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Italy's industry minister Adolfo Urso and United States ambassador Jack Markell held talks in Rome on Tuesday that centred on ways to boost investments, and on artificial intelligence and other new technologies.
An exhibition featuring a wide selection of works by Amedeo Modigliani has opened in Potsdam, Berlin, offering a new perspective on the Italian painter, who turned his gaze to emancipated women of his day, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Italy is strongly engaged in cultural diplomacy, its consul to Erbil, Michele Camerota said at the inauguration of an exhibition showcasing the work of Italian archaeological missions in the Kurdistan Region, the consulate wrote Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter).
The top goal of Italy's G7 presidency this year is to achieve peace, especially in Ukraine, and end Israel's war in Gaza with Hamas and political negotiations on a two-state solution to the long-running conflict with the Palestinians, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.
Italy's government has summoned Russia's ambassador Alexei Paramanov and voiced its government's "extreme dismay" at the temporary nationalisation of an Italian heating firm firm Ariston subsidiary, saying the move had "no basis in law".
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani is "highly committed" to de-escalating the widening conflict in the Middle East and those elsewhere, according to foreign undersecretary Maria Tripodi.
The international community "must act immediately" to prevent an Israeli military offensive in war-devastated Gaza's southern border town of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians are sheltering, Italy said on Monday.
A humanitarian ceasefire and release of hostages held in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is urgently needed given the dire crisis in the blockaded, bombarded Palestinian enclave, Italy said on Wednesday.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani would like to see Palestinian and Israeli flags at the annual Liberation Day celebrations in Italy on Thursday which mark the 1945 end of its fascist regime and of the World War II Nazi occupation.
Italy's ruling conservative and opposition Democratic Party MEPs' abstention from a European Parliament vote on the European Union's new budget rules "does not mean being against" them, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
A 61 billion dollar package of military for Ukraine approved by the US Congress will help the former Soviet republic negotiate peace with invader Russia, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is on Wednesday chairing a second ministerial meeting to take forward the government's 'Mattei' plan to boost Africa's stability and economic development through 'non predatory' partnerships.
Lower house of parliament members are questioning foreign minister Antonio Tajani Wednesday on the outcome of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting on Capri last week and the government's future plans for Italy's G7 presidency this year.
Italy and Tajikistan have inked "numerous bilateral agreements" as part of efforts "to deepen dialogue and collaboration" in a range of areas starting with security, premier Giorgia Meloni tweeted on Tuesday.
An honour guard greeted Tagikstan's president Emomalī Rahmon upon his arrival at Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office in Rome, for talks with Italy's premer Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday, her office said in a statement.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella held talks with his Tajik counterpart, Emomalī Rahmon at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Mattarella's office said in a statement.
Despite growing international opposition to Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip, Italy "will never cancel" its scientific cooperation agreements with the Jewish state, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.
Africa is "the continent of the future" and Italy "can play a leading role" in helping develop its space sector - a crucial one for societies to come - according to Italy's industry minister Adolfo Urso.
Italy and Egypt will boost their space science and technology cooperation between universities, research institutes and businesses with the aim of forging long-term investment and partnerships, the industry ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
