Di Maio: We will close the borders to those who keep out the Italians (Corsera)
“We believe in the European spirit, but we are ready to close our borders to those who do not respect us”. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio thus responds to the closures of tourist flows announced by some countries. You said that if someone treats Italy like ‘a lazaret’ you will not remain silent. What did […]
Read moreDi Maio: “Tourism will start again soon.” (Corriere del Trentino)
The (temporal) borderline is set for 15 June, when other (physical) borders can be crossed “to restore tourist flows and help the northern regions, including Trentino and South Tyrol, which have suffered the most from the pandemic”. A restart together (“We are opposed to exclusive bilateral agreements”), but “with uniform rules so as not to […]
Read moreAfrica, Ms Del Re: “Strengthening the partnership with a future-oriented continent”. (Agency Nova)
Italy is committed to deepening its partnership with Africa, in the conviction that it is necessary to change an “absolutely anachronistic” narrative of a continent that is fully “projected into the future”. This was declared to “Agenzia Nova” by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, on the occasion of […]
Read moreDi Stefano: RELAUNCH ‘MADE IN ITALY’ EXPORT? IT IS DONE BY VIDEOCALL (L’Economia del Corriere della Sera)
Exports account for 32% of the Italian Gross Domestic Product. There is an urgent need to resume contacts, present products, services and data. Because “being in a market” also means being there personally, knowing it and guarding it. We are in the new era of remote presence: a virtual space opened by Covid-19 that imposes […]
Read moreDi Maio: “I intend to tour the EU to help relaunch the Italian tourist industry” (Il Messaggero)
Minister Di Maio, do you share the views expressed by the M5S Member of Parliament Riccardo Ricciardi on the failings of the health system in Lombardy? «I wish to stress that in the midst of a nationwide health emergency, and with a worrying economic crisis looming on the horizon, we need to pull together as […]
Read moreInterview of Minister Di Maio in Bild: “Come on holiday to Italy!”
“Original German version” published by Bild “Come on holiday to Italy!” Good news for all those who still consider Italy their favourite summer holidays’ destination. On the eve of the critical EU summit among Ministers of Tourism on ‘summer holidays at the time of the Coronavirus’, the Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in the […]
Read moreDi Maio, Italy ready for tourists, no blacklist (Ansa)
“From June 3rd, Italy will start again at 360 degrees. We will be able to move between the regions and we are ready to welcome safely European citizens who want to spend their holidays in Italy. Our facilities are ready, prepared and in the vanguard”. This is how Minister Luigi Di Maio addressed his counterparts […]
Read more“To avoid contagions to return, we must help Africa now” Deputy Minister Del Re affirms (Agi)
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs explains that “supporting these countries is not only a moral imperative and an act of solidarity but also an instrument of preventive diplomacy”. “The pandemic is a global threat that requires a global response necessarily. Helping the health systems of fragile countries and contributing to research, development and distribution […]
Read moreCovid and Cooperation. An interview with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emanuela Claudia Del Re (L’Espresso)
We are still in the middle of a medical emergency. Phase 2 has just begun. Concretely, beyond the rhetoric linked to the confinement of Italians and the lack of protection of personal freedom, what is the Italian response to the COVID 19 pandemic? International cooperation is currently engaged in providing a health response to the […]
Read moreDel Re: Libya cannot remain a battlefield. (HuffingtonPost.it)
The dangerous and dramatic escalation of these hours in the Libyan battlefield imposes reflections and concrete actions both from Italy and Europe. Despite the proportions of the Covid-19 emergency, and the dramatic impact it is having on the global economy. A few miles from our shores, we are witnessing a conflict that has dramatized since […]
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