Coronavirus; Sereni, global alliance for drugs and vaccine, and Coalition for Food to prevent a health crisis from adding to a food crisis

Vice Minister Marina Sereni participated today, by videoconference, in the ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism, organized by the Foreign Ministers of France, Jean Yves Le Drian and Germany, Heiko Maas, to discuss the need for a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to strengthen the work of the United Nations and the World […]

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Minister Di Maio by video conference to the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on trade

On 16 April 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated by videoconference to the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on trade.

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Signature of the agreement between the Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Council for Agricultural Research.

On 3rd April, the Director General of Development Cooperation, Ambassador Giorgio Marrapodi, and the extraordinary Commissioner of the Council for Agricultural Research (CREA), Gian Luca Calvi, signed (digitally) a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the DGDC and the National Public Research and Experimentation Agency, also in view of the definition of […]

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Hearing of Minister Di Maio at the Commissions for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of deputies and Senate

At 4:00 p.m., the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate will hold a videoconference hearing of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, on issues of competence in the management of the epidemiological emergency at Covid 19.

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell

On 16 April 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

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Nota informativa – Videoconference “Alliance for Multilateralism” Vice Minister Sereni (Farnesina, 16th April 2020)

Today, on Thursday 16 April, at 3.30 pm, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Marina Sereni will hold a press conference at the end of the Alliance for Multilateralism ministerial meeting, organised by the Foreign Ministries of France and Germany to discuss the need to strengthen global health governance and to commit to […]

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Tirana: initiative to donate blood at the Embassy

Yesterday the Italian Embassy in Tirana organized a blood donation day, in agreement with the Albanian Ministry of Health and the Municipality of Tirana, which was also attended by President Ilir Meta and the Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj. An initiative of closeness to the population appreciated by President Meta who thanked Ambassador Fabrizio Bucci […]

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Stockholm: the days of quarantine, a jazz diary

JazzHome”: Jazz doesn’t go into quarantine. Il diario di una musista jazz nei giorni di isolamento in Italia” (The diary of a jazz musician in the days of isolation in Italy) is the new project addressed to quarantined artists of the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm: a serial story by Cecilia Sanchietti, Italian composer, drummer […]

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COVID-19 – Del Re: Italy contributes to UN global response

    Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated in a videoconference with major donor countries. The video conference was convened by the Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Aid Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, and the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Mike Ryan. The meeting provided an update on the activities carried out by […]

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Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. COVID-19 – Del Re: Italy contributes to UN global response

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated in a videoconference with major donor countries. The video conference was convened by the Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Aid Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, and the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Mike Ryan. The meeting provided an update on the activities carried out by the United […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres

On 15 April 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres.

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Western Balkans and COVID-19 emergency

Today Italy hosted a video-conference between Kosovar and Serbian Ministers of Health, Arben Vitia and Zlatibor Lončar, focused on the COVID-19 emergency. The two sides exchanged views on the situation on the ground and discussed actions to tackle the pandemic. The discussion, which was attended by KFOR as well, underlined the importance to cooperate in […]

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