The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio is in Strasbourg to participate in the handover ceremony of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
Read moreMinister Luigi Di Maio will be travelling to Brussels to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council tomorrow. The work will focus on the most important current issues, including recent developments in the Western Balkan region and the situation in the Sahel. Minister Di Maio will also take part in the Ministerial meeting of the […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano participated today in the EU Foreign Affairs and Trade Council meeting in Brussels. The critical meeting takes place the day after the conclusion of the G20 Trade Council in Sorrento and a few weeks before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial in Geneva at the end of November (MC12). The […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano, together with the Turkish Deputy Minister of Industry Mehmet Fatih Kacir, has opened the Italy-Turkey Innovation Day, an event jointly organised by Tubitak, the Turkish government agency for scientific and technological research, and by the Embassy of Italy in Ankara. “Today, the economic crisis caused by the pandemic makes a relaunch based […]
Read moreThe European Commission and the US Administration announced that they have now reached an agreement to jointly address the issue related to the duties on imports of steel and aluminium from EU countries, applied by the United States under the so-called Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, which had started from March 2018. On […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be in Brdo today and tomorrow to attend the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich). The meeting will focus on Afghanistan and its rapidly deteriorating political and security situation, as well as the risks to which the stability […]
Read moreSparkle announces the launch of Metamorfosis II, the first “green” data centre in Greece and one of the largest and most advanced in Europe. With this new opening, Sparkle brings the number of data centres managed in Greece to four: three in Athens – interconnected by a proprietary fibre optic network that traverses the industrial […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated via videoconference in the G7-NATO-EU format Summit, with the presence of Qatar and Turkey, on the crisis in Afghanistan. The meeting focused on freedom of movement in the country, diplomatic presence, counter-terrorism cooperation and humanitarian issues. The Minister reaffirmed Italy’s commitment to facilitate international coordination in […]
Read moreToday, Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova has taken part in the Crimean Platform Summit in Kiev. This event has been promoted by Ukraine to keep the international community’s attention on the illegal annexation of Crimea, which took place in 2014. Those attending the Summit include the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the Deputy […]
Read moreThis statement has been co-signed by Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union, Honduras, Guatemala, North Macedonia, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Senegal, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America. We are deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement. […]
Read moreEuropean Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs gathered today for an extraordinary meeting to consider the latest momentous developments in Afghanistan. The country finds itself at a crossroads after decades of conflict. The wellbeing and security of its citizens, political and human rights achievements, as well as regional and international security are at stake. The negotiation […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. During the meeting, the need for coordination and cooperation among EU member states and the United States and other allies was reiterated to complete evacuation operations and define a shared strategy towards Afghanistan. […]
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