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Press Releases

6 October 2025

The Foreign Ministry and GialloZafferano team up for Italian Cuisine Week around the world

In view of the next edition of Italian Cuisine Week around the world, an annual event organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote excellence in the Italian agri-food sector, the Foreign Ministry has started collaboration with GialloZafferano. The project combines cultural diplomacy, scientific research and gastronomic heritage with the aim of promoting […]

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Press Releases

5 October 2025

Undersecretary Tripodi in Bahrain for bilateral political consultations

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, co-chaired bilateral political consultations today in Manama with her counterpart, Bahrain’s Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Khaled Yousef Al-Jalahma.  The evolution of the crisis in Gaza, regional scenarios, and the implementation of economic cooperation and trade relations were on top of the agenda. Bahrain is an important […]

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Press Releases

4 October 2025

Action by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on US “extra duties” on Italian pasta. Duties contested for alleged dumping practices

In recent weeks, some Italian pasta brands have been under scrutiny by the authorities for alleged trade practices involving exports to the United States at below market costs (“dumping”).  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been following the proceedings since early September, when the US Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its investigation, […]

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Press Releases

4 October 2025

Flotilla. Update on the return of 26 Italian nationals from Israel

The repatriation to Italy of 26 Italian nationals, who were members of the Flotilla, detained at sea in recent days by the Israeli armed forces is underway. This group agreed to sign the expulsion order and was therefore given fast-tracked departure procedures. Assisted by the Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, the group was transferred […]

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Press Releases

4 October 2025

Israel, consular visit to those detained on the Flotilla completed. The Foreign Ministry called for improved conditions of detention

After many hours, the consular visit by the Embassy of Italy in Israel to the Italian citizens detained on the Flotilla came to an end. The consular team could meet with all those detained, who were well despite being exhausted from a month at sea and two days of intense stress coinciding with the military […]

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Events

26 September 2025

“Safe journalists”: Palazzo Chigi and the Italian Foreign Ministry stand by journalists abroad

Organised by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the seminar “Safe journalists: the need to report, the duty to protect” was held today at Villa Madama, in collaboration with the Italian Order of Journalists (ODG) and the National Federation of the Italian Press (FNSI). Based […]

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Press Releases

25 September 2025

The Italian Foreign Ministry works to provide reception in Italy for a girl from Gaza with a severe congenital malformation

In recent days, the Italian Foreign Ministry has received appeals concerning several Palestinian minors from Gaza needing urgent medical care, including the very delicate case of a girl being treated at Al‑Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, afflicted by a severe congenital malformation known as a sacrococcygeal teratoma. Reports about this little patient have also reached […]

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Press Releases

24 September 2025

“Mail Bombing” attack on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – in particular the Crisis Unit and the Minister’s Cabinet – has been the target of a “mail bombing” attack, following the incident involving the boats of the “Flotilla” to Gaza. The attack, which involved the mass sending of thousands of fake emails, has notably hindered the work of […]

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Press Releases

16 September 2025

Road accident in Tanzania: several Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus killed. The Italian Embassy is providing assistance

The Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, in coordination with the Foreign Ministry, is following the case of several nuns from the Congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, involved in a severe road accident on Monday, 15 September, in the Mwanza region (northwestern Tanzania). The accident killed Italian […]

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Interviews

30 August 2025

Antonio Tajani «Tariffs and new markets: Southern Italy’s companies crucial to change» (Il Mattino)

The Foreign Minister said that this is how we support the growth of Made in Italy products. Southern Italy is strategic for the quality of supply and openness to innovation. Naples, Gioia Tauro, Taranto and Sicily are important hubs for trade flows and freight routes. In terms of tariffs, Italy is more competitive than other […]

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Press Releases

28 August 2025

Tajani presents the reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, presents the reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Ministers.

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Press Releases

22 August 2025

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs monitoring the recovery of the body of mountaineer Luca Sinigaglia

Following the death of Italian national Luca Sinigaglia on 15 August during a mountain climb in the border area between Kyrgyzstan and China, the Italian Embassy in Astana (with responsibility for Kyrgyzstan) has been following the case closely, maintaining contact with the local authorities and with the family. The operations launched by the local authorities […]

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