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Press Releases

15 September 2025

New ISTAT data, the Foreign Ministry’s work on exports continues

According to data released today by ISTAT on Italy’s foreign trade, in the first seven months of 2025, Italy exported goods worth €384.2 billion, recording a 2.9% increase in value compared to the first seven months of 2024. Exports grew in value both to EU markets (+3.1%) and to non-EU markets (+2.7%). The trade balance […]

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Press Releases

14 September 2025

Minister Tajani to attend the inauguration of the academic year and the SIOI’s Preparatory Course for the Diplomatic Career Competition

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be at the SIOI tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the 2025-2026 Academic Year and the Preparatory Course for the Diplomatic Career Competition.  The Minister said: “The training of future Italian diplomats is instrumental to the pursuit of foreign […]

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Interviews

13 September 2025

Tajani: “We will defend our allies without hesitation. Putin is mocking Trump; we are in favour of new European sanctions against Russia.” (La Stampa)

Antonio Tajani answered the phone call while travelling to the Marche region. He is still irritated by what happened 24 hours earlier in the Senate and by the words of the Five Star Movement Senator, Alessandra Maiorino, who called him a “paid influencer” for Israel. He sees a common thread between that attack, the Kirk […]

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Press Releases

12 September 2025

Today, Tajani in Naples at the Conference of Scientific Attachés: “Diplomacy and science united to promote Italy”

The third day of the 2025 edition of the Conference of Scientific and Space Attachés and Agricultural Experts opens today in Naples with the participation of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani. To mark the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the city, after previous sessions held at the Anton […]

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Interviews

12 September 2025

Tajani: “Naples, Capital of Scientific Diplomacy” (Il Mattino)

Technological innovation is today one of the primary drivers of the profound social, economic and cultural transformations we are experiencing. And it’s not just about artificial intelligence. We are also talking about quantum computing, biotechnology, cyber security, and new space technologies. Tackling these emerging challenges requires swift, innovative, and effective solutions. Above all, we must […]

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Press Releases

11 September 2025

Italian government action for Palestinian students: Italy working on “university corridors”

In recent weeks, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working to establish “university corridors” to enable Palestinian students awarded scholarships by Italian universities to leave their country and travel to Italy. At the request of Minister Tajani, the procedures for obtaining visas have been clarified and expedited on the Italian side, and are […]

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11 September 2025

Briefing by Deputy PM and Minister Antonio Tajani on the recent developments of the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East and on international trade

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, gives a briefing in the Chamber of Deputies on the recent developments in the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as on international trade matters.

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11 September 2025

Briefing by Minister Tajani on the recent developments of the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East and on international trade

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, gives a briefing in the Senate Chamber on the recent developments in the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as on international trade matters.

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Press Releases

10 September 2025

Minister Tajani presents Italian Foreign Ministry’s reform to trade unions

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, met today at the Farnesina with the trade union representatives of the various staff categories working within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The meeting focused on the reform of the Italian Foreign Ministry, recently approved by the Council of Ministers. On this occasion, […]

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Press Releases

9 September 2025

Message from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

I have just sent a message of solidarity to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and to the Qatari people. The attacks have violated the sovereignty of a friendly country which, for months, has been working tirelessly to bring an end to the war in […]

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Press Releases

8 September 2025

Minister Tajani and Minister Abodi inaugurated the second Italian Sport Day in the World

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, inaugurated the second “Italian Sport Day in the World” at Villa Madama. The President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Luciano Buonfiglio, the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP), Marco Giunio […]

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8 September 2025

Tajani «Europa no puede abandonar sus valores, su identidad» (La Vanguardia)

Dos ideas planean con fuerza en esta entrevista a Antonio Tajani (Roma, 1953): la importancia de los valores para Europa (libertad, Estado de derecho, democracia) y la importancia de mantener la “boda histórica” con Estados Unidos. Ministro italiano de Asuntos Exteriores y vicepresidente del PP Europeo, Tajani pasó el viernes por Barcelona para hablar en el Fórum Europa: Tribuna Catalunya. […]

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