Export Authorisation – Personal Protective Equipment

Please note that pursuant to Regulation (EU) no. 568 of 23 April 2020, in view of the protracted epidemiological crisis and the need to ensure the European Union the availability of personal protective equipment referred to in Annex 1 of the aforementioned Regulation, the export of the same to non-EU countries will continue to be […]

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Sereni: “Italian foreign policy at the time of the Coronavirus”” (formiche.net)

Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pd political party: “We need to review the industrial strategy with national security in mind. We must pay attention to certain stories.” “”We are living a peculiar situation; we pass form hours of total frenzy,  consider, for example, the difficulties in organising the return of Italians […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches the campaign #WeAreItaly

The campaign #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote the most creative and vital Italy in the world in the days of the Coronavirus has just started.  Andrea Bocelli, Uto Ughi, Tiziano Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Ada Montellanico, Nek, Andrea Griminelli, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and many others have joined the initiative […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches the campaign #WeAreItaly

The campaign #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote the most creative and vital Italy in the world in the days of the Coronavirus has just started.  Andrea Bocelli, Uto Ughi, Tiziano Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Ada Montellanico, Nek, Andrea Griminelli, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and many others have joined the initiative […]

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Civil Protection: it is possible to go and pick up those who come back from abroad

The full text of the information that has appeared on the issue of reception to those returning from abroad is given below Coronavirus: it is possible to go and pick up those returning from abroad      It will be possible to go and pick up people returning to Italy from abroad at airports, ports or stations. […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the American US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo

On 19 March 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the American US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo.

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas

On 19 March 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas.

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Participation in the conference call dedicated to the COVID 19 emergency organized by the Croatian Presidency

On 19 March 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated in the conference call dedicated to the COVID 19 emergency organized by the Croatian Presidency.

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COVID-19 Emergency: Information from Embassies and Consulates

Please find below a list of webpages dedicated to COVID-19 emergency that the diplomatic and consular network has published on their websites. The list is not complete: all Embassies and Consulates websites are available here. These webpages give useful information about connections to Italy, local regulations and activities to facilitate repatriation. Before contacting the Foreign […]

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Warsaw: Presidential Palace illuminated with tricolour flag

Poland is closing in on Italy and as a sign of solidarity illuminates the Presidential Palace in Warsaw with the tricolour flag. On the initiative of the Polish Embassy in Rome, to give a sign of closeness to Italy, which “is facing a very tough test in the fight against coronavirus epidemic” – emphasizes the […]

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Del Re: “Those loving us are the most suffering” (Avvenire)

Dear Director, Videos of African children smiling and inciting Italy to hold on are circulating on the web. Our country, they say, has experienced hard moments in history but has always overcome them. I have republished the video myself, thanking them. Many Syrian refugees I’ve known since I worked in the refugee camps, write me […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the UKrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuleba Dmytro

On 18 March 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the UKrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuleba Dmytro.

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