Saint Helena Island, official visit of Consul Mignacca

From 24 to 27 January, Giulio Mignacca, the Consul of Italy in Cape Town, visited Saint Helena, marking the first visit of an Italian diplomatic representative to the island. Saint Helena, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, is a British Overseas Territory of extraordinary historical, cultural, and environmental significance. The island falls under the consular jurisdiction of the Consulate of […]

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Italy Contributes Nearly €1 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Ternopil Region

Italy has allocated nearly €900,000 to enhance cyber resilience in the Ukraine’s Ternopil region. The projects will be implemented under the Tallinn Mechanism, an international initiative aimed to help Ukraine counter cyber threats. An additional €100,000 has been earmarked to support the Tallinn Mechanism Project Office (TMPO) based in Kyiv. In total, Italy’s contribution to […]

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Export Plan. EUR 120 million approved to support the internationalisation of 218 companies

The Subsidies Committee, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, today approved 223 concessional loans managed by SIMEST, amounting to EUR 120 million, aimed at supporting internationalisation projects of 218 Italian companies engaged in investments in digital and green transition, participation programmes in trade fairs and events, entry into new markets, the […]

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Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Rome Process on Development and Immigration at the Foreign Ministry

As part of the follow-up to the Conference on Development and Immigration, chaired in Rome in July 2023 by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the Steering Committee of the Rome Process met today to examine and adopt 13 projects selected by the three Working Groups dedicated to immigration and security, economy and development, as well as […]

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Helsinki, Night of Science

Italy participated in the event “Night of Science” held in Helsinki on January 22. The protagonist was Professor Vincenzo Cerullo, Professor of Biological Drug Development and Head of the Drug Research Program at the University of Helsinki, as well as founder of the ImmunoViroTherapy research laboratory. “Cancer Vaccine: A Finnish-Italian Initiative” was the theme of […]

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Export: Tajani presents the 2026 Trade Fair Calendar

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani opened the event “Promoting Italian Exports Worldwide. Trade Fair Calendar and Actions of the Italian System for 2026” on 27 January at the Ministry of Foreing Affairs. The event focuses on the role of international trade fairs in promoting Made in Italy products abroad. It represented a concrete follow-up to the […]

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Message from Minister Tajani on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, on the Holocaust Remembrance Day we pay tribute to the victims of the Shoah and honor the survivors, to ensure that the horror of the Holocaust never returns. Remembrance is not a formal ritual. It is a collective responsibility towards the future. […]

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Tajani Chaired Crisis Unit Meeting on the Situation in Iran

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani chaired a new operational meeting of the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit – after the one convened on January 14 – to take stock of the situation in Iran following the protests that have affected the country. The meeting was attended by the Italian Ambassadors to Iran, Israel, and the United States, […]

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Tajani summons Israeli Ambassador after two Carabinieri officers were threatened at gunpoint

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has requested to summon the Israeli Ambassador to Italy to seek clarification and reaffirm the strong protest regarding yesterday’s incident involving two Carabinieri officers serving at Italy’s Consulate General in Jerusalem. The two officers were stopped in Palestinian territory, near Ramallah, probably by a “settler” under the threat of an automatic […]

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Confirmatory Referendum of March 22-23, 2026 – Option for voters temporarily abroad

By Decree of the President of the Republic of January 13, 2026, published in the Official Journal of January 14, 2026, the date of March 22 and 23, 2026, was set for holding the referendum pursuant to Article 138 of the Constitution to amend some articles of the Constitution (so-called “Justice Reform”). Voters residing in […]

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The Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv protests with the Israeli Government after two Carabinieri officers were threatened by an armed settler in the West Bank

The Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv has lodged a formal Note Verbale of protest with the Israeli Government regarding the incident involving two Carabinieri officers serving at Italy’s Consulate General in Jerusalem. Upon the instructions of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the Italian Ambassador to Tel Aviv is filing protests with various Israeli authorities, announcing […]

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Minister Tajani receives Ambassador Cornado at the Foreign Ministry today

In agreement with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, on Saturday, January 24, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani recalled the Italian Ambassador to Switzerland, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, to Rome for consultations. Minister Tajani will receive the Ambassador this afternoon to agree on the actions to be taken following the Swiss court’s decision to order the release of the […]

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