Giuseppe Conte

21 Dec 2020 in 23:50

Europe introduces lockdown on Christmas

Italy has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases, BBC writes in the article Covid: Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown. The country will be under "red-zone" restrictions over the public holidays, with non-essential shops, restaurants and bars closed, and Italians only allowed to travel for work, health and emergency reasons. Limited home visits will be allowed

18 Jul 2020 in 21:48

EU gets stuck in dead end

European Union leaders were locked in intense negotiations on Saturday evening in an attempt to save a summit on the terms of a €750bn pandemic recovery fund from an acrimonious end as the debate over the bloc’s financial …

17 Apr 2020 in 5:00

Italy’s new approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

While recent agreements between Rome and Baku are economically significant, their political dimension is even more significant

6 Dec 2019 in 16:40

Lavrov holds meeting with Italian PM Conte

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome. Lavrov conveyed to the Italian premier best wishes from Russian President Vladimir Putin. …

27 Aug 2019 in 23:40

Italy crisis

Coalition talks resume as parties agree on PM

26 Aug 2019 in 10:20

Trump's demands for Russia's readmission cause row at G7 summit

U.S. President Donald Trump has rowed with his fellow G7 leaders over his demand that Russia be readmitted to the group, rejecting arguments that it should remain an association of liberal democracies, the Guardian reported, …

10 Aug 2019 in 23:06

Passions of Italians in power

Salvini calls for new elections in Italy

5 Jul 2019 in 9:20

Putin hopes for Italy’s help in resumption of normal Russia-EU relations

Russia hopes that Italy will take efforts to help resume normal relations between Russia and the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. …

5 Jul 2019 in 9:00

Italy to continue working to lift anti-Russia sanctions.

 Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the sanctions on Russia were not an end in themselves, calling them a temporary measure "Italy is working on creating conditions for overcoming this state of …

4 Jul 2019 in 14:20

Italian PM assesses importance of G20 summits

Summits of G20 leaders cannot always bring about groundbreaking results, but the forum provides a unique opportunity for holding important discussions, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. "G20 is an …

2 Feb 2019 in 10:00

Europe argues over the fate of migrants

7 European nations end latest Mediterranean standoff over migrants

21 Dec 2018 in 16:37

European Commission is not the enemy of the Italian people

After months embroiled in a high-profile diplomatic row, Italy has agreed a deal on its budget with Europe

16 Dec 2018 in 12:00

EU leaders fail, again, to agree on migration policy

EU leaders, at their last summit of 2018, failed to reach agreement on a comprehensive overhaul of migration and asylum policy. As Politico …

1 Dec 2018 in 14:00

Putin meets Merkel, other world leaders at G20 summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has started the second day of his visit to Buenos Aires, where a G20 summit is taking place, with a working breakfast with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, TASS reported. …

26 Oct 2018 in 22:16

Moscow-Rome: from energy to cinema

Conte’s visit added a new chapter in the Russian-Italian relations.

25 Oct 2018 in 15:55

Giuseppe Conte: it is necessary to maintain and develop dialogue with Russia

Italy hopes that Russia and the European Union (EU) will restart dialogue and will assist this effort, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. He noted that it is necessary "to maintain dialogue with Russia and …

19 Oct 2018 in 8:00

Rome will oppose extension of EU sanctions on Russia

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is due in Moscow next week for talks with Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

16 Oct 2018 in 22:31

Italy to clash with Europe because of the budget

Rome's actions could lead to the collapse of the European Union

29 Jun 2018 in 13:00

Italy fails to prevent Germany and France from extending sanctions against Russia

The leaders of the EU countries made a political decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months, a source in the EU Council said on the sidelines of the EU summit. "We had a very short discussion on Russia, …

29 Jun 2018 in 10:20

Italy calls on to lift ban on EBRD lending to Russia

Italy plans to propose ending a ban on European development bank lending to Russia in a sign of the new government in Rome’s wish for closer ties with Moscow. According to EU diplomats, Italian prime …