Energy Security as a Priority for Europe’s Foreign Policy
From 30 November to 1 December 2015, Aspen Institute Italia and CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) co-hosted a conference in Brussels, in cooperation with EUISS (European Union Institute for Security Studies) and with the support of EEAS (European External Action Service), in which Ambassador Zappia took part. The event, made up of three working […]
Read moreSeminario NATO Transformation and Adaptation, Washington, 15 dicembre 2015
On 15 December 2015, Ambassador Mariangela Zappia took part in the third conference on NATO topics hosted by the main US think tanks, with a view to providing guidance in time for the next Warsaw Summit (8-9 July 2016). The event was attended by the main experts in the field as well as NATO and […]
Read moreDefence and Security: a Critical Year
The year that is approaching its end was a difficult one, marked -especially in the last few months- by an escalation of violence that has deeply shaken our conscience and undermined our basic need for security. The echo of the last terror attacks still lingers, and our grief for the many lives lost in those […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni interviewed by Corriere della Sera: “We are very active in Syrian talks. Mosul, strategic intervention”
“The crises in Syria and Libya have brought out the need for a concerted effort in the Mediterranean; major powers, European powers and influential regional powers working together on solutions. But this is something that we are going to have to force ourselves to make stable with the minimum means needed to make that possible: […]
Read moreAccreditation deadline for NATO Meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers on 1 and 2 December 2015.
We would like to remind you that the deadline for media accreditation to NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting is 27 November 2015 (9 am). Applications can be made here: https://my.hq.nato.int/ More information about the Foreign Ministers Meeting can be found here: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_124583.htm
Read moreRoma hosts the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme on 21 October 2015
The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme comes to Rome on 21 October for an “Info Day” co-organised by ENEA, the Farnesina and the Permanent Delegation of Italy to NATO. The event’s goal is to build partnerships, establish contacts between scientists and researchers of Alliance members and partners and inform them about the […]
Read moreNorth Atlantic Council visit to Montenegro on 14 and 15 October 2015
The North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, paid a visit to Montenegro on 14 and 15 October 2015. The Secretary General had meetings with the President of Montenegro, Mr. Filip Vujanović, the Prime Minister, Mr. Milo Đjukanović, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Igor Lukšić, the Minister of Defence, Dr. Milica […]
Read moreDefence Ministers Meeting (8 October 2015)
Minister Roberta Pinotti took part in NATO Defence Ministers Meeting on 8 October 2015. Taken from www.difesa.it: Today’s ministerial meeting focused on the implementation of the Readiness Action Plan (RAP), defining the long-term adaptation strategy that the Alliance intends to approve during next NATO Summit in Warsaw (July 2016), the situation in Syria and Afghanistan. […]
Read moreExercise Trident Juncture 2015 – General information and media accreditation
Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 involves 36,000 personnel from more than 30 Allied and Partner Nations and will take place throughout Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and also Canada, Norway, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The exercise will demonstrate NATO’s new increased level of ambition as well as the Alliance’s capability and […]
Read moreAmbassador Zappia met a group of key opinion leaders from the Italian media and industry world
Ambassador Mariangela Zappia met a delegation of key Italian opinion leaders, among which: Finmeccanica, Sky Tg24, La7, il Fatto Quotidiano, IAI. The meeting focused, inter alia, on Italian and international public perception of NATO, the adaptation process of the Alliance within the framework of the Ukraine-Russia crisis and the growing instability in the Southern Flank, the […]
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