Media Freedom Coalition on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Every year many journalists and media workers get killed simply for covering the news and sharing information with a wider audience.  Today, on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we pay tribute to all journalists and media workers who have been targets of intimidation, violence or arbitrary detention have even been […]

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Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the second edition of the Ecam summit

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, spoke at the opening of the second edition of the Ecam summit. The Minister recalled that multilateralism is at the heart of Italy’s G20 Presidency and co-presidency with the United Kingdom of COP26, as it is essential for the global health response to Covid-19 […]

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Agreement between the European Commission and the US Administration on duties on steel and aluminium imports from EU countries

The European Commission and the US Administration announced that they have now reached an agreement to jointly address the issue related to the duties on imports of steel and aluminium from EU countries, applied by the United States under the so-called Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, which had started from March 2018. On […]

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Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergej Lavrov

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergej Lavrov. The situation in Libya and Afghanistan, and the state of bilateral relations were the central topics of the meeting. With reference to Libya, […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio met the Secretary for Foreign Relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubòn

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met the Secretary for Foreign Relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubòn. This meeting follows the bilateral meeting, which was held last June in Bari-Matera, on the sidelines of the Foreign-Cooperation Ministerial G20 meeting. First of all, the Minister expressed his satisfaction […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets with South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with his South African counterpart, Naledi Mandisa Pandor.

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Minister Di Maio’s meeting with the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Carlos Alberto Franco França

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit , Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio met Foreign Minister of Brazil Carlos Alberto Franco França. Minister Di Maio recalled the contribution provided by the Italian large community to the development of Brazil, the main Italian trading partner in Latin America, and called for a strengthening of the economic […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

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Note by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Meeting of Minister Di Maio with US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken

Today, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. This second meeting in less than a month between the two Ministers testifies to the solidity of the bilateral relations and close coordination between Italy and the United States […]

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Note by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Meeting of Minister Di Maio with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, Wang Yi

Today, on the eve of the G20 Summit, Minister Di Maio met the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Chinese delegation, Wang Yi. They discussed the progress of bilateral relations and addressed several multilateral and regional issues.   While noting the positive trend in bilateral trade and Italian exports to China, which had grown by […]

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Panama: signature of executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement

Last Monday, October 25, a ceremony was held in Panama City to sign two new executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement in force since 2007 between Italy and Panama. The protocols address the restoration sector’s theoretical and practical training activities, one of the most representative fields of Italian excellence worldwide. In the […]

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Space: Milan will host the IAC 2024 congress

Milan will be hosting the 2024 IAC (International Astronautical Congress), the 75th edition of the most important world event in the space sector. This was announced by the committee that promoted Milan as the candidate, and consisting of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (representing the academic world), and […]

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