Moavero: The Diciotti Coast Guard boat has rescued 200 people, the problem is Europe (Il Sussidiario.net)

On the issue Coast Guard vessel Diciotti, Salvini won’t take no as an answer. After his clash with Fico obliged him to disembark the minors, the Interior Minister did not consent to allow the adults disembark. Yesterday Salvini said: “Not one more person is going to disembark in Italy unless Europe wakes up and does […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Rimini to attend the 39th edition of the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo  Moavero Milanesi, together with the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, and Giorgio Vittadini, the President of the Foundation for Subsidiarity, will speak at the thematic session dedicated to “Italy, Europe, Development” at the 39th edition of the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples. The session […]

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​INFORMATION NOTICE – 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA – 18-27 September 2018)

​We hereby inform that the United Nations website http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/unga.shtml provides information on media accreditation needed to follow the proceedings of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly  (UNGA – 18-27 September 2018) in New York.   In particular, please be informed that journalists, photographers and TV crews without UN accreditation should register with the United Nations Organization by and no later than 5 September […]

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Ethiopia, the Foreign Ministry allocates 500,000 euros for assistance to displaced persons

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has allocated a 500,000-euro financial contribution to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the regions of Gedeo and West Guji, in Ethiopia. The contribution will mainly be used to provide emergency shelters as well as relief material and support to mobile […]

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Durand de la Penne in Dakar, a minute’s silence for Genoa

A minute of silence was observed on board of the Italian destroyer ‘Luigi Durand de la Penne’ in memory of the victims of the bridge collapse in Genoa. The destroyer arrived in the port of Dakar, the second stop in the 2018 training campaign for officers-in-training of the 2nd class of the Livorno Naval Academy, […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi on the information released following the telephone conversation between the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

“We agree with the statements made by President Macron and Chancellor Merkel in a recent telephone conversation as to the need for a coordinated European solution to the issue of combating human traffickers, receiving the people entitled to asylum in the EU and, more in general, of meeting the challenge of migration. This position corresponds […]

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The case of the “Diciotti” patrol vessel

In relation to the case of the “Diciotti” patrol vessel, which is currently anchored offshore the island of Lampedusa with 177 persons rescued from a boat in distress that had launched an SOS, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially invested the European Commission with the task of finding a solution in line with the […]

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Undersecretary Picchi holds a telephone conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko​

Undersecretary of State Guglielmo Picchi today had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Grushko, in which he asked to be reassured on the present condition and treatment of Oleg Sentsov, who is at the centre of Italian and international attention. During the telephone call, Deputy Foreign […]

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Message by Minister Moavero Milanesi on the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa

“I wish to express my own and the whole Foreign Ministry’s grieved closeness with the families of the victims and the people injured in the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa and with the many residents obliged to leave their homes. We stand by the whole city. The tragedy has also deeply shaken the […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 14 August: latest news from the world

Norway: the Prime Miniser renews her commitment to develop aquaculture Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, recently renewed her commitment to continue developing the aquaculture industry to provide the Country with higher value-added resources while maintaining environmental impact low. In perspective, many economists estimate that, on the medium term, the production of fish products will replace […]

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The ‘Festa do Cinema italiano’ hosted in 12 Brazilian cities

This year, the ‘8 e 1/2 Festa do Cinema italiano’, the now traditional Italian film festival held in Brazil in the first week of August and named after the famous film directed by Federico Fellini, featured more than 300 screenings in 12 Brazilian cities, including the best of this year’s Italian film production. The film […]

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Moavero: Make Euro great again (Il Foglio)

From Turkey to the Euro. From Europe to the budget bill. From immigration to the Fiscal Compact. From European elections to the sensitive issue of the reliability of a country like Italy. Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero is very well acquainted with the positions of Il Foglio on the ‘Government of Change’ and is also very familiar […]

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