Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio today presented his new movement, “Impegno Civico” (Citizens’ Effort) which, according to so far, is to ally with the center-left Democratic Party. Di Maio left the Five Star Movement a month ago and according to many analysts this move caused the “political domino” that led to the fall of […]
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Di Maio: No campaign against Russia is underway in Italy
In a written statement, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio responded to allegations by the Russian embassy in Rome, which accused, through Facebook, the Italian media of not presenting objectively the developments of the war in Ukraine. “In our country, no campaign against Russia is underway and our media is simply covering the events of […]
Italy has submitted a peace plan for Ukraine to the UN
The Italian government, through Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, has handed over to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a four-point peace plan for Ukraine. More specifically, according to the Italian press, the peace plan worked out by the Draghi government is based on the following points: First point, ceasefire. The condition for the plan to enter […]
Di Maio: Europe, united, must ask for a cap on the price of gas
In the light of the developments in Europe, in the light of the developments in Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government, Draghi Luigi Di Maio, refers in a letter to the Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. “Europe, united, must ask for a cap on the price of gas,” Di Maio […]
Di Maio: We have no evidence of genocide in Ukraine, but everyone can see the horrors
“Italy has no data to determine whether genocide is being committed in Ukraine, but everyone can see the atrocities, the citizens and the children being killed,” said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. “We must stop the escalation of tensions, we must help to resume the dialogue between Zelensky’s Ukraine and Russia,” the Italian diplomat […]
Di Maio: We will go to Algeria with Draghi to sign a gas supply agreement
The Italian government continues to work to increase gas supplies, with the aim of gaining independence from the energy relationship with Russia. “Tomorrow morning I will travel to Algeria with Prime Minister Mario Draghi to sign a gas deal that will allow us to deal with possible Russian gas blackmail,” said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi […]
Luigi Di Maio: Italy working for peace conference on Ukraine
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, on the sidelines of the Atlantic Alliance Council, said that “his country, together with its partners, is working towards a peace conference for Ukraine”, which is “essential to ending the war.” “Let Ukraine return to the Ukrainian people and end the terrible scenes we see, as in Boutsa.” At […]
Internet threats against Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio by Putin supporters
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has been the target of a series of threatening online messages from fanatical supporters of Vladimir Putin. According to the Italian press, some of the messages say “Putin, send someone to kill him”. “Di Maio, they will clean you up” and “they should send you to the Gulag” are […]
Di Maio: We need a maximum price for the purchase of natural gas from EU countries
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio paid a visit to Azerbaijan yesterday and is currently in Armenia. At the top of the agenda of his talks in Baku was energy and the possibility of increasing gas supplies from that country through the Tap pipeline. “Azerbaijan is a key partner for Italy, as it is the […]
Di Maio: Moscow-Kiev negotiations are on an uphill road
“Negotiations with Russia are on an uphill road, despite the Ukrainian president’s openings,” said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at the end of his visit to Moldova. According to Di Maio, “Zelensky has made a clear opening both to NATO and to the Crimean and Donbass territorial issues, but Putin is proving that he […]