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Unità di Crisi

Diplomatic Network
22 August 2025
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 2025 Rimini Meeting

For the seventh consecutive year, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) will participate in the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples with a major pavilion entitled “No Crisis Is Far Away”. The exhibition space will showcase the commitment of MAECI and its partners in responding to crises and humanitarian emergencies, supporting local […]

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Press Releases
21 June 2025
New convoy of Italians leaves Iran

There is also an 18-month-old baby among the compatriots assisted by the embassy in Tehran.  The activities coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist Italians who intend to leave Iran or Israel are continuing in these hours. At the request of Minister Antonio Tajani, a new convoy was assisted that left Tehran and […]

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Press Releases
16 June 2025
Israel – Iran update

A meeting is underway at the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit between Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and the Italian Ambassadors to the countries affected by the military clashes between Iran and Israel.  First of all, an assessment has been made of the situation of Italian citizens present in Israel and Iran: using land border crossings and […]

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Press Releases
11 June 2025
Foreign Affairs–Defence Joint Note: Three humanitarian flights carrying a group of Palestinians from Gaza to arrive in Italy today

Three humanitarian flights transporting a group of Palestinian patients from Gaza are expected to arrive in Italy this evening, as part of the medical evacuation and reception operations carried out by the Italian Government. Among those on board will be young Adam and his mother, Alaa Alnajjar, who lost their entire family in Gaza in […]

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Press Releases
6 June 2025
Video link between Minister Tajani and Italian doctors in Gaza

Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani held a video conference at the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Italian health workers operating in the Gaza Strip. The meeting was attended by Italian doctors and health professionals from Médecins Sans Frontières, Emergency, and UN agencies who are providing daily assistance in […]

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Press Releases
15 May 2025
New medical evacuation flight from the Gaza Strip arrives in Italy

A new humanitarian medical evacuation operation from the Gaza Strip began yesterday. The operation is part of the ongoing medical evacuation efforts, the most recent of which took place last March, carried out under the initiative of the Italian government. The mission was coordinated by the Civil Protection Department, in collaboration with the World Health […]

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Press Releases
9 May 2025
Gaza: State of emergency extended and additional resources for Gaza. Ministers Tajani and Musumeci: support for the civilian population

On the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and following a report by the Minister for Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci, the government has decided to extend the state of emergency in the Gaza Strip by 12 months, as a result of the events currently taking place in that territory, […]

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Press Releases
28 April 2025
Situation in Spain and Portugal following power outage

The Foreign Ministry continues to monitor the situation in the Iberian Peninsula following the extensive power outage, which had a significant impact on airport and long-distance train traffic in Spain and Portugal, as well as widespread restrictions on health and banking services in the two countries. About 3,600 Italians in Spain (of whom more than […]

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Press Releases
20 March 2025
Another group of sick Palestinian children arrives in Italy from Gaza

In recent days, additional groups of sick Palestinian children have been transferred from Gaza to Italy, evacuated from healthcare facilities in Gaza that could no longer provide them with adequate care. The operations were completed on 19 and 20 March. The first transfer, organised in coordination with Israeli authorities as part of collaboration with the […]

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Press Releases
21 February 2025
Minister Tajani and the Italian diplomatic-consular network worldwide commemorate the fourth anniversary of the death of Ambassador Attanasio and Carabiniere scelto Iacovacci

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the tragic death of Ambassador Luca Attanasio, victim of an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021, together with Carabiniere scelto Vittorio Iacovacci and WFP driver Mustapha Milambo, Minister Antonio Tajani commemorated their sacrifice at a ceremony also attended by the Carabinieri Commander General, […]

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Press Releases
28 January 2025
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Military clashes continue in Goma. Minister Tajani speaks with the Ambassador to Kinshasa

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a telephone conversation today with the Italian Ambassador to Kinshasa to ascertain the condition of his compatriots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where there is ongoing unrest in Goma, following the entry of Rwandan M23 militias, and protests and assaults on several embassies in Kinshasa. The Italian Embassy […]

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