Foreign trade performance with non-EU countries in the first four months of 2025
According to data released by Istat on Italy’s foreign trade – currently available only for non-EU countries – in the first four months of 2025, Italy exported goods worth €101.5 billion, registering an increase of +1.9% compared to the same period in 2024. In the same timeframe, Italy imported goods worth almost €88 billion, marking […]
Read moreTajani with Metsola and Fitto at the Catholic University of Milan: Europe’s role and Italy’s future
Minister Antonio Tajani will travel today to Milan and Bergamo for a series of institutional engagements in the region. The Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Lombardy will begin with a discussion on Europe in the Aula Magna of the Catholic University of Milan. Minister Tajani will be interviewed by Corriere della Sera’s Editor-in-Chief, Luciano […]
Read moreIl Vice Ministro Cirielli riceve alla Farnesina il Vice Ministro degli Esteri della Georgia, George Zurabashvili
Il Vice Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Edmondo Cirielli, ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il suo omologo georgiano, George Zurabashvili, per un confronto sull’attuale stato delle relazioni bilaterali e sulle principali crisi internazionali. Il Vice Ministro ha ribadito come l’Italia continui a sostenere convintamente la necessità di un dialogo franco e costruttivo […]
Read moreMinister Tajani signs Memorandum of Understanding between MAECI and INPS to promote pension education for Italian citizens abroad
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, today signed at the Farnesina a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute for Social Security (INPS), represented by its President, Lawyer Gabriele Fava, to promote informational initiatives aimed at enhancing pension education among Italian citizens living abroad. This initiative forms part of a […]
Read moreRemaining 6 “Food for Gaza” trucks enter Gaza
Following the entry yesterday of the first 9 sample trucks funded by the Food for Gaza project and entrusted to the World Food Programme (WFP), the remaining 6 trucks have now also crossed into the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel. The trucks have been modified to serve as shuttle vehicles within […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Cirielli in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council in Development format
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part today in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Development format, held in Brussels and chaired by the High Representative, Kaja Kallas. On the agenda: urgent aid to Ukraine; preparations for the upcoming United Nations Summit on Financing for Development, which will […]
Read moreMeeting of the Like-Minded Cyber Deterrence Group
The annual meeting of the Like-Minded Cyber Deterrence Group took place in Rome on 22 and 23 May. It is an informal multilateral initiative started in 2019 and aimed at improving diplomatic cooperation and intelligence sharing to prevent harmful cyber activities and coordinate global responses. The event organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Unit for Technological […]
Read moreTripodi at the Madrid+ Group meeting on Gaza: “Immediate stop to military actions in Gaza; Italy supports Arab reconstruction plan”
As delegated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary Maria Tripodi took part in today’s “Madrid Group+” meeting. The member countries called for the implementation of the two-State solution, Israel and Palestine, as well as for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and access to humanitarian aid to […]
Read moreFirst Italian trucks of the “Food for Gaza” program enter the Gaza Strip. They are entrusted to the UN WFP
The first 9 of the 15 trucks financed by the Italian Government through the “Food for Gaza” program and donated to the UN WFP (World Food Program) entered the Gaza Strip today. Thanks to the collaboration with the WFP, the 9 trucks have now arrived on the Palestinian side of the Israeli Kerem Shalom crossing, […]
Read moreUndersecretary Silli in Ecuador for the inauguration of President Noboa
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, participated in Quito in the official inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa. The mission took place in a climate of great cordiality and confirmed the excellent state of relations between Italy and Ecuador, in the framework of […]
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