Top industries and trade associations from Italy's aerospace sector were set to explore new space cooperation projects at an event in Rome that kicked off on Monday attended by top officials from the International Italian-Latin American Organization's 18 national space agencies and the European Space Agency.
Italian oilfield services company Saipem has been awarded an engineering contract worth around 25 million euros to build a possible Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit owned by British major Shell off the coast of Brazil, Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday.
Any person forced to flee their homeland due to conflict, hunger and persecution must be ensured protection and the right to a secure future, Italy's foreign ministry tweeted on Monday - World Refugee Day.
Italy is guest of honour at this year's Prague International Book Fair, taking place from Thursday to Sunday, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The foreign ministry said on Friday it is "verifying" reports of the kidnapping of three Italians in southern Mali and foreign minister Luigi Di Maio is following the case "personally".
Italy's government has expressed its "deep dismay" at the shooting dead of prominent American-Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday and has called for her killers to be brought to justice.
Italy will make available 125 million euros to health and sustainable development projects in countries in Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Europe, the foreign ministry tweeted on Monday.
Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has expressed "heartfelt condolences" over the death of Fabio Palotti, who died when he fell down a lift shaft at the foreign ministry in Rome on Thursday while doing maintenance work.
Italy's overseas aid department has given more than 340,000 euros to the World Health Organisation to help it provide emergency medical supplies to crisis-hit Sri Lanka, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Italy's foreign and defence ministries have inked an agreement to issue more ATe electronic ID cards for civil servants to enter buildings, access digital services and sign documents electronically, the foreign ministry said Thursday in a statement.
The Med-Or Foundation has signed an agreement with Lebanon's foreign ministry to foster Italian language teaching and give scholarships and professional training in a range of areas offered by Italian universities.
Citizens who take up arms to defend Ukraine from Russia's month-old military onslaught face criminal charges under Italian law, the foreign ministry warned on Thursday.
The foreign ministry has made available new digital tools for Italian citizens who are abroad that will make it easier to locate them when they require help, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The killing of over six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II was "the most tragic chapter in the history of Europe," the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Italy has no plans to evacuate or withdraw staff from its embassy in Kiev, Adnkronos learned on Monday after the US warned Russia could invade Ukraine at any time amid escalating tensions with the West.
The foreign ministry is helping classic quality Italian tie manufacturer Marinella make investments to strengthen the presence of its brand abroad through loans managed by internationalisation agency SIMEST.
Politicians need to convey to citizens late European Union parliament speaker David Sassoli's "sense of wonder at our common European project", Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday.
A foreign ministry room will be renamed after David Sassoli to honour the European Parliament president, who died in his homeland of Italy on Tuesday after a months-long struggle with ill health.
The Italian government has approved overseas aid worth 86.3 million euros for 25 projects, including 48 million euros for initiatives in Africa, America Latina, and the Middle East.
Two new initiatives financed by the Italian foreign ministry's Migration Fund will ramp up cooperation with countries in the Sahel - a major transit region for migrants hoping to reach Europe, according to a foreign ministry statement.
