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The government and Italian businesses must dialogue amid a "complex" situation in Russia, foreign minister Antonio Tajani has argued following Moscow's takeover last week of Italian heating firm Ariston's subsidiary and other foreign units, allegedly in response to "hostile" actions by the West.
Italy has taken "immediate action" and pledged to prevent future Russian takeovers of Italian subsidiaries after Moscow last week transferred heating firm Ariston's local unit to state-controlled energy giant Gazprom.
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has reached out to G20 president Brazil and also hopes for help from China as part of international efforts to attain a "just peace" in Ukraine and end Russia's more-than-26-month-old invasion of the former Soviet republic.
Italy's government is "closely following" events Georgia's capital, Tbilisi amid clashes between police and protesters over a contested 'foreign agents' bill which would require organisations getting over 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence.
Italy and oil-rich Azerbaijan enjoy "excellent relations", lower house of parliament deputy speaker and MP for the ruling conservative Forza Italia party, Giorgio Mule tweeted late Wednesday.
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.
On the initiative of Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni, G7 heads of state and government have adopted a joint declaration to fight the production, distribution and sale of illegal drugs including fentanyl, Meloni's office said in a statement on Monday.
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.
