NATO: Consultation on Afghanistan post-2014 – NATO-Russia Council 10 years on from the agreement reached in Italy
Minister Giulio Terzi is attending the meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers taking place in Brussels today 18 and tomorrow 19 April 2012. The meeting is part of the run-up to the Alliance’s Summit in Chicago in May, which will focus on Afghanistan and in particular on the nature of the NATO mission post-2014 […]
Read moreMariani freed: Wide-ranging diplomatic action, says Terzi
The release of Mariasandra Mariani was the result of “wide-ranging diplomatic action with the governments of the region, with the focus on the absolute and priority need to safeguard the life of the hostage, an Italian citizen who was kept in terrible conditions for 14 months, an appalling length of time”.This was the comment of […]
Read moreEurope and the Arab Springs: a conference at the Alcide De Gasperi Foundation
“The European Union and the social and political stabilisation strategies of the Mediterranean’s non-European countries”. That is the second annual discussion of the Alcide De Gasperi Foundation – Konrad Adenauer Stiftung taking place today, Wednesday 18 April 2012, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. The event is being held in […]
Read moreNATO: Terzi a ministeriale in vista vertice Chicago (in translation)
Il Ministro Giulio Terzi partecipa alla riunione dei ministri degli Esteri e della Difesa della Nato che si svolge a Bruxelles il 18 e 19 aprile in preparazione del vertice dell’Alleanza che si terrà a Chicago a maggio, il cui tema dominante sarà la fase di transizione in Afghanistan. L’Italia – ha detto il portavoce […]
Read moreTerzi: Sandra Mariani is free
“Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I’ve just told her family. I join in their great satisfaction and relief at this wonderful news”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, announcing the release of the Florentine tourist kidnapped over a year ago in Algeria. “My warmest thanks go to all those who helped achieved […]
Read moreCooperation: Libya, psychological and social support for children and young people
As part of the actions promoted by Italian Development Cooperation to assist Libya, the project to help young people affected by psychological trauma deriving from the recent conflict is particularly important. 6 teams of experts to reach 80,000 Libyans The project, entrusted to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and worth 1.46 million euros, aims […]
Read moreGaetano Martino’s European vision: a conference organised by the European University Institute
“Gaetano Martino: A European vision and a University for Europe” is the title of a conference taking place in Badia Fiesolana on 19 April 2012. The conference will examine the role of the Italian politician in the European recovery in the mid-1950s. A shared cultural and historic heritage as the foundation of European unity Gaetano […]
Read moreMFA: Networking for competitiveness and growth – Terzi-Profumo: IT platform on programmes and opportunities
An information technology (IT) platform for institutions, universities, research centres and enterprises in the innovation sector. That is the initiative launched by Ministers Giulio Terzi and Francesco Profumo in a conference at the Foreign Ministry in Rome attended by Italian researchers with a well-established success record in foreign universities and research structures. The researchers present […]
Read moreSIRYA: UN observers operating in Damascus
The 6-member international observer group led by Moroccan General Ahmad Himmish is now operational. He leads the technical team charged with preparing the terrain for the arrival of other unarmed blue helmet contingents from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) mission, set up by the UN in 1948 and based in Jerusalem. The organisation […]
Read moreCooperazione: Guatemala, nuove infrastrutture per i più deboli (in translation)
E’ dedicato al programma di emergenza ‘Ran Guatemala’, in fase di conclusione, il secondo numero de ‘La Gazzetta – El Periodico del Sistema Italia en Guatemala’, pubblicazione coordinata dall’Ambasciata italiana. “RAN Guatemala” sta eseguendo, grazie al coinvolgimento di dieci ong italiane, interventi nei settori della riduzione del rischio di disastri e della sicurezza alimentare, ottenendo […]
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