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President Meloni addresses 2023 Cosmetica Italia Assembly

28 February 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, addressed the 2023 Public Assembly of Cosmetica Italia [Italian national association of cosmetics companies] via video message today. 

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Statement by Palazzo Chigi on the tragedy in Crotone

26 February 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, expresses her deep sorrow for the many lives cut short by human traffickers. It is criminal to put a boat that is barely 20 metres long out to sea with as many as 200 people on board and with bad weather forecast. It is inhumane to trade the lives of men, women and children for the price of the ‘ticket’ they have paid with the false prospect of a safe journey. The Government is committed to preventing departures, and  ...

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President Meloni’s video message for centenary of the Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer

24 February 2023

President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni’s video message to the closing event of the Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer (‘Lega italiana per la lotta ai tumori’, ‘LILT’) centenary celebrations.   

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President Meloni’s video message on the anniversary of the outbreak of the war in Ukraine

24 February 2023

President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni’s video message, in coordination with Italy’s main international partners, to mark today’s one-year anniversary of the outbreak of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Drought emergency: interministerial meeting to be held at Palazzo Chigi on 1 March

23 February 2023

The Government’s first interministerial meeting on the drought emergency, to be chaired by President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni, will be held at Palazzo Chigi on 1 March. The purpose of the meeting is to address what could prove to be an emergency situation, considering the low usage rate of the water resources that are effectively available and the need to reduce time frames for works to reduce water dispersion and to allow for basins to be cleaned.

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President Meloni meets with the Presidents of the Lazio and Lombardy Regions

23 February 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the President of the Lazio Region, Francesco Rocca, and with the President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, who paid a courtesy visit to Palazzo Chigi. President Meloni wished them both all the best in their work.

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Third meeting of the Jubilee 2025 coordination committee held at Palazzo Chigi

22 February 2023

The third meeting of the coordination committee for the Jubilee of 2025 was held at Palazzo Chigi today. The meeting, chaired by Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, was attended, among others, by the Minister of Tourism, Daniela Santanché, the Mayor of Rome and the Government’s Special Commissioner for the Jubilee 2025, Roberto Gualtieri, and Pro-Prefect of the Holy See's Dicastery for Evangelization Monsignor Rino Fisichella.

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President Meloni’s statement on second anniversary of the killing of Ambassador Attanasio

22 February 2023

Two years have passed since the attack in which Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Scelto Vittorio Iacovacci and World Food Programme driver Mustapha Milambo lost their lives. Remembering Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci is not only an institutional duty, but also an act of justice and of love: towards their families and loved ones who, more than anyone else, mourn their passing and can count on the support of the institutions to learn the truth behind the tragedy; towards our nation, which proudly pays tribute to the sacrifice of those two men who served the State and were killed while fulfilling their duties; towards the future generations, so they may be inspired by Luca and Vittorio along their own personal and professional paths.

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President Meloni in Kyiv

21 February 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met this afternoon with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv. Following the signing ceremony for the Joint Declaration between Italy and Ukraine, the two leaders held a press conference. President Meloni went on to pay tribute to Ukraine’s fallen, laying a wreath at the wall of remembrance. This morning, President Meloni visited St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church in Bucha and the places worst hit by the bombings in the city of Irpin.