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  [25 Sep 1997]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY
At a Headquarters press conference this morning, Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini told correspondents that, although the priority of the current General Assembly must be reform of the United Nations, the issue of enlargement of the Security Council must be addressed.
Italy believed that the Council should be enlarged by the addition of non-permanent members, and this potentially divisive issue must be carefully considered by Member States.
Italy had been in the forefront, advocating the creation of such a tribunal to prosecute genocide and crimes against humanity, and was prepared to host a conference that would lay down the statutes of the court.
www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1997/19970925.italy.1.html   (1501 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Prime Minister of Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The current Prime minister of Italy is Romano Prodi, former President of the European Commission, and leader of the center-left coalition.
Municipalities of Italy In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.
The prime minister of Italy is officially the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian:).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Prime_Minister_of_Italy   (1164 words)

  
 [23 Sep 1998]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY
At a Headquarters press conference this morning, the Foreign Minister of Italy, Lamberto Dini, called for a fundamental review of financial institutions and the international financial architecture that governed the development of the global market.
Dini said there was apprehension the world over about the future, as people watched the performance of stock markets, internal instability in various regions, the failure of financial institutions, the rise and unpredictability of terrorism, unchecked waves of immigration, the constant flow of refugees and the resurgence of misplaced nuclear ambitions.
Italy would support any reasonable formula that opened the possibility of the establishment of a common European seat on the Council.
www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1998/19980923.italy.rev.html   (1294 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Urbano Rattazzi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By his debating powers he contributed to the defeat of the Balbo ministry, and for a short time held the portfolio of public instruction; afterwards, in the Gioberti cabinet, he became minister of the interior, and on the retirement of the last-named in 1849 he became practically the head of the government.
Benedetto (Bettino) Craxi (Milan, February 24, 1934 – Hammamet, Tunisia, January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993.
Massimo DAlema (born on April 20, 1949 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Urbano-Rattazzi   (3459 words)

  
 Italy's new foreign minister affirms ties - Boston.com
Italy's new leftist governing coalition will follow the rest of Europe in isolating the Hamas-led Palestinian government and also upholds the country's friendship with the United States despite disagreement over Iraq, the foreign minister says.
Italy stands with "Europe's unanimous position that tends to isolate Hamas," D'Alema told L'Unita, a leftist newspaper friendly to his Democrats of the Left party.
Italy, and its left wing in particular, has been sympathetic to the Palestinians, while Berlusconi's conservative government was more friendly to Israel.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/05/21/italys_new_foreign_minister_affirms_ties?mode=PF   (433 words)

  
  MSN Encarta - Italy
Near the end of the 15th century Italy became the object of a succession of aggressive wars, waged by France, Spain, and Austria, which culminated in the ascendancy of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs.
He invaded Italy, occupied Naples, and concluded a treaty with Florence, by the terms of which the Medici were expelled and the pope was brought to submission.
Napoleon’s hold on Italy was weakened by his defeat at Leipzig in 1813 as the Austrians invaded northern Italy and a British fleet occupied Genoa.
uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555207_9/Italy.html   (1268 words)

  
 Foreign minister of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Visit by Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs - Media release - Minister for Foreign Affairs
Italy is Australia's largest market for fine wool and its second largest for wool overall.
Italy is Australia's third-largest source of imports from the European Union and 11th largest worldwide.
Italy is also the 13th biggest destination for Australian investment abroad.
www.dfat.gov.au /media/releases/foreign/2001/fa015_01.html?forprint   (418 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941
The REICH FOREIGN MINISTER assented to this and stressed the fact that his cooperation would mean merely the continuation of talks that he had for months been holding with the Japanese Ambassador in Berlin in the sense of an improvement in Soviet-Japanese relations.
The Reich Foreign Minister had proposed to the Führer to inform the British that every hostile British act, in case of a German-Polish conflict, would be answered by a bombing attack on London.
The REICH FOREIGN MINISTER concurred and remarked jokingly that Herr Stalin was surely less frightened by the Anti-Comintern Pact than the City of London and the small British merchants.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/nazsov/ns053.htm   (1398 words)

  
 -On Tuesday, Prime Minister Calin Popescu – Tariceanu will meet with Prime Minister of Italy, Mr. Romano Prodi at ...
“Declaration on the strategic partnership, to be signed tomorrow by the two Prime Ministers capitalizes the success of the 10 years of continual development of bilateral relations and traces the lines of future cooperation from the perspective of a consolidated relation, of partners within the European Union”, the Government Spokeswoman, Mrs.
Italian Prime Minister’s visit to Romania will also be a good opportunity for the evaluation of the trade relations between the two countries and identification of new ways of diversifying the economic relations.
“Italy is the first trade partner and the fifth foreign investor in Romania and the Government led by Prime Minister Calin Popescu – Tariceanu wants a diversification of the bilateral economic cooperation”, the Government Spokeswoman Mrs.
www.guv.ro /engleza/presa/afis-doc.php?idpresa=7278&idrubricapresa=&idrubricaprimm=&idtema=&tip=2&pag=1&dr=   (515 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand : : Main Page
Masahiko Koumura, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on 31 October 2007 in Tokyo to discuss issues related to bilateral relations and regional issues of mutual interests.
On 30 October 2007, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the subsequent press briefing, Foreign Minister Nitya expressed his satisfaction with the discussion, during which both sides reaffirmed the strength and importance of the Thailand-France strategic partnership, particularly scientific and technical cooperation over the past 30 years in such fields as aerospace and nuclear energy.
www.mfa.go.th /web/1.php   (592 words)

  
 Visit to Italy of Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Rome, February 7, 2006
Italy was visited by the Finance and Internal Affairs Ministers of the Russian Federation, and the head of the Federal Industry Agency.
In wake of the difficulties that arose recently and which Minister Fini mentioned, the task of diversifying energy supply routes to Europe is acquiring decisive significance.
Of course, we cooperate with Italy in the Group of Eight.
www.mid.ru /brp_4.nsf/0/23F9373138BF41A1C325710F004BE55A   (1593 words)

  
 Scoop: Rice With Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini
The Minister and I agreed that this is an area in which the alliance has made great progress, but we must not let it slip from our agenda and we look forward to full and complete preparation of the review conference for Kosovo and the Balkans later on this year.
Minister, as you know that we were on the verge of the summit in Sharm el-Sheik, where there is expected to be a cease-fire announced.
FOREIGN MINISTER FINI: (in Italian) With regard to the Middle East again, they're going to declare a sort of truce, a cease-fire, and of course, we're on the verge of this very important new development.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0502/S00308.htm   (4052 words)

  
 Foreign Minister Shalom to Visit Italy - July 9- 2003
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will depart tomorrow (July 10) for a working visit to Italy, which is serving as the current President of the European Union.
In the course of his visit to Italy, Minister Shalom will meet with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, President of the Italian Senate Marcello Pera, President of the Italian Parliament Pier Ferdinando Casini, Secretary-General of the Democratici Di Sinistra party Piero Fassino and heads of the Jewish community.
During the visit, Foreign Minister Shalom will hold discussions with his counterparts on bilateral issues, and will provide them with updates on the political process in the region.
www.israel.org /MFA/About%20the%20Ministry/MFA%20Spokesman/2003/Foreign%20Minister%20Shalom%20to%20Visit%20Italy%20-%20July%209-%202   (189 words)

  
 Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
OECD Secretary-General, Angel GURRÍA, with Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister of Italy, during his official visit to Italy  22-24 February 2007.
OECD Secretary-General, Angel GURRÍA, in conversation with Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister of Italy, during his official visit to Italy  22-24 February 2007.
OECD Secretary-General, Angel GURRÍA, with Massimo D’Alema, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during his official visit to Italy  22-24 February 2007.
www.oecd.org /pages/0,2966,en_36719422_36719580_36720549_1_1_1_1,00.html   (272 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Italy's foreign minister leaves for Mideast in hostage crisis
ROME – Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini flew to the Mideast on Monday in a bid to free two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
Italy's government supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq and contributed about 3,000 troops for reconstruction after Saddam Hussein's ouster.
Frattini's trip follows a similar move by France's foreign minister, Michel Barnier, who traveled to the Middle East in an attempt to win the release of two French journalists held hostage.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20040913-0153-italy-iraq-hostages.html   (410 words)

  
 Mirror for Internet Encyclopedia - Wikinfo | Current events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In Italy, court in Bologna gives life sentences to five members of Red Brigades for the murder of government advisor Margo Biagi in 2002.
The son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who was assassinated in February 2005, Saadettin Hariri declared his victory at the end of the first round of the first general elections in Lebanon after the end of 29-year Syrian military presence.
In Haiti, former prime minister Yvon Neptune is formally charged with political killings in in 2004.
www.internet-encyclopedia.us /index.php/wiki.php?title=Current_events   (3620 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Visit by Russian Foreign Minister to Italy has extensive agenda
Alexander Yakovenko, an official Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said ahead of the visit that in the course of negotiations the sides would discuss implementation of accords reached during the state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Italy in November 2003.
The ministers will pay particular attention to the strengthening of Russian-Italian coordination of efforts in European affairs with a view to asserting in Europe a climate of equal partnerly relations, including in connection with possibilities opening up by new mechanisms of cooperation - the permanent Russia-EU Partnership Council and the Russia-NATO Council.
The sides are planning to adopt a joint document on mutual understanding between the foreign ministries of Russia and Italy.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/07/14/54951_.html   (554 words)

  
 Sudan Foreign Minister to Discuss Bilateral Ties in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail travels Thursday to Italy for a two-day trip aimed at strengthening bilateral and trade ties.
Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail will be making his first trip to Italy since he was appointed seven years ago.
The ambassador said the Sudanese foreign minister's trip to Italy is part of a series of visits to European countries aimed at strengthening bilateral and trade relations.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-02-02-voa49.cfm   (454 words)

  
 ABC News: Italy Foreign Minister Disputes U.S. Claim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ROME Mar 8, 2005 — Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday that American troops killed an Italian intelligence officer in Iraq by accident, but he disputed Washington's version of events, demanding a thorough U.S. investigation of the shooting and that "the culprits be punished."
Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini told parliament that the car carrying the intelligence officer and an ex-hostage to freedom was not speeding and was not ordered to stop by U.S. troops at a checkpoint, contrary to what U.S. officials say.
Italy's "reconstruction of the tragic event … does not fully coincide with what has been communicated by U.S. authorities," said Fini.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=561117   (411 words)

  
 Italy's Foreign Minister Is First Euro Victim
Italy's efforts to convince its European partners to review the EU treaties in order to allow credit expansion have recently found some support, since the collapse of EU exports to the United States makes it harder for EU countries to meet their budget targets.
Economic Minister Tremonti, said to be the strongman in the government after Berlusconi, has emphasized in the past that ENI, already partially privatized, is an instrument of Italian foreign policy, and therefore one should be cautious with further privatizations.
Italy is already applying a policy of debt cancellation or/and transformation, Baccini said, mentioning the cases of Peru, where $127 million in debts have been converted, and Equador, where $26 million have been converted.
www.larouchepub.com /other/2002/2902ruggiero.html   (1953 words)

  
 The Foreign Minister, Dr Rupel meets representatives of the Slovene minority in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The meeting was held with the purpose of informing the Minister about the situation of the Slovene minority in Italy before the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic to Ljubljana.
Such direct contacts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia with the representatives of the countries in which the Slovene minority lives are a regular practice before important meetings.
Minister expressed the desire that the representatives of the minority would develop amicable and constructive relations with the present Italian Govenment, as is the case for both countries.
www.sigov.net /mzz/eng/news_room/news/01090701.html   (248 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Italian foreign minister says troops could stay in Iraq until early 2006
ROME – Italy's foreign minister suggested Tuesday that Italian troops could stay in Iraq into early 2006 after Iraqi elections are held – well past a September timetable for withdrawal that had been mentioned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Asked by reporters when Italy's 3,000-strong contingent would return, Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini said the pullout could coincide with "the final act of the U.N. path" setting elections in December.
Berlusconi has said Italy planned to begin reducing its contingent by about 300 troops in September, although he said any decision would be taken together with the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi officials, and would depend on security.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050510-0613-italy-iraq.html   (373 words)

  
 RIA Novosti - World - Italy foreign minister presents foreign policy program to MPs
Massimo D'Alema is a foreign minister in the new government of center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who came to power in May 2006.
But we will only be able to demand that Italy represent the Afghan mission in the UN Security Council and promote holding an international peace conference if we stay there," he said.
The minister said Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme Security Council in Iran and the country's top nuclear negotiator, was expected in Rome later in the day.
en.rian.ru /world/20070221/61058546.html   (639 words)

  
 Berlusconi Becomes Foreign Minister of Italy
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi became Italy's interim foreign minister on Sunday to limit the fallout from the resignation of his most internationally respected and pro-European minister.
We are talking about weeks or maybe even months," a source in the prime minister's office said, adding Berlusconi would reassure allies that Italy was committed to European integration, "Italy remains a loyal member of the European Union".
Ruggiero was infuriated last week when a trio of fellow ministers belittled the euro launch, saying their comments revealed cabinet divisions over whether Italy should adopt a more eurosceptic position within the European Union.
www.china.org.cn /english/FR/24842.htm   (189 words)

  
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini affirmed his government’s intention to use its moral and political leadership against anti-Semitism and the vilification of Israel in the international community at a January 20 meeting organized by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Foreign Minister Frattini, who was visiting the United States for the first time since his recent appointment, also called for “concrete actions, not just words” to stop terrorism in the Middle East, referring in particular to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
He spelled out Italy’s approach to the Middle East conflict: a two-state solution based on mutual security along the vision spelled out by President Bush in his statement of June 24, 2002.
www.adl.org /PresRele/ASInt_13/4223_13.asp   (318 words)

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