The Foreign Ministry continues to work to repatriate compatriots: so far more than 80,000 repatriations, 1,100 since yesterday

About 1,100 people returned to Italy between yesterday and today thanks to the support of the Foreign Ministry and its network, which has organised 16 special flights from the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain, Dominican Republic, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Somalia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, more than 80 thousand compatriots from 117 […]

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Scalfarotto at the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting

Undersecretary Scalfarotto attended today the extraordinary meeting of the G20 Trade Ministers, convened to discuss the response to the COVID 19 crisis, prepared by the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG). The initiative, promoted by the Saudi Presidency-in-Office, is aimed at identifying short and long-term collective initiatives, to alleviate the economic impact of the pandemic, […]

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Scalfarotto at the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting

Undersecretary Scalfarotto attended today the extraordinary meeting of the G20 Trade Ministers, convened to discuss the response to the COVID 19 crisis, prepared by the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG). The initiative, promoted by the Saudi Presidency-in-Office, is aimed at identifying short and long-term collective initiatives, to alleviate the economic impact of the pandemic, […]

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Sereni: new EU vision towards Southern Neighbourhood is needed

“Over the years, Italy has constantly stressed the need to pay attention to our Southern Neighbourhood. Now it is urgent and necessary to work together, as European Union, to outline a new and ambitious strategic vision”. This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the videoconference promoted by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha […]

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Sereni, we need a new EU strategic vision towards Southern Neighbourhood

“Over the years, Italy has constantly stressed the need to pay attention to our Southern Neighbourhood. Now it is urgent and necessary to work together, as European Union, to outline a new and ambitious strategic vision”. This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the videoconference promoted by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 14 May: latest news from the world

ISRAEL: ENEL WINS THE TENDER TO START A LABORATORY ON FINTECH AND CYBERSECURITY The consortium formed by Enel X (30%) and Mastercard (70%) has won the tender for the establishment of a new ‘Innovation Lab’ on fintech and cybersecurity, obtaining 13 million NIS funding (about 3.4 million euros) by the Israeli Government. The new centre, […]

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Hearing of Minister Di Maio before the Foreign Committees of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies

Hearing of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio before the Foreign Committees of the Senate and Chamber od Deputies on recent developments in Libya.  

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New York, meeting with Italians fighting Covid-19

An opportunity to debate with the Italian representatives of the medical-scientific community who are fighting against Coronavirus. It is the first event of the digital initiative #italiandigitaltownhall, dedicated to the Italians engaged in the front line against Covid-19 in New York. The meeting – promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in New York in […]

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Covid19, webinar on economy and energy by Med Dialogues

The impact of Covid19 pandemic on the economy and energy sector in the enlarged Mediterranean will be the focus of a virtual regional meeting organised by ISPI for tomorrow, 15th May. “Between Crises and Opportunities: The Pandemic’s Implications on the Economic and Energy Sectors in the Broader Mediterranean” falls within the framework of the State of […]

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The USA, six hundred companies at the MAECI (ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)/ICE (Italian Trade Agency) webinar

The Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio, together with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano, opened the webinar “Mercati in diretta, focus Stati Uniti (Live markets, the focus of the U.S.)”, organised by MAECI and ICE Agency in collaboration with the Embassy and ICE Office in New York. In the panel on the post-Covid U.S. […]

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The third meeting of the “International Follow-up Committee” on Libya

Minister Di Maio today attended the closing session of a meeting at senior official level (SOM) of the “International Follow-up Committee on Libya” (IFCL), an international working group dedicated to the Libyan crisis and born with the Berlin Conference in January. The video-teleconference meeting – led by the Director-General for Political Affairs of the Ministry […]

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Algeria; Sereni-Bladehane video call, full sync on Libya

Vice Minister Marina Sereni had a video call today with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Algeria, Rashid Bladehane. Recalling the excellent state of bilateral relations between Italy and Algeria, Sereni and Bladehane agreed on the importance of relaunching political, economic and security cooperation through the organization of high-level meetings between their […]

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