COVID-19

Press Releases

2 July 2020

The work of the Foreign Ministry continues: 583 people repatriated today, a total of 107,200.

The Ministry’s efforts to ensure that stranded compatriots all over the world can return home safely are not backtracked. Today alone, more than 580 people returned to Italy through air operations from Morocco, Oman, Kenya, and Niger. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, the Ministry, thanks to the incessant work of the Crisis Unit, […]

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Press Releases

1 July 2020

First meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to COVID-19

Today, at the Foreign Ministry, Minister Luigi Di Maio opened the first meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister thanked the Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re, who promoted and chairs the Committee, which includes, among its members, representatives of the […]

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In detail

30 June 2020

Participation of Minister Di Maio in the Inter-institutional Operational Coordination Table COVID19.

On June 30, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, took part in the Inter-Institutional Operational Coordination Table COVID19, a meeting point for a unified Italian response in the fight against the pandemic. Watch the recording of the COVID19 Inter-institutional Operational Table.  

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Interviews

30 June 2020

Di Maio: “Europe has responded to the crisis. Now it’s up to the government to live up to it.” (La Stampa)

Europe has responded strongly to the crisis, and I have confidence in Ursula Von der Leyen. Now it is up to the Italian government to prove to be capable of managing the challenge. At the age of 33, Luigi Di Maio lived many lives. In the latter, as foreign minister, he discovered that the cruel […]

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Press Releases

29 June 2020

Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó

Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the bilateral meeting between Minister Di Maio and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, visiting Italy, took place at the Farnesina, seat of the Ministry. Minister Di Maio, first, thanked Minister Szijjártó for the solidarity shown by the Hungarian Government that, in the most […]

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Press Releases

26 June 2020

Participation of the Vice Minister Del Re at the Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies for the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Declaration

Vice Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re attended in virtual format the today’s ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies for the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Warsaw Declaration of 2000, signed by 106 countries, including Italy. In her speech, the Deputy Minister stressed the continuing validity of the Warsaw Declaration, reaffirming Italy’s commitment […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 June 2020

Uganda: first aid shipment delivered for the fight against Covid-19

On Wednesday, a ceremony was held for the delivery of medical equipment for the Lacor Hospital (Gulu) run by the Fondazione Piero and Lucille Corti Foundation, to continue to support Uganda in the fight against Covid-19. The cargo, containing various medical equipment including ventilators, filters, oxygen masks, was symbolically delivered by the Italian Ambassador in […]

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Press Releases

25 June 2020

Sereni, in a world weakened by the pandemic, security is protected with more democracy

“The pandemic has accelerated pre-existing global geopolitical processes that are contributing to a deeper and deeper fragilization of the global scenario and the enlarged Mediterranean, but I am convinced that there is a strategic space for Italy and the European Union to bring added value to stability and prosperity in the Mediterranean area by supporting […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 June 2020

Embassy in Doha: Covid-19, from Qatar plasma to find a cure

Thanks to an agreement between the Embassy of Italy in Doha, Qatar Foundation and Hamad Medical Corporation, on Saturday, June 20th, several plasma samples from patients cured of Covid-19 in Qatar were transported to Italy, with the aim of helping the search for effective treatments against the virus.The samples, which arrived in Italy aboard a […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 June 2020

Embassy London: Covid, a webinar on therapies

Today at 5 p.m. in London (6 p.m. in Rome) will take place the second online appointment of the “Science for Society” meetings, organized by the Scientific Office of the Italian Embassy in London, within the framework of the #ItalyRestart. During the webinar “Covid19 – Searching for effective therapies: where are we?”  will shed light […]

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Press Releases

19 June 2020

The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the repatriation of our compatriots continues: around 97,600 Italians have returned

The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a safe return home of compatriots stranded abroad continues. About 97,600 citizens have returned from the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency thanks to the work of the Crisis Unit and the diplomatic-consular network, which have activated 1075 air, sea and land operations from 120 countries. Today, […]

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Events

18 June 2020

Covid-19: Del Re, Italy has guaranteed refugee accommodation

“Despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic emergency, Italy has continued to ensure the protection of asylum seekers, taking all necessary measures to guarantee that restrictions on the movement of the entire population were compatible with international obligations”. This was underlined by the Vice Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re at the virtual press conference presenting […]

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