Italian Economic Diplomacy 2 November: latest news from around the world

Italy – Bahrain relations at the heart of the “Invest in Italy” webinar to be held on 3 November Bahrain’s investments in Italy will be the focus of the webinar called “Invest in Italy”, which will be held on 3 November 2020. Sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Manama, in collaboration with the ICE Agency […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

“The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, held a meeting today, by video and tele-conferencing, with the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, Piyush Goyal. In their talks, the Ministers took stock of bilateral relations between the two countries, in view of the virtual summit between the President of the […]

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20th anniversary of UNSC Resolution on WPS

Italy reaffirms its unwavering commitment to promote women empowerment and gender equality, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which established the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. The Resolution, unanimously adopted on 31 October 2000, keeps intact its relevance and pioneering character, having encouraged a profound change of […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Italian exports see growth

In September 2020, for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, Italian exports to non-EU member countries increased once again by 3%, year-over-year, as certified yesterday by the office for national statistics ISTAT. The data regarding exports to some of our main outlet markets (outside the EU) were particularly outstanding: Italian exports to […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets with the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riad Malki

Minister Di Maio met with the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riad Malki. On the agenda: the peace process in the Middle East, bilateral relations between Italy and the Palestinian National Authority, the support of the Italian Cooperation to Palestine.  

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Meeting with the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, and the Apostolic Delegate, Msgr. Leopoldo Girelli

Minister Di Maio met today in Jerusalem with the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, and the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Leopoldo Girelli.  

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Mission of Minister Di Maio in Palestine

Today, Minister Di Maio will visit Palestine. During this mission he will meet with the Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, and the Foreign Minister, Riad Malki. Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riad Malki      

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Minister Luigi Di Maio has met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Italy welcomes the signing of the #AbrahamAccords  and continues to support the relaunch of the peace process, a milestone for a just, sustainable and lasting two-state solution.  

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Sereni, the ECHR calls for action to protect women and gender equality

“The European Convention on Human Rights represents a still unparalleled system aimed at protecting the human rights and political freedoms of more than 830 million people in 47 European countries and for this reason Italy is proud to have hosted the signing ceremony in Rome, seventy years ago” declared Marina Sereni, Italy’s Vice Minister for […]

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ECHR: Sereni, the Convention on Human Rights calls for action to protect women and gender equality

“The European Convention on Human Rights represents a still unparalleled system aimed at protecting the human rights and political freedoms of more than 830 million people in 47 European countries and for this reason Italy is proud to have hosted the signing ceremony in Rome, seventy years ago” declared Marina Sereni, Italy’s Vice Minister for […]

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Minister Di Maio meets President Reuven Rivlin

Minister Luigi Di Maio met today with the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin for a wide-ranging exchange of views on bilateral collaboration and regional issues. Israel is a strategic partner in the scientific field, also in the fight against COVID19. He re-iterated Italy’s commitment to counter anti-Semitism.  

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Minister Di Maio visits the Yad Vashem

Minister Luigi Di Maio visited the Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Centre, a memorial to both the Jewish victims who perished in the Holocaust and the Righteous among the Nations, Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews from extermination.  

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