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President Meloni meets with the President of the European Council

30 January 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, at Palazzo Chigi today, ahead of the special meeting of the European Council to be held in Brussels on 9 and 10 February.

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President Meloni at the presentation of the ‘Polis-Home of digital services’ project by Poste Italiane

30 January 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, delivered a speech this morning at the presentation of the project ‘Polis-Casa dei servizi digitali’ [‘Polis – Home of digital services’] by Poste Italiane, held at the ‘La Nuvola’ auditorium in Rome.

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Statement by Palazzo Chigi

29 January 2023

The attacks against our diplomatic representations in Athens, Barcelona and Berlin, and likewise the one in Turin, the violence on the streets of Rome and Trento, the bullets addressed to the director of the ‘Tirreno’ newspaper and to chief prosecutor Francesco Saluzzo, the Molotov cocktail thrown at a police station: such actions will not intimidate the institutions, even less so if the aim is a relaxation of the toughest prison regime for perpetrators of terrorist acts. The State does not compromise with those who make treats.

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President Meloni in Libya

28 January 2023

President Meloni and Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi travelled to Tripoli, Libya, today, for an Italian Government mission in the North African country. During the visit, President Meloni met with the Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, with whom she issued statements to the press. President Meloni later met with the President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya, Mohammed Yunis Ahmed Al-Menfi.

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Statement by President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni

28 January 2023

“I have expressed mine and the Italian Government’s solidarity with the First Counsellor at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, Luigi Estero, following the attack that caused his car to catch fire in the German capital. This episode is in addition to the acts of vandalism that have targeted our Consulate General in Barcelona. The Government is closely following these new cases of violence against our officials and diplomatic representations with concern”.

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Italian Government condemns attack in Jerusalem

27 January 2023

The Italian Government strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attack in Jerusalem and expresses its condolences and sympathy to the State of Israel and all its people.

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President Meloni’s message on Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January 2023

On 27 January 78 years ago, the gates of Auschwitz were torn down and the world saw with its own eyes the horror of the Shoah, the Nazis’ deliberate plan to persecute and exterminate the Jewish population. Today, Italy honours the victims, offers sympathy to their loved ones, pays homage to the courage of all the righteous people who risked or lost their lives to save others, and bows to the survivors for their tireless service in sharing their first-hand accounts

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First plenary meeting of the new Italian Committee for Bioethics

26 January 2023

The first plenary meeting of the new Italian Committee for Bioethics was held at Palazzo Chigi today. The Committee was appointed on 6 December 2022 by decree of the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni. The Committee, chaired by Professor Angelo Luigi Vescovi, unanimously approved the schedule of plenary meetings for 2023.

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President Meloni meets with Minister of Justice Nordio

26 January 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met this afternoon with the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, at Palazzo Chigi, to discuss the next measures regarding the justice system.