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Unità di Crisi

Press Releases
17 January 2016
Foreign Ministry: latest news on the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

Following the terrorist attack in the capital of Burkina Faso, the Italian Foreign Ministry immediately started investigating on the condition of approximately 100 Italian nationals who were reported to be in the capital, in order to verify their state of health and offer them assistance. The information collected made it possible to confirm that the […]

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14 November 2015
Paris attacks: latest announcement by Farnesina’s Crisis Unit on Viaggiaresicuri site

In relation to the terrible attacks last night in Paris, Italian nationals are invited to follow the advice issued by the Parisian authorities and avoid unnecessary travel within the city. In the case of an emergency, contact the Italian Consulate General on the following numbers: +33-(0)1-4430-4701, +33-(0)1-4430-4702, +33-(0)1-4430-4706 and mobile 0607227256.

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Press Releases
7 November 2015
Team of technical experts to visit Sharm el-Sheikh on 11 November

The Farnesina can announce that a team of technical experts, supported by the Italian Embassy in Cairo, will be visiting the airport at Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow, 11 November 2015, to analyse the security measures adopted for Italian aircraft departing for Italy. The aim of the visit is to provide greater protection for Italian nationals. The […]

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Press Releases
5 October 2015
Statement from Crisis Unit

The Farnesina Crisis Unit made the following statement: “We do feel obliged to comment on supposed judiciary sources of Aleppo or the self-appointed Islamic tribunal of the Nureddin Zenkin”. “In any case, the Crisis Unit added, “there is no confirmation whatsoever of what has been asserted”.

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Press Releases
5 October 2015
Riviera floods: Farnesina ensuring maximum assistance to Italian nationals

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ensuring the maximum in assistance to Italian nationals returning to Italy from Lourdes in the wake of the weather emergency in the south of France. The Embassy in Paris and Consulates General in in Nice and Marseille are providing the necessary contacts with the French authorities, and the Farnesina […]

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9 September 2015
Farnesina – The security of cooperation workers abroad

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is opening the conference taking place today, 9 September 2015, at the Farnesina on the security of cooperation workers abroad. Entitled “Security is a serious thing”, the conference will close with an address by the Secretary General at the Farnesina, Michele Valensise. The event has been jointly promoted by the AOI, […]

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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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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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