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Interviews
3 September 2026
“Italy and Egypt: a history stretching back millennia, a shared responsibility for the future of the Mediterranean”

Editorial by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani I am in Cairo today for my sixth mission to Egypt as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Six visits that illustrate, better than many figures, the importance Italy attaches to its relationship with this country. A relationship with roots that […]

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Press Releases
3 September 2026
Tajani in Ireland for the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting (Gymnich)

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani concluded the mission in Wicklow, Ireland, where he participated in the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting (Gymnich). On Tuesday, the Minister attended a working dinner, which was also attended by the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Iceland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Ukraine. During the session dedicated to Ukraine, Minister Tajani reaffirmed […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2026
Declaration by the EU and its Member States in support of effective multilateralism

Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) Wicklow, Ireland, 1-2 September 2026 The EU reaffirms its steadfast commitment to and fundamental interests in an effective, renewed and strengthened multilateralism, rooted in international law and the universal purposes and principles of the UN Charter. At a time of growing geopolitical tensions, increasing contestation and grave violations […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2026
Minister Tajani in Cairo. Institutional meetings, the Joint Committee and the Italy-Egypt Business Forum

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in Cairo today on a mission aimed at strengthening the partnership between Italy and Egypt, fostering cooperation on key regional issues and developing economic and trade relations. During the visit, Tajani will meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, with whom he will chair the Joint Italian-Egyptian […]

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Interviews
1 September 2026
Minister Antonio Tajani: “Prime Minister Sánchez knew about the extension. His retaliation is inexplicable’ (Il Messaggero)

There was “no political motive”, merely the “need to ensure our country’s security”. According to Antonio Tajani, this is the sole reason behind the Italian government’s decision to extend for a further fifteen days the suspension of the Schengen Agreement, introduced on 1 August in response to the migration crisis in the Spanish exclave of […]

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Interviews
1 September 2026
Tajani: ‘There is a jihadist threat, and we are taking action to protect our security. The EU? Sometimes it gets things wrong’ (Corriere della Sera)

The rivalry with the Spanish Prime Minister “has nothing to do” with the decision to extend the suspension of the Schengen arrangements. According to Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister Tajani, this is not an electoral issue but a matter of domestic security: “The jihadist threat must not be underestimated.” Minister Tajani, have you decided […]

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Press Releases
31 August 2026
Italian Cooperation provides EUR 250,000 for the emergency in Nepal

Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli, having consulted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, has authorised a humanitarian aid package worth EUR 250,000 for the people of Nepal affected by the severe floods of 26 August. The donations will support the work of UNICEF and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). […]

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Press Releases
30 August 2026
Shooting in Aarau: the Italian Task Force is working with the Swiss authorities to investigate the death of an Italian national and to assist the Italians involved

The Italian Task Force – led by the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Italy in Bern and sent to Aarau by Minister Tajani – is working to assist the families of the Italians involved in last night’s shooting at the rave and to closely monitor developments and the investigation, in coordination with the Swiss […]

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Press Releases
30 August 2026
Minister Cassis expresses his sympathy to Tajani following the death of the Italian woman in the shooting in Aarau and offers his support with the investigation

Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani has just received a telephone call from Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, who wished to express his condolences to the Minister and the Italian Government following the death of an Italian citizen during the shooting in Aarau, and offered full and immediate […]

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