ACCREDITATION NOTE: Press Conference – Foreign Minister Emma Bonino – Pres. Int’l. Red Cross Committees Peter Maurer (Farnesina, 30 September 2013)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is scheduled to meet at 15:00 on 30 September at the foreign ministry in Rome with President of the International Red Cross Committees (IRCC) Peter Maurer to discuss the status of and prospects for cooperation. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference centred on humanitarian efforts […]
Read moreSyria: Bonino, Italy willing to work with inspectors
Italy is willing to take part in the work of the international inspectors for the dismantling of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s statement from the Italian mission to the UN on the draft UN resolution on Syrian chemical weapons approved yesterday by the five members of the […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Appuntamento a Pechino per il China Italy Innovation Forum (in translation)
Appuntamento a Pechino per il China Italy Innovation Forum Si terra’ a Pechino, il 14 e 15 novembre, l’edizione 2013 del China Italy Innovation Forum – SIEE, il piu’ importante evento di scambio e di incontri one-to-one sull’innovazione tra Italia e Cina, finalizzato a promuovere prodotti, servizi e capacita’ innovative italiane, tanto nell’ambito di settori […]
Read moreUN – Somalia: Bonino co-chairs IGAD Partners Forum meeting
Just a few days from the visit to Rome by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia is once again the focus of Italy’s foreign and international policy, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The country was, more specifically, the focus of the ministerial meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Partners Forum. […]
Read moreItaly–Vietnam – Economic cooperation forum, Milan
An introduction to Vietnam. That’s the aim of the “Vietnam–Italy economic cooperation forum” taking place in Milan on 30 September2013 during the visit to the city by the Vietnamese Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Ho Thi Kim Thoa. The visit is taking place as part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of diplomatic […]
Read moreBlumm Prize – 20 artists in Embassy in Brussels
With her work “Vasi Comunicanti”, Venetian artist Maria Elisabetta Novello is the winner of the Contemporary Art Prize organised by the Pomilio Blumm agency. The award ceremony was held in the splendid Caraman-Chimay Palace in Brussels, which since 1910 has been home to the Italian Embassy in Belgium. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore 26 September 2013 – Israel: EU organises seminar in Tel Aviv on technology incubators
Israel: EU organises seminar in Tel Aviv on technology incubators. The EU Delegation in Israel is organising an “EU/Israel Seminar on Innovation” that will take place on 18-19 November at the Google Campus in Tel Aviv. The programme should be finalised in October. The seminar is intended primarily for the heads of European and Israeli […]
Read moreShangai – Homage to Sergio Leone
Shanghai has discovered Sergio Leone, thanks to the retrospective devoted to the great Italian director that will be running at the city’s Film Museum until 30 September 2013. The exhibition was organised with the collaboration of the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute. Entitled “Once upon with Leone”, it will include screenings […]
Read moreItaly–Bosnia – Cooperation to fight organised crime
“The excellent level of collaboration between the Bosnian and Italian forces of law and order is a vital element of the war against organised crime and drugs trafficking”. The comment was made by the Italian Ambassador in Sarajevo, Ruggero Corrias, at the end of a seminar on “Best practices in combating organised crime”, which took […]
Read moreUn – 2014: a key year for Security Council reform, says Bonino
Next year will be a crucial and very busy year for the reform of the United Nations Security Council, in the run-up to 2015 and the UN’s 70th anniversary. A year when the pace will be stepped up to modernise the UN’s highest political body. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at […]
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