COVID-19

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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In detail

6 May 2020

NATO and Italian National Institute of Health project for Covid 19 diagnostic tests

Developing rapid diagnostic kits for the detection of coronavirus-specific antibodies and antigens. This is the objective of the two-year scientific cooperation project of NATO, through the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) programme, presented today, in cooperation with the Italian National Institute of Health and Tor Vergata University together with the University Hospital in Basel, […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 May 2020

Washington: ‘Stay at Home and #cookitalian’ campaign

At a time when Italians and Americans are called to stay at home to contain the risk of contagion from COVID-19, the Italian Embassy in Washington, together with the 9 Italian Consulates in the USA and the network of ICE offices, has launched the Stay at home and #cookitalian campaign. Its main aim is supporting […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2020

Del Re: Covid19, Italy adheres to UN women’s rights appeal

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re has joined, on behalf of Italy, the joint statement, promoted at the United Nations by South Africa and Sweden and signed by 59 countries, for the protection of women’s sexual and reproductive rights and the promotion of the gender perspective in response to Coronavirus pandemic. “Our country has always been […]

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Interviews

6 May 2020

“Coronavirus, Di Maio: China is a partner, but we share the values of NATO” (Corriere della Sera)

Minister Di Maio, the United States claims that China is responsible for Covid-19, which has escaped a laboratory. Beijing rejects the charges. Who is right? «I do not want to discuss it, we take Washington’s concerns seriously, as well as the positions taken by US intelligence and their experts. I think the wisest thing to […]

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