considers it essential to concentrate on the training of police forces in Libya, in compliance with international conventions. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s assertion during a report he made with defence minister Di Paola on Italy’s participation in international missions before the joint parliamentary foreign and defence committees. After the successful NATO operation in […]
Read moreBeijing: smart trash bins from Milan’s Polytechnic
Italian technology employed in waste management in China. The Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Research Institute decided in 2011 to implement the “Greenwaste” project designed in the Robotics Laboratory of Milan’s Polytechnic Institute in a central area of Beijing, the aim of which is to build and distribute intelligent urban trash bins. To read more select […]
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