COVID-19

In detail

13 May 2020

Minister Luigi Di Maio participates in the Question Time session in the Chamber of Deputies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, answers questions on Italian voluntary cooperation in areas of the world where adequate security conditions do not exist (Zoffili – Lega party); on the aims and operational characteristics of the European Union mission “Irini”, as well as on the modalities and timing for the […]

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Press Releases

12 May 2020

The Foreign Ministry continues its work to repatriate compatriots: so far 79,000 have returned, over 3,000 in the last week.

The Foreign Ministry, also through the foreign network of Embassies and Consulates, continues to work tirelessly to ensure the safe repatriation of all compatriots who were stranded abroad during the pandemic. Since the beginning of the emergency, more than 79 thousand compatriots from 117 countries have returned to Italy with the assistance of the Ministry, […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 May 2020

Israel: Embassy’s initiatives ready for phase 2

Relaunching the image of Italy in ‘phase 2’ and promoting new opportunities in the economic, scientific, and cultural fields. This is the objective of the program of initiatives developed by the Embassy of Italy in Israel in coordination with all the actors of the Italian System in the country, Ice (Italian Trade Agency), Enit, the […]

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In detail

9 May 2020

COVID-19: Italy’s support to the countries of the Western Balkans

Italy has provided the Western Balkan countries with guidelines and protocols for the treatment of patients infected by COVID-19 virus. At the request of the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Regional Cooperation Council provided a translation of the protocols into the local languages and sent them to governments throughout the region, which will […]

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Press Releases

9 May 2020

COVID19- Ms Del Re to Associazione Coscioni: to defeat the virus, everyone must have access to scientific progress

  The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re spoke today at the webinar of the Association Luca Coscioni, on the theme “Coronavirus, science and rights: facing the emergency, preparing the future”, on the occasion of Europe Day. The Deputy Minister recalled how Italy is responsibly engaged in the global response to COVID-19, according to the principles […]

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Press Releases

8 May 2020

COVID-19: Del Re participates in Development Ministers meeting to support vulnerable countries

Vice Minister Del Re participated by videoconference in a meeting of Development Ministers of a group of nations leading in contributions to the pandemic global response in support of the most vulnerable countries. The meeting, convened on a British-Canadian initiative, aimed to establish a platform for discussion on the challenges posed by the COVID-19 emergency […]

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Speeches

8 May 2020

The State of the Union

On the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, we meet again – albeit with the distance imposed by the current pandemic – to take stock of the State of the European Union. I want to thank the President of the Dehousse European University Institute and greet all the guests connected. The devastating impact of the […]

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In detail

8 May 2020

Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Christodoulides

On 07 May 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Christodoulides. At the heart of the agenda is the situation in the region, the European Union, the Mediterranean, the COVID19 emergency.  

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Press Releases

7 May 2020

Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Memorandum of Cooperation in the health field Italy – Japan signed today between the two Ministries of Health

On 7 May, during a videoconference between the two Health Ministers, Italy and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the health field. The Memorandum strengthens the framework of international medical-scientific collaborations promoted by our country to combat the spread of COVID-19 and identify effective treatments and a vaccine against the virus. In particular, the […]

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Interviews

7 May 2020

Del Re: “Italy’s sustainable actions on food security and Covid 19” (Huffingtonpost.it)

Covid-19 requires us to rethink everything. Food safety and nutrition – universal goals – are at risk. As fundamental issues for Italy, they are cherished by the UN agencies in Rome – FAO, IFAD and WFP – and must be reconsidered. We know that supermarkets in Italy are well-stocked, but there is no doubt that […]

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Interviews

7 May 2020

Di Stefano: For the export, a mix of guarantees and grants (Il Sole 24 Ore)

In the final rush to the May decree, increasingly similar in the drafts to a real financial manoeuvre, there is also a package of measures for exports. “We are ready with essential interventions of first support – says Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Five Star Movement – and then […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2020

Telephone conversation between DM Emanuela Del Re and UK Secretary of State for International Development Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re held a telephone conversation with the UK Secretary of State for International Development Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan, to exchange views on Italy’s and the United Kingdom’s contribution to the global response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ms. Del Re and Ms. Trevelyan exchanged information on the two countries’ respective re-orientation […]

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