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Press Releases
9 February 2022
Child custody disputes: Task Force meets at Farnesina

The Task Force on Child Custody Disputes, which is chaired by the Directorate-General for Italians Abroad and includes representatives of the Ministry of Justice and of the Interior, held its first meeting of the year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Task Force examined the 514 recorded cases of international abduction and child custody […]

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Press Releases
8 February 2022
Italy firmly condemns the repeated ballistic missiles tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Italy firmly condemns the repeated ballistic missiles tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the recent launch of a ballistic missile of intermediate-range. These actions confirm DPRK’s aim to diversify and expand its ballistic missile capabilities. We urge the DPRK to refrain from further provocations, which undermine regional as well as international peace […]

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Press Releases
8 February 2022
“The Fondazione EBRI Rita Levi-Montalcini, in partnership with the MAECI, hosts in Rome Afghan students for scientific research”

Rome 9 February 2022 – A project to host in Rome Afghan female students was launched by the Fondazione EBRI (European Brain Research Institute) Rita Levi-Montalcini to give back to the young female students – who saw the option of pursuing their studies and research activities in their Country suddenly vanish – the possibility of […]

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Press Releases
1 February 2022
New instruments to protect Italians resident abroad

From today, 1 February 2022, the Farnesina is providing a new instrument to protect Italians abroad – workers and students, travellers and aid workers, long-term or temporary residents. Each citizen will be able to record their home or place of residence on a map on the www.dovesiamonelmondo.it site, to facilitate intervention in case of need. […]

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Press Releases
27 January 2022
International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation joins the international community in remembrance of the victims of the Shoah, the most tragic chapter in the history of Europe. As Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, Italy reiterates its steadfast commitment to fighting […]

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Press Releases
25 January 2022
Latest developments in Burkina Faso

Italy follows with concern the situation that is unfolding in Burkina Faso. It firmly reaffirms its disapproval of the use of force as an instrument for taking power and calls for respect for the republican institutions, in the hope that constitutional order may be re-established as soon as possible.

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In detail
23 January 2022
Fulci, legend of diplomacy. He taught us the honour of serving Italy

When they ask me where I served in the military, I reply: in New York, with Francesco Paolo Fulci, the “iron ambassador”, the diplomat defined as a legend by Madeleine Albright. Once, he told her with proud courage: “I am not a sergeant of the marines but the ambassador of Italy.” She ended up admiring […]

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Interviews
23 January 2022
Fulci, legend of diplomacy. He taught us the honour of serving Italy

When they ask me where I served in the military, I reply: in New York, with Francesco Paolo Fulci, the “iron ambassador”, the diplomat defined as a legend by Madeleine Albright. Once, he told her with proud courage: “I am not a sergeant of the marines but the ambassador of Italy.” She ended up admiring […]

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Interviews
21 January 2022
L’intervista con l’inviato italiano per il Clima

«Quello che è successo a Tonga, pur non avendo a che fare con il clima, rappresenta l’ennesimo campanello di allarme. La vulnerabilità degli Stati insulari è impressionante e oggi viene evidenziata da un’eruzione. Ma abbiamo ormai la certezza scientifica del fatto che il riscaldamento del Pianeta avrà ripercussioni innanzitutto su quelle nazioni». Alessandro Modiano è […]

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Interviews
21 January 2022
Alberti «Così abbiamo protetto gli italiani nei giorni duri delle rivolte in Kazakistan» (Resto del Carlino Cesena)

È giunta anche in Italia l’eco delle violente proteste che, nelle scorse settimane, hanno messo a ferro e fuoco il Kazakistan, stato transcontinentale, a cavallo tra Europa e Asia, nato dalla dissoluzione dell’ex Unione Sovietica. Circa 200 morti e almeno 6mila arrestati negli scontri, esplosi il 2 gennaio scorso per dar voce al malcontento contro […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2022
Syria. Little Mustafa is on his way to Italy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expresses its deep satisfaction at the imminent arrival in Italy of the family of Mr. Munzir al-Nazzal and little Mustafa, the Syrian refugees portrayed in the photograph by Turkish artist Mehmet Aslan, the winner of the “Siena International Photo Award” 2021. In the wake of the wave […]

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