The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Luxembourg today to participate in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. The agenda is available at the following link: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/it/meetings/fac/2020/10/12/
Read moreThe Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Ivan Scalfarotto paid a two-day visit to Warsaw on 29 and 30 September. During the mission, the first operational follow-up to the visit to Italy of the Polish President, Andrzej Duda, Undersecretary Scalfarotto met the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Rafal Weber, and Foreign Affairs, Szymon Szynkowski. The meeting with […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio: “The “popular initiative for the limitation” – i.e. for the amendment of the Swiss Constitution to restrict the free movement of persons provided for in the agreements with the EU – was rejected in Switzerland by more than 61% of the voters. It is the evident result […]
Read moreUndersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto opened the meeting, held in VTC, between the Albanian delegation, led by the Chief Negotiator for Albania’s accession negotiations to the European Union Zef Mazi, and the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, led by the Central Director for European Integration Nicola Verola. The purpose of the meeting […]
Read moreOggi, 23 settembre, alle ore 8.30, le Commissioni Riunite Affari esteri e Attività produttive della Camera svolgeranno l’audizione del Ministro Di Maio, sull’individuazione delle priorità nell’utilizzo del Recovery Fund.
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio leads today the Italian delegation to the Foreign Affairs Council, held in Brussels. On the agenda: Topical issues Libya EU-African Union Belarus South neighborhood
Read moreForeign Minister Luigi Di Maio met today at the Foreign Ministry with the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. The meeting provided an opportunity to continue the common path started with the joint visit to Tunisia last 17th August. In this regard, Minister Di Maio and Commissioner Várhelyi expressed satisfaction at the formation […]
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto greatly appreciated the vote expressed by EU Member States that blocked in the first instance the approval of duties on imports of PVA (Polyvinyl Alchol), a semifinished material essential for Italian companies, particularly in the paper sector.“Once again the excellent teamwork carried out by the Forwign Ministry offices and our Permanent Representation in […]
Read more“We renew our appeal to the Belarusian Government to make dialogue with the opposition and civil society the one and only ground of confrontation for a stable negotiated solution to the current crisis,” Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto affirmed. “The European Union must continue to draw strength from the cohesion it is demonstrating on this dossier and […]
Read moreIl dibattito politico si è (finalmente, mi sento di dire) animato in questi ultimi giorni sul tema della candidatura italiana per subentrare a Londra come una delle tre Divisioni centrali del Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti che, a seguito della Brexit, dovrà trasferirsi in una nuova sede europea. Nel dibattito in corso c’è un aspetto centrale […]
Read moreOn August 27 and 28, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participates in the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich). The topics discussed during the working sessions include: Belarus; Turkey; the relationship between the European Union and Russia; the European Union response to the Covid-19 emergency.
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto commented positively on the agreement reached between the US and the EU for access to their respective markets for European and American products worth more than 100 million exchanges per year. “This is a step in the right direction,” commented Mr Scalfarotto. “Although this is a limited agreement, for the first time in […]
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