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Press Releases

3 August 2020

Minister Di Maio’s conversation with EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, focussing on illegal immigration – with particular reference to Tunisia – on Libya and Eastern Mediterranean. With regard to the increasing of irregular migratory flows coming […]

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Press Releases

31 July 2020

Minister Di Maio’s telephone conversation with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas

This afternoon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas. Soon after the last meetings, the conversation has been the occasion to discuss the latest developments in the Libyan situation, on which Italy and Germany firmly agree. The two […]

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In detail

31 July 2020

Italian Economic Diplomacy 31 July: latest news from the world

VIRTUAL ROADSHOW “THE PACT FOR EXPORT: TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES” 31 AUGUST – 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the ICE Agency, SACE and SIMEST, in collaboration with the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces and Unioncamere, organize a cycle of virtual Roadshows open to Italian companies and dedicated […]

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Interviews

31 July 2020

Mr Di Maio: “Barges have to be decommissioned. It is a national emergency” (Corriere della Sera)

Luigi Di Maio, you have expressed concern about the situation of sea arrivals. In the past you supported the hard line of the blockade of ships. And now? “You know, first of all I would like to clarify that it is not about following a hard line or not, there is no ideological approach to […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2020

South Sudan. Humanitarian flight in the framework of the “European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge

In the framework of the European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge launched by the European Commission DG ECHO to facilitate the movement of goods and humanitarian personnel in the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic, a humanitarian flight departing this morning from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi to South Sudan (Juba) was […]

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In detail

28 July 2020

Conversation between Minister Di Maio and EU High Representative Borrell

On 24 July the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.  

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Interviews

22 July 2020

Di Maio: “Now we need to cut taxes and launch a green industry plan. Conte head of the 5S Movement? He must join it first”

Minister Luigi Di Maio, your thoughts on the Recovery Fund? «The core of the agreement is about the future of our young generations and not the interests of any individual State. This is great news. Europe was at a crossroads and it has chosen to respond. Now it’s up to us to provide answers to […]

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Press Releases

20 July 2020

Talks between the Undersecretary Scalfarotto and the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Chmelař

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto held a videoconference today with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Chmelař. The meeting is part of an ongoing and complex bilateral dialogue between the two countries with well-established bilateral relations, particularly in the economic sphere. While thanking the Government of Prague for its support during the Covid crisis, the […]

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15 July 2020

Meeting between Minister Di Maio, EU High Representative Josep Borrell and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France and Germany, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas

On 12 July the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio visited Brussels, where he met the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France and Germany, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas. The Libyan dossier and the Cyprus […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 July 2020

Madrid: doors open to Spanish tourists in Italy

The Ambassador of Italy in Spain, Riccardo Guariglia, opened the webinar, organized by ENIT, in the context of the initiatives carried out by the Italian System in Spain to support the resumption of tourist flows to Italy. Among the European countries, Spain and Italy are the first in the West to be affected by the […]

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Press Releases

10 July 2020

Minister Di Maio at the videoconference on the Dialogue between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated together with the French and Spanish Foreign Ministers, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Arancha González Laya, the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, and his Latin American counterparts in the videoconference on the relaunch of the Dialogue between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, […]

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Press Releases

7 July 2020

Meeting between Vice Minister and the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Várhelyi.

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni met today in Brussels with European Commission Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Olivér Várhelyi. The talks focused on relations between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. “It is essential that the European Union maintains a priority focus on relations with the countries on the southern shore of the […]

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