Di Stefano chairs the steering committee on Digital Geopolitics
Today, the interdepartmental steering committee on Digital Geopolitics held its first video conferencemeeting. Chaired by Deputy Minister Di Stefano, it was attended by the Minister for Innovation and Digitisation Paola Pisano and the Deputy Minister of Economic Development Mirella Liuzzi. Also present were representatives of the Department for European Policies, the Italian Competition and Markets […]
Read moreSereni: “Italy is working to end the death penalty”
Today, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, chaired a video conference meeting of the Task Force coordinating the Italian action in view of the UN vote on the new resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The meeting was attended by the Italian section of Amnesty International, the Community of Sant’Egidio and […]
Read moreDel Re: Africa growing quickly – it’s the time to invest
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re took part in the video conference opening the 4th edition of the Italy-Africa Business Week, along with the Madagascan Foreign Affairs Minister, Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba A. S. Oliva. The conference, under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was entitled “Rebranding Italy in Africa”. “More than 20 […]
Read moreDel Re at the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation
“Today the fourth annual session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, chaired by Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re was held, in a virtual format. During today’s session the Joint Committee adopted a package of initiatives worth over 50 million euros, of which about 29 million euros are earmarked for contributions to be made to […]
Read moreMediterranean, Sereni: a strategic priority for Italy and the EU
“The Mediterranean has always been a crossroads for different people and a cultural melting pot” said the Italian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, speaking by video conference at the 5th EU-Arab World Summit, promoted by the Delphi Economic Forum under the patronage of the Greek Government. “Today, the Mediterranean region – Ms. Sereni […]
Read moreScalfarotto: enlargement to the Balkans must be an EU priority
“Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto spoke by video conference at the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Berlin Process on the Western Balkans. At the centre of the Meeting, co-chaired by Bulgaria and North Macedonia, were the issues of connectivity and mobility within the region and with the European Union, the enhancement of young people, in […]
Read moreVirtual Summit between the President of the Council of Ministers Giuseppe Conte and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi
A virtual Summit was held yesterday November 6th between the President of the Council of Ministers Giuseppe Conte and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi. As a result of the Summit, a Joint Declaration and an Action Plan – which identifies the main areas of cooperation to strengthen the bilateral partnership, […]
Read moreDel Re meets with the Secretary of State of Portugal
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re met, in VTC, with Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal, to discuss relations between the EU and Africa and cooperation activities in that continent, in view of the forthcoming six months of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council that will kick off on 1 January. Secretary Ribeiro and Vice Minister Del Re highlighted the common interest of Italy and […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 4 November: latest news from around the world
NORWAY. Practical guide for Italian exporters of wine and spirits The new edition of the Practical Guide for exporting wine and spirits to Norway, prepared by our Embassy in Norway and by the Stockholm Office of the Italian Trade and Investments Agency (ICE), has been published and may now be downloaded, free of charge, […]
Read moreCouncil of Europe: Sereni – keep our guard up on human rights
Vice Minister Marina Sereni took part, by video conference, in the 130th Session of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. Italy will hold the Committee’s Presidency for the semester from November 2021 to May 2022. “The Council of Europe,” said Ms Sereni, “engages in a task that is not always immediately visible to its […]
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