NATIONAL AWARD FOR CULTURE OF LEGALITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio | 28 September 2012
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2012

As in recent years, the Fondazione Mediterraneo took part in this year’s event to promote legality with important personalities including representatives from the public administration and other associations, as well as private individuals. These men and women dedicate their working lives to “normality”, which can be asserted through the culture of legality and public safety. The Award for Literature went to Giuseppe Ayala, the Award for Voluntary Service to Raffaellina Ottaviano (President of the Associazione Ercolano per la legalità), the Award for Voluntary Service to Federico Cafiero de Raho (Procuratore Aggiunto - Coordinatore DDA) and the Special Award for Young Reporters to Radio Siani (Web radio for legality).

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THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY RECEIVES THE “2012 MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR INFORMATION” IN MEMORY OF MIKA YAMAMOTO

Roma | 28 September 2012
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In accordance with the express wishes of the family of journalist Mika Yamamoto - who was barbarously killed in Aleppo – the Japanese Ambassador to Italy received the Mediterranean Award on behalf of her family at a ceremony on 3 September in Naples.

The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, handed over this prestigious acknowledgement to Minister Hoshiyama Takashi who expressed his gratitude as receiving such an outstanding honour on behalf of the family.

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THE TOTEM FOR PEACE BY MARIO MOLINARI IN JAPAN

Roma | 28 September 2012
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2012

At a meeting with Minister Hoshiyama Takashi at the Japanese Embassy in Italy, President Michele Capasso suggested erecting the “Totem for Peace” in one of Japan’s martyred cities: Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

In the coming weeks, decisions will be taken about the building of this monument work by Mario Molinari.

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MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

Roma | 28 September 2012
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2012

President Michele Capasso had a brief meeting with Bill Clinton to whom he handed over the nomination for the Mediterranean Award for diplomacy, which has been conferred upon his wife, Hillary.

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