Del Re: “Already 30 thousand Italians repatriate due to Coronavirus emergency.” (fanpage.it)
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus emergency, more than 30 thousand compatriots have already returned to Italy from more than 30 different countries. The repatriation operations continue, with flights that will bring many compatriots back to Italy from Asia, Latin America and the United States. The Vice Foreign Minister, Emanuela Del Re, in an interview […]
Read moreBalcani-EU: Scalfarotto to “Nova”, the enlargement is a mutual benefit
Italy has always been very supportive of the European integration of the Western Balkans, a strategic region on the other side of the Adriatic with which “we have a very deep historical, social and economic bond”. This was stated by the Foreign Secretary, Ivan Scalfarotto, commenting for “Agenzia Nova” the decision of the European Council […]
Read moreDi Maio: “And now an international alliance to develop the vaccine” (Corriere della Sera)
“We need a major international alliance against the virus.” Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio is just back from the videoconference with colleagues from G7, dedicated to the Covid-19 emergency. So far, there has not really been a race of solidarity between countries to deal with the epidemic. “I told my colleagues at G7 that we […]
Read moreDi Maio: “The masks will arrive. Even diplomacy saves lives” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
No doubt about the line, quite the opposite: “We have allies, like the United States. And then we have invested in friendship with China and Russia, and we have done well given the help they are giving us. Diplomacy saves lives”. While grappling with masks and lung ventilators to be found (“our ambassadors around the […]
Read moreDi Stefano«When this emergency is over, we need to reconsider the workings of the EU» (IL DUBBIO)
Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and member of the 5-Star Movement is convinced that nothing will be the same after this Pandemic, beginning with the European Union. Italy is receiving aid from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, all countries that until recently were considered illiberal, at best, by the public opinion. Has anything changed […]
Read moreDi Maio: “Here’s 100 million masks from abroad.” (il Fatto Quotidiano)
This is the new 100 Quota: one hundred million masks per month to deal with the Coronavirus emergency. “We have signed a contract for 100 million masks: from Wednesday, doctors will begin to arrive, surgery – said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio -. There will be six million, then twenty every week. The Ministry of […]
Read moreDel Re: “Global Commitment for Cooperators Abroad” (Avvenire magazine)
We are also working for international volunteers. We are doing so on several fronts, “so that all our compatriots who are not resident abroad can return to Italy, wherever there is a clear will or need to do it”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. The urgent need to think about evacuation plans for the […]
Read moreSereni: “Italian foreign policy at the time of the Coronavirus”” (formiche.net)
Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pd political party: “We need to review the industrial strategy with national security in mind. We must pay attention to certain stories.” “”We are living a peculiar situation; we pass form hours of total frenzy, consider, for example, the difficulties in organising the return of Italians […]
Read moreDel Re: “Those loving us are the most suffering” (Avvenire)
Dear Director, Videos of African children smiling and inciting Italy to hold on are circulating on the web. Our country, they say, has experienced hard moments in history but has always overcome them. I have republished the video myself, thanking them. Many Syrian refugees I’ve known since I worked in the refugee camps, write me […]
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