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Press Releases

10 December 2024

Minister Tajani and Cardinal Zuppi open the conference “Political Love as an Instrument of Peace and Democracy” at the Farnesina

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, open a conference at the Farnesina, entitled “Political Love as an Instrument of Peace and Democracy”. Organised by Ente Nazionale per il Microcredito, the event will be attended by journalist and professor of Vatican […]

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Press Releases

10 December 2024

International Human Rights Day (10 December)

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani pointed out that the protection and promotion of human rights and the fight against all forms of inequality and […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

2 December 2024

Bahia Blanca, “Donne: la mejor version”

Once again this year, the Consulate General in Bahia Blanca took part in the UN’s international campaign to eliminate violence against women and children, with a cycle of five conferences that concluded at the Consulate on 25 November. The meetings dealt with violence towards women in its unfortunately multiple aspects – physical, psychological, and at […]

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In detail

28 November 2024

Minister Antonio Tajani’s participation in the 14th Congress of Ministers of Justice

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is taking part in the 14th Congress of Ministers of Justice, entitled “No Justice without Life”. Organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio, the event brings together high-level representatives of international institutions, Ministers of Justice and activists from all over the […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 November 2024

Canberra, Ambassador Crudele inaugurates red-painted bench

The Italian Embassy in Canberra is participating in the ‘Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!’ campaign, promoted by Un Women. Ambassador Paolo Crudele inaugurated a red-painted bench to show the commitment to fight gender-based violence on this important international day. “It is my pleasure and honour to inaugurate on this symbolic date the red […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 November 2024

Holy See – Borromeo Palace lit up in red

The Italian Embassy to the Holy See has once again this year joined “Red Week”, the initiative promoted by the Pontifical Foundation “Aid to the Church in Need” to raise awareness of religious persecution. On Wednesday 20 November, to mark Red Wednesday, Palazzo Borromeo was lit up in red against religious freedom violations and in […]

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In detail

23 October 2024

Tajani – Everyone involved in the Pescara G7 is committed to peace in the Middle East

Yesterday, the Italian government opened the proceedings of the “G7 Development” in Pescara with a “Humanitarian Conference” focusing on the main emergency the Mediterranean is currently facing, i.e. the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, which are dramatically affecting people whose lives have been at stake for too long. Israeli, Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian citizens have […]

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Interviews

23 October 2024

Tajani – Everyone involved in the Pescara G7 is committed to peace in the Middle East (Il Mattino)

Yesterday, the Italian government opened the proceedings of the “G7 Development” in Pescara with a “Humanitarian Conference” focusing on the main emergency the Mediterranean is currently facing, i.e. the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, which are dramatically affecting people whose lives have been at stake for too long. Israeli, Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian citizens have […]

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Press Releases

14 October 2024

Undersecretary of State Silli received UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights: focus on the situation in the Middle East and Italian commitment against the death penalty

Today Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli received the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, at the Foreign Ministry, on the occasion of her visit to Italy to participate in the G7 Ministerial Meeting on “Inclusion and Disability”, scheduled for 14 and 15 October in the Umbria region. Undersecretary Silli stated. “‘Italy strongly […]

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Press Releases

10 October 2024

World and European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October 2024)

In celebration of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy reaffirms its firmest and unconditional opposition to capital punishment. This is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that negates human dignity and has no added value in terms of security and crime deterrence, while it renders every miscarriage of justice fatally irreversible. […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 September 2024

New York, event to remember the heroes of the holocaust

The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosted today at the Italian Consulate General in New York the event “Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust,” to honor 60 diplomats – including 6 Italians – for their aid to Jews persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. “The extraordinary example of these […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 August 2024

Mali: Ambassador Dejak and the Minister of Malians Abroad launch the second phase of the Migrant Assistance Centre project in Gao

The Italian Ambassador to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, met with the Minister of Malians Abroad, Moussa ag Attaher, to jointly launch the second phase of a project aimed at protecting and assisting migrants, centred around the operationalisation of the Migrant Centre built in Gao, in northern Mali. Building on the one million euros invested by […]

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