Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X Wednesday that he has summoned Venezuela's chargé d'affaires to protest against the lack of information regarding the detention of Italian NGO worker Alberto Trentini and to protest against the expulsion of three Italian diplomats from Caracas.

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

Italy has protested Venezuela's lack of information over the arrest of Italian NGO worker Alberto Trentini in Caracas. Despite being detained for over two months, no charges have been filed. Tensions rise as Italy criticizes Venezuela's political climate and previously managed to secure a journalist's release from Iran.

Italian NGO worker Alberto Trentini is detained in Venezuela and Italy has requested a consular visit for him, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday, a day after summoning Venezuela's chargé d'affaires to protest against the lack of information regarding the mid-November detention of the aid official.

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.

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"Also because that party does not have any liking for Italy," Antonio Tajani told state news agency ANSA in Berlin where he arrived for a European People’s Party (EPP) leaders' meeting.

Foreign minister Antonio Tajani and the Italian Embassy in Caracas have been closely following the situation of Alberto Trentini, a 45-year-old NGO worker that family and friends have lost track ...

"This morning I summoned Venezuela's charge d'affaires to strongly protest against the lack of information on the detention of Italian citizen Alberto Trentini and to challenge the expulsion of three of our diplomats," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote ...

ROME (AP) — The Italian government met on Friday to discuss the case of an Italian national arrested in Venezuela two months ago and held without formal charges, the premier’s office said in a ...