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Unità di Crisi

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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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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5 August 2014
Ebola epidemic. Foreign Ministry following the phenomenon, responds to WHO appeal to donors with 200,000 euros for Guinea

The Italian Foreign Ministry is carefully monitoring the Ebola virus epidemic on the African continent, and has responsed to the World Health Organization’s appeal to donors with a contribution of 200,000 euros for Guinea. With the worsening of the situation on a regional scale, further Italian interventions in coordination with the WHO and the other […]

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Press Releases
2 August 2014
Traveler safety: Valensise chairs meeting of main tour operators and travel agencies

Secretary General Michele Valensise chaired a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with the main associations of tour operators and travel agencies (ASTOI Confindustria Viaggi, Fiavet, Federviaggio, Assoviaggi) on the topic of security for travellers abroad and the implications for the tourism sector. They addressed the responsibilities associated with the choice by many Italian […]

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Press Releases
1 June 2014
Priests released: Mogherini “overjoyed” by the news

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has confirmed the news of the release of two Italian priests, Gianantonio Allegri e Giampaolo Marta, who were kidnapped on 5 April 2014 along with a Canadian nun from the Tchere mission in Maroua diocese, in northern Cameroon. Sister Gilberte Bussière was also freed. “I’m overjoyed. I wish first of all […]

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16 November 2013
Philippines: first load of aid made available by Italian foreign ministry arrives – INTERSOS-AGIRE ready to distribute

Bonino: “€1.1 million euro in private donations” Through “private initiatives” Italy has raised 1.1 million euro in aid for the Philippines, a sum that will be added to the funds the government has already made available for distribution by AGIRE and INTERSOS. This was the statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, who spoke […]

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14 November 2013
Bonino, inviata missione Unita’ di crisi Farnesina (in translation)

Per contrastare i devastanti effetti del tifone Haiyan “l’Italia c’è, si è mossa in tempo” e ha già stanziato circa un milione di euro in aiuti. E’ quanto ha assicurato il Vice Ministro Lapo Pistelli al termine di una riunione sull’emergenza Filippine svoltasi questa mattina presso la Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo della […]

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