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Italy upholds international law and "won't hesitate" to respond to an attack on its naval or cargo vessels from an attack "by land or sea", foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
Italian major Eni has sold its stake in several upstream oil permits in Congo to Anglo-French oil and gas company Perenco, in a deal reportedly valued at around 300 million dollars.
Italy, which plays a crucial role in UN efforts to give women a central role in negotiation and peacekeeping, "has a duty" to the "many women" sacrificed in war zones from Ukraine to the Middle East, foreign under-secretary Maria Tripodi stated on Tuesday.
Italy has praised the destroyer Caio Duilio's crew for shooting down two Yemeni Houthi drones in the Red Sea as part of the European Union's new Aspides mission to shield cargo ships in the key trade route.
Italy' funding for the relief agency for Palestinians (UNWRA) remains frozen pending a United Nations probe of Israel's claims that 12 staff members were involved in the deadly 7 October cross-border attack that triggered its devastating five-month-old war with Hamas.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has praised police for the arrests in the central city of L'Aquila of three Palestian militants who were allegedly planning attacks against civilians and military targets.
Italy and European Union candidate country Georgia enjoy "strong relations" and want to bolster bilateral ties, envoy Massimiliano D’Antuono and the mayor of Batumi, Archil Chikovani, agreed on Monday.
A total 85 Palestinians from war-stricken Gaza have now arrived in Italy for medical treatment, accompanied by family members, according to a foreign ministry statement.
To mark International Women’s Day on Friday, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani has asked every Italian embassy around the world to install a red bench symbolising gender-based violence and discrimination.
Fondazione Cariplo helped make possible the Skydeck Berkeley Europe accelerator program to help European-based startups, Cariplo Factory's start-up chief Andrea Beretta said on Friday.
As 'cultural mediators' between non-profit organisations and businesses, charities can build bridges and dialogue with local communities, placing them at the heart of innovation and development, according to Carlo Mango, chief executive of Fondazione Cariplo's innovation hub Cariplo Factory.
Europe's charitable foundations want to join forces also with the public and private sector to boost innovation and sustainbility and reduce inequality to strengthen communities, according to Fondazione Cariplo president Giovanni Azzone.
Innovation is made possible by bringing together people and ideas and and philantrophical organisations have a key bridging role to play in "finding solutions to today's great challenges," according to Delphine Moralis chief executive officer of Philanthropy Europe association Philea
Milan is hosting a conference on Thursday and Friday where 120 delegates from Europe's philanthropic organisations will look at ways to work better together and innovate to foster equitable and inclusive changes to meet ever-more complex challenges and emerging problems.
Yemen's Houthis militia, who have disrupted merchant shipping in the key Red Sea trade route since October with "illegal" missile and drone attacks, are "dangerous" and "are a terrorist organisation", Italy underlined on Thursday.
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has decried a poster from the 2024 Olympics which has controversially omitted the cross from the dome of Napoleon's tomb, calling the move "stupidity".
Parliament has overwhelmingly backed Italy's participation in the European Union's new Red Sea mission to protect cargo ships in the key trade route, an EU advisory mission to Ukraine and one to create 'maritime corridors' to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The world is "grappling with a global hybrid conflict" on "multiple fronts in Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific", Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani told parliament's upper house on Tuesday.
Attacks against ships in the Red Sea since October by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants and their recent threats against Italy are "unacceptable", Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.
A "strengthened and reformed Palestinian Authority" will help forge a pathway to a two-state solution to Israel's decades-old conflict with the Palestinians and to end its deadly war with Hamas in Gaza, according to Italy.
