Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had a telephone conversation today with Swiss State Secretary Balzaretti about frontier workers.

The Undersecretary appreciated the measures adopted to limit production activities and to protect the health of employees in the Canton of Ticino. He also expressed the hope that similar initiatives could also be extended to Graubünden, where many Italian frontier workers are still active. Balzaretti confirmed that he was aware of this issue, which is […]

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Joint notice from the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation International

ITALY IS GRATEFUL FOR RUSSIAN AID, BUT ALSO RESPECTFUL OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OF THE NATIONAL PRESS In this challenging phase, Italy is receiving help and support from many countries, and it is evident the solidarity mechanism triggered by the international community. Our nation can only be grateful for this solidarity. Materials and capabilities from Russia […]

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

  On 3 April 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated by videoconference to the informal meeting of the Council of Foreign Affairs on the COVID-19 emergency.

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Hanoi: 88 thousand masks and sanitary material for Italy

A cargo of 88,000 masks and other medical equipment collected by institutions, associations, companies and individuals left Vietnam to express solidarity with Italy and provide real help at this difficult time. This support is a further proof of the friendship between two countries where the memory of Carlo Urbani, the Italian epidemiologist of the World […]

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COVID-19 – LATEST NEWS

Airport transits for connecting flights and transit on the National territory for foreign citizens.  For more information, please consult the updated FOCUS.

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Participation of Minister Di Maio by videoconference in the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting

Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio attends the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers by videoconference

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ItalyStayStrong: fundraising of the Italian Embassy in USA and Issnaf

The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Scientist and Scholars in North America Foundation (Issnaf) have launched the #ItalyStayStrong fundraising campaign through the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform. The money will be donated to three frontline medical and research centres fighting Coronavirus. The centres chosen are the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Ambassador of the United States of America to Rome, Lewis M. Eisenberg

On 31 March 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Rome, Lewis M. Eisenberg.

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Minister Luigi Di Maio participates in the Question Time session in the Italian Chamber of Deputies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will answer questions on the initiatives undertaken to support the Civil Protection and the Extraordinary Commissioner for Covid-19 Emergency in the procurement of medical equipment on the international market (Cabras–5 Star Movement) and on the significant economic aid given to foreign countries in the […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the Mediterranean, satisfaction with the new EU operation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the decision taken today by the Council of the European Union to launch the new European operation in the Mediterranean, called EUNAVFOR MED IRINI. Operation Irini will replace Operation Sophia, which expires on 31 March. Its main task the implementation of the UN arms embargo on Libya, wherever they […]

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Di Maio: “The EU has to let us spend everything we need to help Italians” (fanpage.it)

Francesco Piccinini, editor of Fanpage.it, has interviewed Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio in order to take stock of COVID emergency in Italy, particularly of the situation of the compatriots who were abroad when the contagion started, and of countering measures to implement aiming at facing the economic crisis we are going through: “In the […]

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Undersecretary Merlo: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues with the repatriation of the Italians

“The Italian government, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the front line and in collaboration with the various airlines, continues to work to fly Italians stranded abroad amid a coronavirus emergency home”. This was declared by the Undersecretary with responsibility for Italians abroad, Ricardo Merlo. “For example, a flight of the Italian airline NeosAir, […]

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