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Unità di Crisi

Press Releases
25 July 2015
Farnesina advisories on safe traveling

The new versions of the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit websites Viaggiare Sicuri (www.viaggiaresicuri.it) and Dove Siamo nel Mondo (www.dovesiamonelmondo.it ) – both dedicated to safety while traveling – are on-line as of today. The sites were developed in collaboration with the Automobile Club of Italy (ACI), and their launch coincides with the launch of a […]

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Press Releases
24 July 2015
An increasingly integrated approach in responding to emergencies due to natural disaster and protecting Italian nationals in emergency situations abroad

Collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Civil Protection was the subject of two accords signed today by MFAIC Secretary General Michele Valensise and Head of the Department Fabrizio Curcio at the Farnesina. “The two accords create the conditions making for a leap in quality in an already solid relationship between […]

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Press Releases
20 July 2015
Four Italians abducted in the area of Mellitah

The Farnesina has announced that four Italian nationals have been abducted in Libya in the vicinity of the Mellitah Oil and Gas compound. The four men are employees of the Bonatti construction firm. The Crisis Unit began monitoring the case immediately and remains in continuous contact with the families of the four Italian national and […]

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In detail
8 July 2015
Safe Travelling: Crisis Unit – Spallanzani Collaboration Accord

Within the context of the renewal and continual updating of the content of www.viaggiare sicuri.it, the Farnesina Crisis Unit is working on broadening the health section to include information on the so-called “travellers’ diseases”. The pages on individual countries will provide users with information on endemic pathologies, precautions to take and specific information on that […]

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Press Releases
29 April 2015
Nepal earthquake: Crisis Unit continues efforts to repatriate Italians

Efforts continue by the Farnesina Crisis Unit to repatriate Italian nationals by any means possible, including military ones, thanks to the collaboration of the Interforces Operational Command, and commercial flights out of Kathmandu. The first group are expected to arrive on a commercial flight to Milan in the early hours of tomorrow; another two flights […]

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Press Releases
21 March 2015
Bodies of Italian victims of terrorist attack in Tunis flown to Rome

The Head of the Farnesina Crisis Unit left the Tunis airport with the bodies of the victims of the terrorist attack in Tunis and their families headed for Rome, where the authorities will perform the procedures required by law. Once those procedures are have been completed, they will be flown back to Turin.

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Press Releases
29 December 2014
Fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry: Gentiloni speaks by phone with Venizelos

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni spoke by telephone with Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos regarding the fire on the Italian ferry, the Norman Atlantic, off the coast of Greece. Minister Gentiloni and his Greek opposite number reviewed the situation and continue to monitor developments, maintaining close contact […]

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Press Releases
20 December 2014
Upcoming holidays: Advice for Italians going abroad

The increase in “hot spots” and episodes of terrorism in various parts of the world creates a growing threat to the personal safety of Italian nationals going abroad, especially to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Farnesina urges all Italian nationals planning a trip to check the www.viaggiaresicuri.it website for advisories and/or […]

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In detail
15 December 2014
Crisis Unit – European Crisis Unit heads at the Farnesina

The Farnesina Crisis Unit is hosting a meeting today of the heads of the analogous facilities of the 28 EU Member States and officials of the EU External Action Service and the EU Commission. The aim is to facilitate the exchange of information among Member States in an effort to avert or reduce threats to […]

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Press Releases
2 November 2014
Burkina Faso: Italian nationals monitored by Crisis Unit

The Farnesina Crisis Unit is monitoring developments in Burkina Faso, where no Italian nationals appear to have been involved in the incidents. As always in situations of the sort, the Crisis Unit continues to monitor Italian nationals in the area, in close collaboration with our embassy accredited for that country, by text message, email and […]

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