Announcement of Milan candidacy to the seat of the UPC

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, expressed his satisfaction for the results of today’s meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepComm) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which met today by videoconference to discuss the effects of UK leaving the EU on the Agreement establishing the Court. During the meeting, Italy announced its intention […]

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VM Del Re: Italy promotes a coordinated global response to the pandemic

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re attended the first meeting of the newly established “Facilitation Council” of the Accelerator ACT – Access to COVID-19 Tools, convened by the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen and the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom. The ACT Accelerator is the structured international […]

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Ms Del Re. Italy G20 Presidency: focus on fighting a pandemic in developing countries

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, to take stock of the agenda of the Italian Presidency G20 in 2021 on development cooperation. Space was also devoted to the theme of relations between the European Union and Africa. “In these complex times, international cooperation […]

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Ms Del Re. Italy G20 Presidency: focus on fighting a pandemic in developing countries

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, to take stock of the agenda of the Italian Presidency G20 in 2021 on development cooperation. Space was also devoted to the theme of relations between the European Union and Africa. “In these complex times, international cooperation […]

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Osce, Ms Sereni: Italian commitment to fight corruption

Vice Minister Marina Sereni gave a keynote speech at the opening session of the Prague Economic and Environmental Forum, the main event of the second dimension of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), dedicated this year to the fight against corruption, under the title “Promoting security, stability and economic growth in the […]

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Osce, Ms Sereni confirms Italy’s priority commitment in the fight against corruption

Vice Minister Marina Sereni gave a keynote speech at the opening session of the Prague Economic and Environmental Forum, the main event of the second dimension of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), dedicated this year to the fight against corruption, under the title “Promoting security, stability and economic growth in the […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, today had a telephone conversation with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. At the centre of the talks were the situation in the Middle East, particularly in Libya, and the bilateral relations.  

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Di Maio at the Rome stage of the Pact for Export Roadshow

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio took part in the Rome stage of the Roadshow to present the Pact for Export, dedicated to the ambitious six-pillar strategy dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises to relaunch exports and Made in Italy in the world. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte […]

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Minister Di Maio at the presentation of the SACE Report

Minister Di Maio took part today in the presentation of the 2020 edition of SACE’s Export Report, entitled “Open (again) – A new start for exports”.

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Poisoning of Alexei 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, are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the confirmed poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Germany has […]

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Scalfarotto: the detention of Maria Kolesnikova is unacceptable

“The detention of Maria Kolesnikova, expulsions, unjustified arrests and persecution of Belarusian opposition members and peaceful protesters are unacceptable and incompatible with the values of freedom and democracy shared by all the European countries,” said Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto. “I appeal to the Belarusian authorities asking them to immediately release María Kolesnikova and all those detained […]

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Scalfarotto: the detention of Maria Kolesnikova is unacceptable

“The detention of Maria Kolesnikova, expulsions, unjustified arrests and persecution of Belarusian opposition members and peaceful protesters are unacceptable and incompatible with the values of freedom and democracy shared by all the European countries,” said Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto. “I appeal to the Belarusian authorities asking them to immediately release María Kolesnikova and all those detained […]

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