Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday that it is impossible for Italy to spend 5% of GDP on defence after United States President Donald Trump called for NATO countries to lift expenditure to this threshold.

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italy was a sovereign State and was free to make its own decisions in its territory after the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked Rome to explain the release of Libyan police chief Njeem Osama Almasri Habish.

Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has defended the swift deportation of Libyan war crimes suspect Osama Elmasry Njeem, citing concerns about his “social dangerousness.” Njeem, detained in Turin under an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant,

C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to schmooze President Donald Trump and his chums, a leader on the other side of the Tiber was communicating stark disapproval of their plans.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused the Palestinian Authority of promoting terrorism and violence against Israel, impeding peace efforts. Speaking with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Rome,

Italy, Germany, Austria, Algeria and Tunisia have signed a joint declaration of intent in Rome on the Southern Hydrogen Corridor, an infrastructure project to transport renewable hydrogen for over 3300 kilometres from North Africa to Italy,

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani summoned Venezuela's charge d'affaires Wednesday to protest Venezuela's announced restrictions on French, Italian and Dutch diplomats on its soil.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, right, and his Tunisian counterpart Mohamed Ali Nafti shake their hands after signing agreements during their meeting in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Pho

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Antonio Tajani, signed today at the Farnesina (headquarters of the Ministry) the first agreement on aircraft and transport services between Italy and Mongolia with the Undersecretary of Transport of Mongolia,

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told visiting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday that he was ready to stem "illegal immigration" to Europe, the European diplomat said."Sharaa says he is ready to block illegal immigration,

Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday to protest over a lack of information on the fate of an Italian national arrested in the Latin

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday that he had called for a moratorium on EU sanctions on Syria for six months or one year, but that a final decision could only come from the entire bloc.