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.

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.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents.

The Italian government has met to discuss the case of an Italian national arrested in Venezuela two months ago and held without formal charges.

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 began his first official visit to post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus.

ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned Venezuela's ... to challenge the expulsion of three of our diplomats," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X. Daily la Repubblica reported that Trentini ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks to the media a he arrives for a meeting at Rome's Villa Madama, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on the situation in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime.

ROME — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents ...

ROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he would travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country’s transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist ...

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,