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FM Gerapetritis to meet with EU Special Representative for the Gulf region
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet with EU Special Representative for the Gulf region Luigi Di Maio on Thursday 21 March at 17:30, the Foreign Ministry said in an announcement on Wednesday.
Fires engulfed numerous areas, houses burned down, people evacuated VIDEO / PHOTO
20.000 hectares of forest have already been destroyed, and 1.500 people have been evacuated.
7.500 people, helicopters and "Canadian" planes were mobilized to put out the fire. During the night, tourists who spent their summers in the port of Porto Alabe were evacuated. Fires are raging near 13 cities, and firefighters' efforts are hampered by strong and hot winds.
Italy orders 2 Russian Embassy officials expelled for spying
Italy on March 31 ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.
Dendias: Athens wanted stronger Italian support over Turkey
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome Wednesday.
Despite the positive atmosphere of the meeting, Dendias expressed Athens' disappointment over Rome's stance at the recent European Council on the issue of sanctions against Turkey.
ParliamentaryElection2020/ForMin Aurescu - phone conversation with Italian counterpart: Organisation of polling stations among topics
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu on Wednesday had a phone conversation with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio, on which occasion they discussed the organisation of polling stations in the Italian peninsula for the parliamentary elections of December 6.
Greece and Italy sign ‘historic’ maritime borders accord
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday inked a maritime borders agreement delimiting an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between the two countries.
Di Maio protests Greek travel restrictions on Italian tourists
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio expressed his disapproval on Tueday over the restrictions imposed on Italian tourists who will visit Greece after June 15 in a call to counterpart Nikos Dendias on Tuesday, according to a report in Il Messaggero.
Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio: Don't Treat Italy like a Leper Colony
Italy will not be treated like a leper colony, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday, promising a warm welcome to foreign tourists this summer and warning other European Union states not to shut out Italians.
Italian Foreign Minister: We will never forget Serbia's gesture of friendship PHOTO
"I visited Balkans in February. It was a quick but intense mission that allowed me to stop in Serbia and meet with President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and my Serbian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic," he wrote on Facebook.
He added that he had immediately established "good friendship and loyal collaboration" with them.
"Vinciamo insieme! Coraggio, Italia, la Serbia è con voi"
Today, medical equipment was shipped in for airplanes from Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, while four more will go tomorrow, and European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic handed a donation to Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Rome.