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Outgoing United States ambassador to Italy Lewis Eisenberg on Friday lauded his country's historic bond with Italy, "especially in times of crisis" as well the "steady leadership" provided by president Sergio Mattarella.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and justice minister Alfonso Bonafede are urging Spain's authorities to ensure "a rapid conclusion" to the upcoming trial of two Russians accused of beating to death Niccolo Ciatti outside a disco in northeast Spain in 2017, Di Maio said on Friday.
Famine is looming in war-wracked Yemen, where 16 million people - over half the population - already don't know where their next meal is coming from, David Beasley, Rome-based UN World Food Programme chief, stated on Thursday.
Italian national Natalina Cea will from 1 February lead the European Union's Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya, the EU's top decision-making body said in a statement on Thursday.
Italian major Eni's environmental company Rewind and Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) have agreed to expand their cooperation to cover water, soil and landfill management and waste repurposing, Eni said in a statement on Thursday.
Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio on Thursday warned "the world is watching" Italy after ex-premier Matteo Renzi pulled his Italia Viva party's ministers from the centre-left coalition government, triggering a political crisis amid a sharp Coronavirus surge and economic recession.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has appointed seasoned diplomat and academic Pasquale Ferrara as his special envoy for Libya, according to a foreign ministry statement.
The Mediterranean region's stability and boosting flourishing economic relations between Italy and Greece were at the centre of talks in Rome on Wednesday between foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Wrapping up his first visit to Portugal, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi lauded the country’s "exemplary" refugee policies, UNHCR said in a statement.
Italy is against capital punishment "in any circumstances", deputy foreign minister Emanuela Del Re tweeted on Wednesday after the administration of outgoing US president Donald Trump executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery by lethal injection.
Naming a new UN envoy to Libya is crucial to its stabilisation and unification, as is respecting the permanent ceasefire inked in October and accelerating UN-mediated political dialogue, Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio told deputy premier Ahmed Maitig.
The "general principle" of swapping prisoners was on the agenda at during talks in Rome between Italy's interior minister Luciana Lamorgese and Libya's deputy premier Ahmed Maitig, he wrote on Facebook late Tuesday.
The UN World Food Programme on Tuesday appealed for 35 million dollars for Madagascar, where drought and a COVID-19 induced recession have doubled the number of hungry in recent months and malnutrition is escalating.
Italy's regional affairs minister Vincenzo Amendola on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of former agriculture minister Maurizio Martina as the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation's second-in-command.
Italy's deputy foreign minister Emanuela Del Re has called on authorities in the United States not to execute convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, who is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection on Tuesday.
Italy will help the UK ensure the success of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this year and backs the European Union's blueprint to recover biodiversity by 2030, premier Giuseppe Conte tweeted on Monday.
Jordan is a "strategic player" for the Middle East's stability and Italy wants to boost ties with the country, according to a statement wrapping up foreign minister Luigi Di Maio's two-day visit to the region.
Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and his Saudi counterpart signed a bilateral strategic dialogue accord during a two-day visit to the Middle East aimed at bolstering Italy's business ties with the region, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Italy is set to work with United States president-elect Joe Biden and is sure his administration will give "fresh impetus" to multilateralism, transatlantic ties and the green economy among key areas, foreign minister Di Maio stated on Monday.
