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Interviews

3 March 2020

Di Maio: “Italy demands respect. ‘No’ to boycotts of our country” (La Stampa)

Italians are being accused – worldwide – of spreading the Covid-19 infection, like or even more than the Chinese, and no-one seems to care whether it’s true or not, it’s what many people around the world are thinking and it won’t be easy to change their idea of us. No less than seventeen countries have […]

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2 March 2020

Di Maio: «Treufan, a model for Italy» (La Città)

«This is what we want for Italy» says Minister Luigi Di Maio. In a country where the economy is always on the brink of crisis, the Foreign Minister is happy to shine the spotlight onto a success story from the deep south of the Country, from Battipaglia, embodied in the achievement by the employees of […]

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28 February 2020

Di Maio at Flumeri: “here we’re winning a difficult battle” (il Quotidiano del Sud)

Born in Avellino, in the Malzoni Clinic, Luigi di Maio returns as Foreign Minister. This return home, after two days spent in Naples, comes after a successful career first as political chief of he 5 Star Movement and, today, as the Italian Foreign Minister. This will be a whistlestop tour of the province of Avellino, […]

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27 February 2020

“Advising against travelling to Italy is nonsensical” says the Foreign Minister (Le Monde)

[Translation of the original French article published in Le Monde, 27 February 2020]   In an interview with Le Monde, Luigi Di Maio makes an appeal for solidarity among Europeans in the face of the coronavirus epidemic and criticises the attitude of his former ally Matteo Salvini and of Marine Le Pen – who are […]

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27 February 2020

“Sconsigliare di venire in Italia non ha alcun senso” dice il Ministro degli Esteri (Le Monde)

Traduzione dall’originale francese dell’articolo apparso su le Monde, 27 febbraio 2020   In un’intervista a Le Monde, Luigi Di Maio lancia un appello alla solidarietà tra gli europei di fronte al coronavirus, e critica l’atteggiamento del suo ex alleato Matteo Salvini e di Marine Le Pen – i quali chiedono la chiusura delle frontiere. Intervista […]

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26 February 2020

Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with his Ethiopian counterpart Gedu Andargachew

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Gedu Andargachew. The talks were focused on the Horn of Africa regions, where the joint commitment of Italy and Ethiopia for stabilization and institutional and economic development […]

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26 February 2020

14 European Foreign Ministers: Syria, ending the humanitarian disaster in Idlib

Idlib is experiencing a new humanitarian disaster, one of the worst of the Syrian crisis which, in nearly a decade, has counted countless similar disasters. The Syrian regime continues its strategy of military reconquest of the country at any cost, regardless of the consequences for Syrian civilians. Since December, its operations in the north-west have […]

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25 February 2020

Di Maio: “We are transparent with other states. New measures against contagion”

Trains blocked at the Brenner Pass, compatriots repatriated, Italy “discouraged” by many governments. Minister Di Maio, what are you planning to do? “My Austrian colleague called me to explain that trains had immediately left, while in Mauritius diplomatic channels were activated to assist the Italians. These are sporadic cases, I say that we all have […]

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24 February 2020

Di Maio: «Libya and business: greater collaboration with France» (Il Mattino)

Every time I have the opportunity, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I’m pleased to speak about Campania, and how extraordinary the region is and, in particular, of Naples, a city I am very attached to. About a year ago, in an interview in Italy, President Macron declared: «Naples is a special place for me; Stendhal […]

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23 February 2020

Intervista del Ministro degli Esteri italiano Luigi di Maio a BILD

Intervista al Ministro degli Esteri italiano Luigi di Maio (33 anni, “Movimento 5 stelle”) sulla guerra civile in Libia, su una nuova imminente crisi di rifugiati e sui rapporti italo-tedeschi dopo i duri attacchi verbali dell’ex Ministro degli Interni Matteo Salvini Domanda: Signor Ministro, alla conferenza sulla Libia a Berlino è stato concordato un cessate […]

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21 February 2020

Italy-Azerbaijan Business Forum

The Italy-Azerbaijan Business Forum was held at the Farnesina to consolidate the excellent economic and commercial relations between the two countries, after the 5th Session of the Italy-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, held in Rome on 14 January 2020. The summit was opened by Ilham Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijani Republic, and by the […]

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20 February 2020

Minister Luigi Di Maio takes part in the Question Time session at the Senate

During the Question Time, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio will answer questions on the political agreement within the EU for a new air and naval mission in the Central Mediterranean, with the aim of implementing the UN arms embargo on Libya, on the latest developments in the Libyan dossier and […]

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