Civil Protection training delivered to “Psids” Officials

This morning, the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Globalisation, Luca Sabbatucci, and the Director of the Civil Protection Department, Agostino Miozzo, opened the training week that Italy offers at the Farnesina to a delegation of high-level officials from Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), in which to exchange experiences and best practices in the area […]

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Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles on behalf of the EU on the recent protests in Iran

Over the past weeks, many people all across Iran have exercised their fundamental right to assemble and expressed their economic grievances. A growing body of evidence indicates that despite repeated calls for restraint, the Iranian security forces’ disproportionate response to recent demonstrations has led to high numbers of deaths and injuries. For the European Union […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 09 December: latest news from the world

National energy plan released in Greece In recent days, the Greek government approved a national energy plan aimed at considerably reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, diversifying the sources of energy supplies (over 65% of total energy consumption in Greece now comes from gas and oil imports) and focusing on renewable energy sources to an […]

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International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: Italy makes an open pledge

At the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent that opens today in Geneva, Italy – which has always been sensitive to the needs of the most vulnerable groups of people in armed conflicts – made an open pledge to take all the necessary steps to assure that children may live safely […]

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Ankara: auction of works of art for Venice

An auction of Turkish and foreign artists was held to contribute to mending the damage suffered by Venice in the extraordinary ‘acqua alta’ phenomenon of last November. The “Supporting Art in the City of Arts” initiative has been organised in Ankara under the patronage of the Italian Embassy. The event will take place at the […]

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Niamey: Italian fashionwear and Nigerien accessories at Fashion Week

Italian fashionwear, coordinated with accessories made by the women of Niger, walked the runway at the 4th edition of the Niamey Fashion Week. The event was organised by the Italian Embassy in Niger as part of the activities to promote Brand Italy. “For us, to show Italian and Nigerien fashion creations on a catwalk represents […]

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The Foreign Ministry provides two new allocations for refugees in Niger and Ethiopia

The Foreign Ministry has provided two new allocations from the Africa Fund: a first 800,000-euro contribution was allocated to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the aim of building the capacity of the judicial Authorities of Niger in combating human trafficking and enhancing the judicial cooperation with Italy. Niger is at […]

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The Foreign Ministry provides two new allocations for refugees in Niger and Ethiopia

  The Foreign Ministry has provided two new allocations from the Africa Fund: a first 800,000-euro contribution was allocated to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the aim of building the capacity of the judicial Authorities of Niger in combating human trafficking and enhancing the judicial cooperation with Italy. Niger is […]

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Minister Di Maio at the EU Foreign Affairs Council

Minister Di Maio is in Brussels today to attend the European Union Foreign Affairs Council. In preparing for the upcoming EU-AU ministerial and summit meetings, the topics on the agenda will include EU-AU Relations and the promotion and protection of human rights in the world. For more information, please consult the European Council website at: […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar

On the fringes of the MED  Dialogues Conference, Minister Luigi Di Maio met with the Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The meeting focused on the international geopolitical situation. Satisfaction was expressed on both sides for the level of trade flows and on the shared will to work on new areas of development holding a great […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan, Kenji Wakamiya

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio met with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan, Kenji Wakamiya. The meeting reaffirmed the consolidated political dialogue that exists between Italy and Japan and the new opportunities offered by the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

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Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano meets Algerian Foreign Minister​

​Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano met with Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum on the sidelines of the MED 2019: the topics they discussed included cooperation on migration, economics and trade, and energy. They confirmed their shared commitment to stabilizing the region.

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