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Italy on Friday welcomed the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - the first nuclear disarmament instrument in more than two decades - giving "full backing" to nuclear disarmament.
Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio sent congratulations Friday to premier Giuseppe Conte's diplomatic advisor Piero Benassi on his promotion to cabinet under-secretary with responsibility for Italy's intelligence services.
Libya's political and social forces will gather in Switzerland in early February to vote on candidates for a three-member unified government and for premier, the United Nations mission to Libya said in a statement on Thursday.
Italy, the US, France, Germany, the United Kingdom on Thursday welcomed the vote by Libyan political and social forces in favour of a procedure to pick a unified interim government and urged Libya to swiftly appoint an "inclusive" new executive to lead the country to December elections.
Eni has improved its score to 4.5 out of 5, putting it among the top five oil and gas companies evaluated by the FTSE4Good Developed Index in its semi-annual review from July-December, Eni said in a statement on Thursday.
Italy is "outraged" at the suspected Islamic State suicide blasts at a busy Baghdad market on Thursday that killed at least 32 people and injured at least 100, the foreign ministry tweeted on Thursday.
Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte on Thursday lauded America’s "fantastic" return to the landmark Paris accord to fight climate change - the centrepiece of a flurry of executive orders signed by Joe Biden on the first day of his presidency.
Italy enjoys "solid and strong" friendship and ties with the United States and the two countries will bolster their "share vision" of security with president Joe Biden's new administration, defence minister Lorenzo Guerini tweeted on Wednesday.
The European Parliament will work with US president Joe Biden to bolster the rule of law, human rights and multilateralism and will invite him to one of its plenary sessions, parliament president David Sassoli stated on Wednesday.
Prime minister Giuseppe Conte welcomed the swearing-in of Joe Biden as 46th United States president on Wednesday, hailing it as "a great day for democracy" and vowed Italy would work with his administration.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio tweeted congratulations to incoming US president Joe Biden, ahead of his swearing-in ceremony at midday local time in Washington, calling the inauguration 'a new beginning for American democracy".
Italy on Tuesday welcomed the vote by representatives of Libya's political factions and civil society backing a mechanism to appoint a unified interim executive to guide the war-torn country to elections on 24 December.
Italian major Eni subsidiary Var Energi has been awarded 10 new exploration licenses with 5 operatorships in the Norwegian continental shelf, consolidating its position as an independent energy company in Norway, Eni said in a statement on Tuesday.
Italy's diplomatic representation at Nato on Tuesday called on war-wracked Afghanistan's political forces "to seize the opportunity for peace" in the war-wracked country.
War-torn Libya's political forces have voted in favour of a procedure to pick a transitional government that will steer the country to elections slated for December, the United Nations support mission said in a statement on Tuesday.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday praised the United Nations Security Council's "important" confirmation of veteran Slovak diplomat Jan Kubis as special envoy to Libya, nearly a year after his predecessor stepped down.
Italy on Monday lauded the accord reached at the weekend between Libya's rival political forces on a proposed mechanism to choose a new unified executive that will lead the war-ravaged country to elections slated for 24 December.
Member of Italy's parliament will on Wednesday question Italy's ambassador to the UK, Raffaele Trombetta, on travel in the borderless Schengen zone since the transition phase of Britain's exit from the European Union ended on 1 January.
Italy expressed "deep concern" on Monday at Israel's announcement that it will go ahead with plans to build 800 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank and urged the Jewish state to re-think its move.
Libya's prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj has created a new security agency headed by the powerful pro-government Abu Salim Central Security Forces militia chief Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, the Libyan Observer tweeted on Monday.
