Gentiloni

ROME - Serbia's and Albania's EU membership is of strategic importance for the stabilization and security of the entire Western Balkans, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said after meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati in Rome.

Two Italian aid workers abducted in northern Syria last summer arrived Jan. 16 in Rome, where they were welcomed with "relief" a day after their release.
      
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni welcomed Greta Ramelli, 20, and Vanessa Marzullo, 21, after their flight from Turkey landed at Ciampino military airport near Rome in the early hours of the morning.
      

Italy urges opening of chapter in Serbia's EU negotiations

BELGRADE -- The EU should as soon as possible start negotiations with Serbia on Chapter 32 concerning financial control, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said.