COVID-19

Interviews

1 April 2020

Di Maio: “The EU has to let us spend everything we need to help Italians” (fanpage.it)

Francesco Piccinini, editor of Fanpage.it, has interviewed Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio in order to take stock of COVID emergency in Italy, particularly of the situation of the compatriots who were abroad when the contagion started, and of countering measures to implement aiming at facing the economic crisis we are going through: “In the […]

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Press Releases

1 April 2020

Undersecretary Merlo: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues with the repatriation of the Italians

“The Italian government, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the front line and in collaboration with the various airlines, continues to work to fly Italians stranded abroad amid a coronavirus emergency home”. This was declared by the Undersecretary with responsibility for Italians abroad, Ricardo Merlo. “For example, a flight of the Italian airline NeosAir, […]

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Interviews

31 March 2020

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 […]

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In detail

31 March 2020

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, flags fly at half-mast

Flags fly at half-mast at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: the Ministry joins the farewell for the victims of the coronavirus in Italy.  

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Press Releases

29 March 2020

Note of the Foreign Ministry to deny Libero article

What has been reconstructed in the article that appeared this morning in “Libero” entitled “When Do-goodism Rhymes with Masochism. Italy gives millions to Tunisia, Somalia and Bolivia to fight the epidemic” is not reflected in the facts. The Foreign Ministry has already made clear that it is false, Italy hasn’t donated 50 million euros to […]

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Events

27 March 2020

Alla Farnesina il 3 aprile giornata per donare il sangue

Dacci una mano #tendiilbraccio è lo slogan scelto per la giornata di donazione di sangue organizzata dalla Farnesina venerdì 3 aprile con l’associazione Ad Spem. In seguito all’emergenza sanitaria del Coronavirus le donazioni di sangue hanno avuto un brusco calo, mentre ogni giorno oltre 1.800 pazienti hanno bisogno di terapie trasfusionali. Una autoemoteca sarà presente […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 March 2020

Minsk: Italian flag illuminates the National Library

Since last night the Italian flag illuminates the large glass tower of the National Library in Minsk as a sign of solidarity with Italy for the coronavirus emergency. The initiative, relaunched on social media with the hashtag #solidarietàconItalia, will last until March 31 in one of the country’s iconic buildings. “Belarusians remember that Italy was […]

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Press Releases

26 March 2020

Del Re participates in UN teleconference on COVID-19

Vice Minister in charge of Development Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated today in a teleconference chaired by UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Aid Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, together with World Health Organization Emergency Director Michael Ryan. The purpose of the teleconference was to explain to crucial donor countries the new United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) […]

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Interviews

26 March 2020

Di 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 […]

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Interviews

25 March 2020

Covid-19 – Interventi del Ministro

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Interviews

24 March 2020

Di 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 […]

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Interviews

23 March 2020

Di 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 […]

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