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COVID-19

Diplomatic Network
18 May 2020
IIC Madrid: similarities between Italy and Spain

Un pensiero da pensare insieme tra Italia e Spagna (A thought to think together between Italy and Spain) continues, the initiative launched last April 20th by the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid: a collection of videos in which well-known Italian authors, artists and intellectuals reflect on the affinities between Italian and Spanish culture, taking the […]

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Interviews
18 May 2020
Covid and Cooperation. An interview with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emanuela Claudia Del Re (L’Espresso)

We are still in the middle of a medical emergency. Phase 2 has just begun. Concretely, beyond the rhetoric linked to the confinement of Italians and the lack of protection of personal freedom, what is the Italian response to the COVID 19 pandemic? International cooperation is currently engaged in providing a health response to the […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 May 2020
Embassy of Kyiv: doctors discussing how to fight against Covid-19

The scientific confrontation between Italy and Ukraine continues in the common battle against the Coronavirus. Today Professor Walter Ricciardi and Professor Massimo Fantoni shared their experiences by videoconferencing with the doctors of the Kyiv Hospitals. At the same time, Professor Maurizio di Mauro of the Cotugno Hospital in Naples answered the questions of the organization […]

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Press Releases
15 May 2020
Undersecretary Scalfarotto participates in the InCE video-conference meeting

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto attended the extraordinary video-conference meeting of the Heads of Government of the member countries of the Central European Initiative (InCE). It is one of the initiatives promoted by the Montenegrin Presidency on-duty related to the health emergency. During his speech, Scalfarotto highlighted the importance of regional cooperation in the fight against the […]

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Press Releases
14 May 2020
The Foreign Ministry continues to work to repatriate compatriots: so far more than 80,000 repatriations, 1,100 since yesterday

About 1,100 people returned to Italy between yesterday and today thanks to the support of the Foreign Ministry and its network, which has organised 16 special flights from the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain, Dominican Republic, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Somalia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, more than 80 thousand compatriots from 117 […]

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Press Releases
14 May 2020
Scalfarotto at the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting

Undersecretary Scalfarotto attended today the extraordinary meeting of the G20 Trade Ministers, convened to discuss the response to the COVID 19 crisis, prepared by the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG). The initiative, promoted by the Saudi Presidency-in-Office, is aimed at identifying short and long-term collective initiatives, to alleviate the economic impact of the pandemic, […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 May 2020
New York, meeting with Italians fighting Covid-19

An opportunity to debate with the Italian representatives of the medical-scientific community who are fighting against Coronavirus. It is the first event of the digital initiative #italiandigitaltownhall, dedicated to the Italians engaged in the front line against Covid-19 in New York. The meeting – promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in New York in […]

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Events
14 May 2020
Covid19, webinar on economy and energy by Med Dialogues

The impact of Covid19 pandemic on the economy and energy sector in the enlarged Mediterranean will be the focus of a virtual regional meeting organised by ISPI for tomorrow, 15th May. “Between Crises and Opportunities: The Pandemic’s Implications on the Economic and Energy Sectors in the Broader Mediterranean” falls within the framework of the State of […]

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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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