Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the new US Secretary of State Blinken

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation today with the new US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. During the conversation, the two Ministers reported excellent bilateral relations, focusing on the key issues of common interest, including Libya, NATO cooperation, the fight against terrorism, the Navalny case, and […]

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Sciascia; Sereni, the Foreign Ministry is committed to promoting his work abroad

“Sciascia was committed to writing as a strong endeavour for truth and for justice.” Said the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, at the inaugural event of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia (2021-2023). “For him – Ms. Sereni continued – writing meant denouncing and demystifying, […]

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Del Re: Italy at the forefront for a global response to COVID

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with the Executive Director of the Global Fund, Peter Sands. The Global Fund, established at the instigation of the Italian Presidency of the G8 in 2001, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, as one of the actors involved […]

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Del Re. Italy at the forefront for a global multilateral response to COVID-19

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with the Executive Director of the Global Fund, Peter Sands. The Global Fund, established at the instigation of the Italian Presidency of the G8 in 2001, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, as one of the actors involved […]

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Sciascia: Sereni, the Foreign Ministry is committed to promoting the work of this world-renowned author abroad

“Sciascia was committed to writing as a strong endeavour for truth and for justice.” Said the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, at the inaugural event of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia (2021-2023). “For him – Ms. Sereni continued – writing meant denouncing and demystifying, […]

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Join-IT, the Foreign Ministry portal for job applications for International Organisations, is now online

“Join-IT”, the portal set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is now online on the Foreign Ministry website, for anyone wishing to submit a job application for a position in any International Organisation. Portal users can explore job vacancies at International Organizations and interactively use the search results to consult the […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 27 January: breaking news from around the world

NORWAY – ITALY’S NOVAMONT (BIOPLASTICS) ACQUIRES THE NORWEGIAN BIOBAG Novamont SpA, a world leader in producing bioplastics and developing by-products by means of chemical, environmental, and agricultural integration, has announced the acquisition of the BioBag Group, a leading Norwegian Company in low impact solutions for the packaging sectors, and for separate collection of biowaste. This […]

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Vice Minister Del Re: Italy’s presence in Africa has increased

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the “Beyond the Mediterranean – a strategic perspective for cooperation between Italy and Africa” Webinar, organised by the Think Tank Agenda and the Treccani Italian Encyclopaedia Institute. The Vice Minister began by highlighting the contents of the “Partnership with Africa”, the public […]

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Vice Minister Del Re: Italy’s presence in Africa has increased in recent years

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the “Beyond the Mediterranean – a strategic perspective for cooperation between Italy and Africa” Webinar, organised by the Think Tank Agenda and the Treccani Italian Encyclopaedia Institute. The Vice Minister began by highlighting the contents of the “Partnership with Africa”, the public […]

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Foreign Minister Di Maio’s letter for the celebrations of the Day of Remembrance

Seventy-six years ago, on January 27, 1945, the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camps were opened. On this symbolic date, on which the most abject of the tragedies of history gave way to the spark of hope, we keep the memory of the Shoah alive, joining the Jewish communities in Italy and around […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on arrest and detention of Alexey Navalny

The Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, US and the EU have issued a statement condemning the arrest and detention of Alexey Navalny. “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, […]

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UN: Sereni, strengthen peacebuilding activities during the pandemic

“As Secretary-General Guterres recently said, ‘The pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our world’. Keeping violence in conflict under control has become more difficult everywhere. As a result, the importance of UN peacebuilding activities has increased considerably. This the statement of Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the UN Peacebuilding Fund Refinancing Conference. “Crisis […]

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