Franco Frattini

...of Violence Against Women. This is the 10th anniversary of the founding of the day. 'Global chorus' Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho and Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget are also among...

In this article: Ban Ki-moon, UN, Desmond Tutu, Paulo Coelho, Knut Storberget, UN Headquarters, and New York

...Yaqub, ran the Madina Trading money transfer business in the Italian town of Brescia in Lombardy region. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini commented after the duo's arrest that Italian security forces were tackling "a serious threat" from...

In this article: Mumbai, Italy, India, Brescia, Narcotic, and US Federal Bureau Of Investigation

...qualified, but it will be a hard competition," UniCredit's Annunziata said. The Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, has already declared how "honoured" he would be if Draghi could fill Trichet's shoes. Berlin was not amused. A...

In this article: Germany, Jean-Claude Trichet, EU, Berlin, and Angela Merkel

...that might be protected under a government refugee order, which granted him political asylum in January. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini expressed his "great satisfaction" at the decision , saying it acknowledged the desire of the...

In this article: Gilmar Mendes, Telstra, Supreme Court, Italy, Hurricane Katrina, Communism, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexico, and Brazil

...house of that nation's parliament as lawmakers heard the news of the initial vote to extradite Battisti. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini expressed "great satisfaction" at the decision. But the second ruling could further inflame...

In this article: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Cesare Battisti, Brazil, Tarso Genro, Italy, Supreme Court, Communism, and Interpol

...cases of rape, paedophilia or torture treated as political crimes." Italy responded rapidly to the ruling, with Foreign Minister Franco Frattini expressing his "great satisfaction". Battisti, 54, started a hunger strike in recent days in...

In this article: Supreme Court, Gilmar Mendes, Brazil, Communism, Italy, and France

...European Army after the "new Europe" takes shape at this week's crucial EU summit following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. Franco Frattini, the Italian Foreign Minister, said that the Lisbon Treaty had established "that if some...

In this article: EU, Italy, Europe, Afghanistan, Tony Blair, Turkey, Massimo D'Alema, and Britain

...after the "new Europe" takes shape at this week's EU summit following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the Lisbon Treaty had established "that if some countries want to enter into reinforced...

In this article: EU, Italy, Afghanistan, Europe, Coal, Platinum, Copper, Carbon, and Telstra

...it should have its own UN seat, but faced opposition from Italy, which wants an EU seat instead. Franco Frattini, the Italian foreign minister, has said that he is persuading the new German government to abandon its claim and campaign...

In this article: European Union, UN, United Nations Security Council, Italy, Britain, Lisbon, Javier Solana, and Francesco Paolo Fulci

...Brent Scowcroft, former US security adviser and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Russian president. Before the Berlin meeting, Franco Frattini, the Italian foreign minister, signalled that the job is effectively Mr Miliband's for the...

In this article: David Miliband, European Union, Tony Blair, Berlin, Massimo D'Alema, Herman Van Rompuy, Brent Scowcroft, and Martin Schulz