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Press Releases
12 May 2026
Tourism of Roots: Minister Tajani at the signing of agreements with implementing bodies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, will take part in the ceremony for the signing of agreements relating to projects under the “Tourism of Roots” initiative, financed through the Development and Cohesion Fund. Since 2022, the Italian Foreign Ministry has served as the implementing administration for the NRRP measure “Tourism of Roots – An […]

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Press Releases
12 May 2026
Tajani at Fiumicino airport to welcome the first 59 Palestinian students who left Gaza yesterday via the “university corridors”

Coming back from his mission to Bratislava, where he participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the “Friends of the Western Balkans”, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will be at Fiumicino Airport this afternoon to welcome the first group of Palestinian university students who left the Gaza Strip yesterday as part of the “university corridors” operation, facilitated […]

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Press Releases
12 May 2026
Bratislava Declaration of the Foreign Ministers of the Friends of the Western Balkans and their partners on the integration of the region into the European Union

Bratislava, 12 May 2026 The Ministers of the Foreign Affairs of the Friends of the Western Balkans – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Slovakia – met in Bratislava on May 12, 2026 with the partners from the Western Balkans region. The meeting was attended by the European Union Commissioner for Enlargement. Building […]

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Interviews
12 May 2026
Tajani «Europe is more reactive. Sanctions against violent settlers. Now we need to stop the right of veto» (Il Messaggero – Il Mattino- Il Gazzettino)

Antonio Tajani is boarding the plane from Brussels back to Rome, after the EU Foreign Ministers’ Council, in which sanctions against violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank were decided. Minister, what is the significance of your decision? “This proposal has been on the table for some time. The Hungarian veto has finally been overcome, […]

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Press Releases
11 May 2026
Tajani in Bratislava for the “Friends of the Western Balkans” Ministerial Meeting

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in Bratislava today for the Ministerial Meeting of the group of “Friends of the Western Balkans” and the Foreign Ministers of the Western Balkans. The group includes seven EU Member States (Italy, Austria, Croatia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia) that are cooperating to support the accession of the […]

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Press Releases
11 May 2026
Seventy-two young Palestinian university students left Gaza and will study in Italy. The number of young people evacuated from the Gaza Strip since September has risen to 229

Seventy-two Palestinian university students from Gaza crossed the Israeli Kerem Shalom crossing today as part of the “university corridors” operation, initiated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The operation aims to allow them to leave the Gaza Strip and arrive in Italy to study at Italian universities. After completing visa and permit procedures, the convoy will […]

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Press Releases
10 May 2026
Tajani at the EU Foreign Affairs Council: Western Balkans, Ukraine, the Middle East, and European Security at the Centre of Discussion

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in Brussels to participate in the meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council. The meeting will open with a discussion on relations between the European Union and the Western Balkans. The exchange of views will focus on the enlargement process, the strengthening of political and security cooperation with the […]

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Press Releases
9 May 2026
The Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic and consular network celebrate Europe Day

The Foreign Ministry and all Italian Diplomatic and Consular Missions around the world celebrate Europe Day. Italy believes in a united Europe, capable of addressing global challenges and protecting the shared values of freedom, solidarity, and democracy. The Schuman Declaration, the founding document of the European integration process, was signed on May 9, 1950. That […]

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Press Releases
7 May 2026
Tajani in Germany for meetings with Wadephul and EPP Foreign Ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani will travel to Wiesbaden (Frankfurt) this afternoon for a bilateral meeting with the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, as well as for a meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) Foreign Ministers. Tajani and Wadephul will discuss ways to further strengthen Italy–Germany relations, building on growing […]

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Press Releases
7 May 2026
Italy launches “Rome Coalition for Hormuz” with around 40 countries and FAO – Tajani: priority is food security for Africa and vulnerable countries

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, co-chaired today at the Farnesina, together with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić-Radman, in his capacity as rotating President of the MED9 group, a ministerial meeting to launch the new “Rome Coalition” on access to fertilisers and food security in the […]

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Press Releases
7 May 2026
Launch of the Rome Coalition on fertiliser access and food security in Hormuz – Co-Chairs Statement by Italy and Croatia

The Co-Chairs of Italy and Croatia, the latter in its capacity as the country holding the MED9 Presidency, following discussions held in Rome with representatives of 40 countries, partners, and international organisations, report a shared understanding on the importance of advancing a Rome Coalition on Fertiliser Access and Food Security. Participants recognised that increasing instability […]

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