Foreign Ministry commitment for Italians abroad

Text and graphics updated to 26.03.2020   The Foreign Ministry is at the forefront to support Italians abroad, through the Crisis Unit, Italian Embassies and Consulates around the world. Constantly together with the Authorities of foreign countries, we work to identify means and routes in order to repatriate all those willing to return. The whole […]

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Di Maio: “The masks will arrive. Even diplomacy saves lives” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

No doubt about the line, quite the opposite: “We have allies, like the United States. And then we have invested in friendship with China and Russia, and we have done well given the help they are giving us. Diplomacy saves lives”. While grappling with masks and lung ventilators to be found (“our ambassadors around the […]

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Di Stefano«When this emergency is over, we need to reconsider the workings of the EU» (IL DUBBIO)

Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and member of the 5-Star Movement is convinced that nothing will be the same after this Pandemic, beginning with the European Union. Italy is receiving aid from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, all countries that until recently were considered illiberal, at best, by the public opinion. Has anything changed […]

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Belgrade: let’s read Dante on social media

On the occasion of #Dantedì, the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, that is scheduled for March 25th, the Italian Culture Institute in Belgrade has organised a reading of Dante’s triplets promoted on its social platforms (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). The invitation is to record a video while you read the verses of the “Divine […]

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Di Maio: “Here’s 100 million masks from abroad.” (il Fatto Quotidiano)

This is the new 100 Quota: one hundred million masks per month to deal with the Coronavirus emergency. “We have signed a contract for 100 million masks: from Wednesday, doctors will begin to arrive, surgery – said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio -. There will be six million, then twenty every week. The Ministry of […]

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Ms. Del Re thanks the men and women of the Italian Cooperation Services

Dear Everyone, we are all strongly committed to overcoming this unprecedented crisis for the entire world; the government, which is responsible for adopting the most appropriate measures for containing the contagion and reducing its adverse economic and social effects, and each citizen, who is responsible for strictly observing these measures. At such a critical time […]

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Stockholm: the Italian Cultural Institute launches “Valori in corso” (Values in progress)

The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm has launched the initiative “Valori in corso” (Values in progress) inspired to Decameron, a collection of stories written by Giovanni Boccaccio, who used as plot device to make the stories been told by seven women and three boys who took refuge in the countryside around Florence to escape from […]

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Del Re: “Global Commitment for Cooperators Abroad” (Avvenire magazine)

We are also working for international volunteers. We are doing so on several fronts, “so that all our compatriots who are not resident abroad can return to Italy, wherever there is a clear will or need to do it”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. The urgent need to think about evacuation plans for the […]

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Libya

Italy welcomes the decision of the Libyan Government of National Accord and of the Libyan National Army to accept a humanitarian truce aiming at countering possible Coronavirus spread in the country.  Now is the time for cooperation and mutual support, not the time for indiscriminate attacks causing innocent victims and terrorising the civilian population while […]

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Message of Minister Di Maio

“Doctors, nurses and social workers are currently suffering from a lack of protective equipment, especially masks. Such suffering is real not only for medical staff but also for our law enforcement and rescue forces, our military and the many entrepreneurs and workers in the factories. Dear servants of the State, I hope that these words […]

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The Palace of the Municipality of Kyiv lights up of Italy

The City of Kyiv and the Embassy of Italy join together in underlining the extraordinary commitment and the proximity between Ukraine and Italy in the enormous effort underway to deal with the health emergency, as evidenced by the Town Hall illuminated by the Italian flag as a sign of solidarity! We need initiatives like this […]

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Sereni: thanks to #WeAreItaly artists

“I want to thank all the artists and personalities from the world of culture who have joined #WeAreItaly – #staytunedonIT to support our country at this time. This was Marina Sereni’s statement, the Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of cultural promotion, about the campaign launched yesterday by the Foreign Ministry and addressed to the international […]

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