Libya – Terzi in Paris for international meeting on security
Minister Giulio Terzi attended an international meeting today in Paris on security in Libya. The meeting was chaired by French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, with the participation of his Libyan counterpart Mohamed Abdelaziz, and dedicated to security, justice and rule of law. Resources for security “There is much to be done” on the security front, […]
Read moreItaly and Lebanon – together for the revival of design
To produce new object collections in collaboration with Lebanese artisans and designers, reinterpreting and updating traditions through their eyes: that is the goal of a project launched in Beirut at the end of a workshop chaired by Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Morabito, and set to begin in the coming months. The workshop participants included the artists […]
Read moreCopenaghen – Success for the National Academy of Santa Cecilia
The National Academy of Santa Cecilia scored a resounding success in Copenhagen on the first leg of its Scandinavian-Baltic tour, during which violinist Joshua Bell’s performance was met with long and repeated standing ovations.
Read moreTurkey – Major opportunities for Italian firms
The development of economic/trade relations between Italy and Turkey was the main focus of the 2013 “first business committee” meeting organised in Istanbul by the Embassy of Italy with the resident Italian business community. The meeting offered an opportunity to take stock of 2012’s total trade of nearly €20 billion, which, despite a slight dip, […]
Read moreTERZI CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST – THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY
“The nuclear test performed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is to be condemned with the most absolute firmness”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented from Paris, where he is attending the Conference on Libya. According to the foreign minister, the North Korean nuclear test “is the latest blatant violation of the obligations […]
Read moreElaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentato in occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa (in translation)
Elaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentatoin occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE:the role of Academia and mass media in spreading religious tolerance. by Giulia Janni “Your Christ is a Jew, your pizza is Italian, your coffee is Brazilian, your car is Japanese, your writing is Latin, your holiday is Turkish, your numbers […]
Read morePOPE’S RESIGNATION: HIS MAJOR IMPACT ON CHRISTIANITY, SAYS TERZI
Benedict XVI has been “able to have a major impact on Christianity”. Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the Pope’s decision to resign, effective 28 February next. Recalling the Holy Father’s words at their latest meeting on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the Papal Bull to the Order of Malta, Terzi explained that Ratzinger […]
Read moreFoibe: persecution remains etched in the memory of all, says Terzi
“Episodes of anti-Italian persecutions in Istria, Dalmatia and Fiume must remain etched in all our memories”, so that “hostile feelings, or tendencies toward racial discrimination, toward peoples and nations who are our neighbours, such as those that led to the 1938 racial laws, will never be resussitated”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s […]
Read moreReligious freedom – ISPI Conference – Terzi: our battle against extremism in the interests of peace
The defence of religious freedom serves to combat violent forms of extremism that use religion as a pretext for their own dissemination, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored as he opened an ISPI-sponsored international workshop on the promotion of religious freedom today at the foreign ministry in Rome, co-chaired by Italy and Jordan. Italy’s guiding role in […]
Read morePrague – concert by St. George’s British International School
The student chorus and orchestra of St. George’s British International School in Rome will give a concert on Friday 15 February at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, conducted by Darren Everhart. The performance is part of a musical tour through the Czech Republic by the prestigious international school founded in 1958.
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