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Italian prime minister Mario Draghi’s visit last week to Washington, DC, the first of a Western leader since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine on February 24, reaffirmed the absolute convergence of views existing between Italy and the United States. Draghi and the American president, Joseph Biden, speak the same diplomatic langu...

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United States President Joe Biden said ahead of a meeting at the White House Tuesday with Italian Premier Mario Draghi that he looked forward to reaffirming the strong friendship and strong collaboration between the two countries and discussing their continuous support for Ukraine. The Ukraine war, sanctions, arms and gas are top of the agenda in t...

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The Atlantic Council announced today the honorees and speakers for the 2022 Distinguished Leadership Awards. The honorees will be recognized at a gala at The Anthem on May 11 in Washington, DC. The 2022 Distinguished International Leadership Award will be given to the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Mario Draghi, who w...

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will meet in Washington next month to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine among other issues, their offices said on Wednesday. Biden will host his Italian counterpart at the White House on May 10 ahead of the G7 and NATO summits in June, the White House said in a statement. "The focu...

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi presided over the strongest growth in at least 27 years, a feat that may be difficult to repeat as he deals with fallout from his failed attempt to become the country’s president. Last year’s 6.5% growth pushed by both industry and the services sector is a bounce back from an almost 9% decline in 2020 caused by r...

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Italian lawmakers will start voting to elect the country’s new president on Jan. 24, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi a top contender in a process that could last several days and spark political turmoil. The date of the first secret ballot for choosing a successor to President Sergio Mattarella was announced by the head of the parliament’s lower c...

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Italy has been crowned 'Country of the Year' by The Economist, an annual honour awarded by the international newspaper. The prize is given "not to the biggest, the richest or the happiest, but to the one that in our view improved the most in 2021", says The Economist. This global recognition was awarded to Italy "not for the prowess of its football...

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Italians aren’t used to seeing their prime ministers stick around for long, but many are hoping Mario Draghi proves to be the exception. That’s because the former European Central Bank chief has brought a steady hand to national politics in Rome, keeping the country on an even keel as it seeks to exit the pandemic while trimming its sails with a se...

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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy to affirm the strength of the U.S.-Italy bilateral relationship and thank the Prime Minister for his personal leadership of the G20 during a year of overlapping global challenges. Both leaders recognized the historic achievement of a global minimum tax, building resi...

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US president Joe Biden landed in Rome's Fiumicino airport in the early hours of Friday morning ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit hosted by Italy this weekend. The president will join the heads of the world's most powerful nations at a two-day summit in the capital's Nuvola conference centre on 30-31 October. Before he attends the talks, centred on '...

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