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Press Releases

10 February 2025

Italian proposal to step up candidate countries’ accession to the EU

On the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting with the countries of the Western Balkans and the “Friends of the Western Balkans” Group hosted in Rome today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, presented a national position paper containing some concrete proposals to step up the EU accession of candidate countries, including […]

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Press Releases

10 February 2025

Remembrance Day. Participation of Minister Tajani and the diplomatic network in the commemorations

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, participated today in the main events dedicated to the Remembrance Day , in memory of the victims of the foibe and of the Istrian, Fiuman and Dalmatian exodus. The Foreign Ministry and the entire diplomatic-consular network, as well as the Italian Cultural Institutes, joined the celebrations with the […]

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Press Releases

10 February 2025

Ministerial Meeting with the Western Balkan countries and the “Friends of the Western Balkans” group

On 10 February, at Villa Madama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will chair the Ministerial Meeting with the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) and with the “Friends of the Western Balkans” group (Italy, Austria, Croatia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia). […]

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Interviews

10 February 2025

Tajani: “Europe is central, Kyiv must not be humiliated. Overreach by Lo Voi” (Il Messaggero)

Minister Tajani, the clash with the International Criminal Court continues unabated. As a moderate and a Europeanist, don’t you think this situation risks pushing us to the margins of Europe? “Criticising the Court does not mean being against the Court. Just as criticising the EU or the UN does not mean opposing them. It is […]

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In detail

5 February 2025

Hearing of Minister Tajani on the Outcomes of the EU Foreign Affairs Council of January 27

The Joint Committees on Foreign Affairs of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Senate held a hearing with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, on the outcomes of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union of January 27, 2025.

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Diplomatic Network

29 January 2025

Holy See, launch of the “Iter Europaeum”

On Thursday, 28 February, the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union in Rome, hosted the launch event for the Iter Europaeum at its headquarters in Palazzo Borromeo. The initiative, marking the Jubilee 2025, is a pilgrimage route through the European churches of Rome. Originally launched in […]

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Press Releases

27 January 2025

Foreign and Defence Ministers’ joint communiqué – Italy participates in the EUBAM-RAFAH mission for humanitarian support at the Rafah Crossing Point

The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union announced today the reactivation – approved by the Political and Security Committee – of the EUBAM-RAFAH mission, known as the European Union Border Assistance Mission, at the Rafah Crossing Point. The mission was initiated at the request of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with the full support […]

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Press Releases

27 January 2025

Minister Tajani at the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in Brussels today to attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). The topics on the agenda are the following: Europe-US relations, the Middle East, hybrid threats, the Ukraine conflict and an update on Moldova and Georgia.  On the topic of US-EU relations, Minister Tajani will […]

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In detail

25 January 2025

Rilanciare l’industria per il futuro dell’Italia (articolo del Min. Tajani su Il sole 24 ore)

Costruire il futuro dell’industria e del nostro Paese Intervento Antonio Tajani C’è un dato che inizia a preoccupare sempre di più chi segue le sorti dell’economia italiana: la produzione industriale del nostro Paese ha registrato a novembre 2024, ultimo dato disponibile, il 22esimo mese consecutivo di calo. Il cuore della crisi è nel settore auto: […]

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Press Releases

24 January 2025

Joint press release Italy-Portugal – Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Italy and Portugal, Antonio Tajani and Paulo Rangel, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during which the main themes of bilateral and multilateral cooperation were discussed. Italy and Portugal seek to strategically strengthen their bilateral relations, in order to respond together to […]

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Press Releases

20 January 2025

Hydrogen Corridor from Algeria and Tunisia to Germany and Austria via Italy. Ministers Tajani and Pichetto open the Ministerial Meeting and Business Forum on the Southern Hydrogen Corridor

Tomorrow the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Hon. Gilberto Pichetto, open, at Villa Madama, the event on the Southern Hydrogen Corridor (South H2), an infrastructure project to transport renewable hydrogen for over 3,300 kilometres from North Africa […]

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Press Releases

19 December 2024

Minister Tajani’s meetings in Brussels

Following the European Summit with the Western Balkan countries, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had a series of meetings in Brussels dedicated to the questions of EU enlargement and to the work of the new Commission with the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic; the President of the […]

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