Minister Tajani commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Nice massacre
On the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack in Nice on July 14, 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, paid tribute to the 86 victims of the massacre, remembering in particular the five Italian citizens – Mario Casati, Maria Grazia Ascoli, Angelo D’Agostino, Gianna Muset, and Carla Gaveglio – and […]
Read moreMinister Tajani at the event “Moto d’Italia – Cultura oltre la pista”
Today, Tuesday, July 14, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will take part in the event organized at the Foreign Ministry “Moto d’Italia – Culture oltre la pista”, a sports diplomacy initiative dedicated to promoting motorcycling as an expression of Italian industrial, technological, sporting, and cultural excellence and a tool for promoting the country’s economic system internationally. […]
Read moreTajani in Brussels and Paris for the EU Foreign Affairs Council, the anti-ballistic missile summit, and the Coalition of the Willing
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will be in Brussels today for the EU Foreign Affairs Council and will then travel to Paris to participate – on behalf of the Prime Minister – in the Summits of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition and the Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine. The Council’s works will focus primarily on the […]
Read moreTajani’s letter of condolence on the passing of the Father Emir of Qatar
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani today sent a letter to the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, to express the Italian Government’s condolences on the passing of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir of Qatar. While offering his deepest condolences to the Al Thani family […]
Read moreEPP Foreign Ministers Met in Rome This Evening
The Foreign Ministers of the European People’s Party (EPP), chaired by Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the EPP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, and David McAllister, Chair of the AFET Committee of the European Parliament, met this evening in Rome to prepare the agenda for the next EU […]
Read moreTajani pays tribute to magistrate Vittorio Occorsio on the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, pays tribute to the magistrate Vittorio Occorsio today, on the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination by the hand of neo-fascist terrorists. ‘Fifty years after the brutal assassination of Vittorio Occorsio, we pay tribute to a public civil servant who defended the values of the rule of law and […]
Read moreMinisterial meeting of the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ group begins today
The ministerial meeting of the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ group and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Balkan countries, chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, is taking place this morning at Villa Madama. The group comprises seven EU Member States (Italy, Austria, Croatia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) which […]
Read moreTajani chairs the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ ministerial meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani chairs today’s ministerial meeting of the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ group and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Balkan countries. The group comprises seven EU Member States (Italy, Austria, Croatia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) which are working together to support the accession of the […]
Read moreSummoning of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Italy. Expulsion of two military attachés
On the instructions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia, summoned the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Italy, Aleksej Paramonov, today to express the Italian Government’s strongest protest following the illegal activities carried out by two officials with diplomatic status at the […]
Read moreTajani at the meeting of NATO and Ukrainian Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Details were also provided regarding the security operation that identified Russian agents in Italy
Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani attended the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Ankara and, together with Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, convened a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the E5 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom), along with Turkey and the EU. At […]
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