Deputy Minister Scalfarotto with Spanish Secretary of State. A convergence of opinions on international trade

The meeting between Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto and the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Xiana Méndez Bértolo, took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, the main international trade issues of the two countries were discussed. “Italy and Spain have a special relationship and very similar visions within the European […]

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Minister Di Maio’s participation in the meeting “No One is Saved Alone. Peace and Fraternity”

On October 20,  2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, attended the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace “No One is Saved Alone –  Peace and Fraternity”.              

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“Una storia importante. Settant’anni di immigrazione italiana in Belgio e oltre” (An important story. Seventy years of Italian immigration in Belgium and beyond). The Directorate General for Italians Citizens Abroad and the Com.It.Es. in Brussels give voice to one of the most significant stories of Italian emigration

The comic strip “Una storia importante. Settant’anni di immigrazione italiana in Belgio e oltre ” is an unpublished work that tells the story of Italian emigration to Belgium. Created by the artist Antonio Cossu, a Belgian cartoonist of Sardinian origin and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tournai, these strips tell the difficulties but […]

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Libya

Italy welcomes the start in Geneva of the fourth round of negotiations of the Joint Military Commission (JMC 5 + 5) which, under the mediation of the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General, Stephanie Williams, gathers for the first time the delegations of the two sides with a view to reaching an agreement for […]

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Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Nagorno Karabakh

Italy welcomes the renewed humanitarian truce agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend with the mediation of France in its capacity as co-chair of the Minsk Group and calls on the parties to respect their commitments, putting an end to any breach of the agreement. We express our condolences for the many civilian casualties. […]

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17th Italy-Spain Forum for Dialogue

On October 20, 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, spoke at the 17th Italy-Spain Forum for Dialogue. The Italy-Spain Forum for Dialogue brings together, alternatively in Spain and Italy, high-level representatives from the political, academic, business, economic and communication sectors. The initiative relies on the support of both countries’ governments, which […]

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Minister Di Maio participated in the opening event of the 20th Italian Language Week in the World

On October 19, 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated in the opening event of the 20th World Italian Language Week.

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 19th October: latest news from the world

BRAZIL – Enel X wins two public lighting services concession tenders A consortium formed by the companies Enel X Brazil, Mobit and Selt Ingegneria has been awarded the contract for the provision of public lighting services in the city of Macapá, capital of the state of Amapá, in northern Brazil. It will be responsible for […]

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VM Del Re at meeting on Mali: support for political transition

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated, in VTC, in the 2nd Informal Dialogue on Mali chaired by the Spanish Secretary of State, Cristina Gallach, with some of her European counterparts. The meeting followed the one chaired on 11th September by VM Del Re herself. “Italy hopes for a successful political transition in Mali” – the […]

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DM Scalfarotto meets President of the Slovenian National Assembly Zorčič

Today Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto received at the Foreign Ministry the President of the Slovenian National Assembly, Igor Zorčič, accompanied by the Hon. Felice Žiža, elected Member to the Slovenian Parliament by the Italian minority. While expressing his satisfaction for the intensification of the dialogue at governmental level between Italy and Slovenia, the Deputy Minister […]

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VM Del Re at European meeting on Mali: support for political transition

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated, in VTC, in the 2nd Informal Dialogue on Mali chaired by the Spanish Secretary of State, Cristina Gallach, with some of her European counterparts. The meeting followed the one chaired on 11th September by VM Del Re herself. “Italy hopes for a successful political transition in Mali” – the […]

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Deputy Minister Scalfarotto meets the President of the Slovenian National Assembly, Igor Zorčič

Today Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto received at the Foreign Ministry the President of the Slovenian National Assembly, Igor Zorčič, accompanied by the Hon. Felice Žiža, elected Member to the Slovenian Parliament by the Italian minority. While expressing his satisfaction for the intensification of the dialogue at governmental level between Italy and Slovenia, the Deputy Minister […]

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