COVID-19

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10 March 2021

Minister Di Maio holds telephone talks with the Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Truss

On 10 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, held telephone talks with the Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Truss. The talks centred on the G20 and G7 presidencies and the co-presidency of COP26. Also on the agenda were the strategies against Covid19, the WTO […]

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9 March 2021

Minister Luigi Di Maio meets the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides

On 9 March, in Nicosia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. The meeting has focused on the common approach to European issues, post-Covid economic recovery, migration, Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean.      

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8 March 2021

Minister Luigi Di Maio meets at the Foreign Ministry with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani

On 8 March, at the Foreign Ministry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met his counterpart of the Republic of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, to discuss bilateral relations between Italy and North Macedonia, the strengthening of economic cooperation in the fields of energy, infrastructure and transport, the process of European […]

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Press Releases

4 March 2021

Request for authorisation to export COVID-19 vaccines filed by AstraZeneca

On 24 February, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a request for authorisation to export COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca, in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/111, approved on 30 January 2021, “making the exportation of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation”. In previous cases of authorisation requests received from […]

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19 February 2021

Italian Economic Diplomacy 19 February: breaking news from around the world

SMEs – WEBINAR SPONSORED BY ICE, OICE AND EIB ON FINANCING AND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES Ice-Agenzia – in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Association of Italian Engineering, Architecture and Technical and Economic Consultancy Organisations (OICE) – is engaged in organising a webinar, on 23 February 2021, on the financing and procurement opportunities offered […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2021

G20; Vice Minister Sereni, build a future focussing on people, the planet, and prosperity

“Covid-19 is the umpteenth example of how much interdependence is a decisive factor, with the enormous impact the virus has had on all the G20 Countries, as well as developing and emerging Countries in Africa, the Mediterranean, and Latin America”. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, said as much at the T20 Inception Conference, […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 February 2021

Sydney: Covid, un webinar sul libro ‘Diversi da prima’

Presentazione online per ‘Diversi da prima’, un libro sull’impatto dell’isolamento da Covid nella vita sociale. Una pubblicazione a quattro mani, di Valentina Calzavara e Daniele Ferrazza, che sarà presentata giovedì 11 febbraio alle 18.30 (le 8.30 del amttino in Italia) in un webinar su iniziativa dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Sydney, in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di […]

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Press Releases

5 February 2021

Del Re: the pandemic poses a historic challenge to international humanitarian law

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated in the closing event of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of Sanremo. Speaking immediately after the message of greetings from the President of the Republic, the Vice Minister stressed how Italy has always been […]

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Press Releases

2 February 2021

Venezuela: Sereni, all efforts should be made to foster dialogue between opposition and government

“The crisis in Venezuela is taking a turn for the worse”. This was stated by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni at the meeting of the International Contact Group on Venezuela, who then added: “the humanitarian situation in the country, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, appears very worrying, aggravated by repeated and […]

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Press Releases

28 January 2021

Del Re. Italy at the forefront for a global multilateral response to COVID-19

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with the Executive Director of the Global Fund, Peter Sands. The Global Fund, established at the instigation of the Italian Presidency of the G8 in 2001, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, as one of the actors involved […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 January 2021

Canada, il Made in Italy torna al futuro

L’Ambasciata d’Italia in Canada, il Consolato Generale d’Italia a Toronto, ICE – Agenzia per la Promozione all’Estero e l’Internazionalizzazione delle Imprese Italiane, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, l’Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo e la Camera di Commercio Italiana dell’Ontario in Canada presentano oggi alle 12 di Ottawa (le 18 in Italia) la seconda edizione di IT@CA. […]

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Press Releases

26 January 2021

UN: Sereni, strengthen peacebuilding activities during the pandemic

“As Secretary-General Guterres recently said, ‘The pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our world’. Keeping violence in conflict under control has become more difficult everywhere. As a result, the importance of UN peacebuilding activities has increased considerably. This the statement of Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the UN Peacebuilding Fund Refinancing Conference. “Crisis […]

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