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President Meloni meets with President of Hungary Katalin Novák

1 February 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the President of Hungary, Katalin Novák, at Palazzo Chigi.

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Ministers Piantedosi, Nordio and Tajani hold press conference

31 January 2023

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi and Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio held a press conference at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Rome this morning, on the information provided during yesterday’s Council of Ministers meeting about the case of convicted Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito.

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President Meloni meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

31 January 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met this afternoon with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. President Meloni confirmed the Italian Government’s appreciation for the UN Refugee Agency’s work for the protection and welfare of refugees, and underlined the UNHCR’s excellent cooperation with Italy, especially in Libya and the Sahel and in creating humanitarian corridors. 

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President Meloni meets with Minister Calderone

30 January 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met this afternoon with the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Marina Elvira Calderone, at Palazzo Chigi, to discuss the next measures relating to her ministry.

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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”.