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Press Releases
28 July 2024
Italian Foreign Ministry Note on the Situation in Lebanon

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is closely monitoring the evolution of the crisis in Lebanon in coordination with the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto. The Italian government has reiterated to both the Israeli and Lebanese governments its urgent request to do everything in their power to avoid further escalation of […]

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Press Releases
27 July 2024
Diplomacy for Growth: Renewed Subsidised Finance Programme for the Western Balkans

The Facilitation Committee of Funds 394/81 and 295/73, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and meeting at the Farnesina with representatives from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, and the Conference of Regions, has approved the renewal of the Subsidised Finance Programme for the Western Balkans […]

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In detail
25 July 2024
Hearing by Minister Antonio Tajani to the Joint Foreign Affairs Committees of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Senate

The Joint Foreign Affairs Committees of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Senate are conducting a hearing with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, on the outcomes of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of 22 July 2024, and the […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2024
Humanitarian Initiative Food for Gaza: Launch of a WFP-Farnesina Project for Food Aid to the Gaza Population

Today marks the beginning of a project launched by the World Food Programme (WFP) to alleviate the severe malnutrition affecting the population of Gaza. The aid plan, supported by a EUR 12 million contribution from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will provide the most vulnerable families with approximately 4,000 tons of food supplies (flour, […]

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Press Releases
24 July 2024
Tajani and Zangrillo meet with trade unions at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, together with the Minister for Public Administration Paolo Zangrillo, met today with trade unions representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs employees. It was the seventh meeting with the trade unions since the beginning of Minister Tajani’s term of office. On this […]

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Press Releases
23 July 2024
New SIMEST financial instruments to support Italian enterprises in Africa

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Antonio Tajani, spoke today at the Foreign Ministry at the Conference “Financial Instruments for the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises”, organised jointly with Simest. During the event, which was opened by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, SIMEST’s new subsidised finance measure worth […]

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In detail
23 July 2024
Minister Antonio Tajani participates in the event “New Africa Measure: Financial Instruments for the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises”.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, participates in the event “New Africa Measure: Financial Instruments for the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises”, organised by the Foreign Ministry together with SIMEST S.p.A. Speakers include the President and the CEO of Simest, Pasquale Salzano and Regina Corradini D’Arienzo, the […]

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Interviews
22 July 2024
Italy and Austria: «Syria, Europe shall change its strategy» (Il Messaggero)

With world attention focused on crisis hotspots such as Gaza and Ukraine, the situation in Syria has been shunted to the sidelines in the media, but also in the EU’s foreign policy agenda. This is a strategic mistake. Despite massive humanitarian aid, including EUR 33 billion from the largest international donor, the EU, the Syrian […]

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Press Releases
18 July 2024
Middle East, Tajani writes to his three colleagues in the region: “Gaza cannot wait, the war must end”

On the occasion of the arrival in Amman this morning of a shipment of over 60 tons of humanitarian aid collected by the Italian government through the “Food for Gaza” initiative, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, sent letters to his counterparts in Israel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, the […]

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