Asia e Oceania

Diplomatic Network

3 July 2025

Dhaka, commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 1 July 2016 attack

The Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh, Antonio Alessandro, hosted the annual ceremony at his Residence in remembrance of the victims of the attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, where nine Italians lost their lives on 1 July 2016. Representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was the Director General for Italians […]

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Press Releases

2 July 2025

Tajani opens the Italy–Malaysia Round Table with Prime Minister Ibrahim

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is today opening in Rome the Round Table on the Italy–Malaysia Economic Partnership, together with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Tengku Zafrul Aziz. The event will be attended by numerous members of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

24 June 2025

Beijing, first translations of Leopardi and Galileo presented

The ceremony to present the first translations of Italian and Chinese classics – which will implement the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s National Administration for Press and Publishing on 8 November, 2024 – took place on 18 June at the Beijing Pavilion of the BIBF (Beijing International Book Fair), […]

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Press Releases

23 June 2025

Minister Tajani at today’s Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Brussels today to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. The Ministers’ meeting will focus first of all on the situation in the Middle East, also in light of the latest developments […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

20 June 2025

Tokyo, “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”

The final conference of the “Calvino here and elsewhere” series, part of the global celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Italo Calvino, was held at the Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. The event, entitled “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”, was organised in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Brussels: The 2025 Edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has concluded

The Brussels date marked the end of the 2025 edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour, the project resulting from a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI. Since 2019, the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has successfully promoted emerging artists of the Italian music scene, taking them to perform on […]

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Economic Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Sparkle signs Memorandum of Understanding for construction of Asia–Africa–Europe-2 (AAE-2) submarine cable system

Sparkle has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PCCW Global, Telecom Egypt and Zain Omantel International (ZOI) for the construction of the Asia–Africa–Europe-2 (AAE-2) submarine cable system. The consortium aims to establish a strong, next-generation digital link between Hong Kong, Singapore and Italy, leveraging secure, high-capacity land corridors across Thailand, the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 June 2025

Japan: two new orders for the Danieli Group

Danieli, an Italian group and global leader in the design of steelmaking plants, has recently secured two important contracts in Japan, further strengthening its presence in the Japanese market and confirming its role as a strategic partner for the green transition of the local steel industry. The first project, commissioned by JFE Steel — Japan’s […]

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Press Releases

5 June 2025

Tajani and Goyal bring together Italian and Indian businesses in Brescia

Following their visit to A2A, Ministers Tajani and Goyal opened the business forum at the Museo di Santa Giulia to focus on the most promising areas for the development of bilateral economic cooperation. The choice of Brescia as the location for the meeting also reflects the strong trade ties between Lombardy and India, which recorded […]

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Press Releases

5 June 2025

Ministers Tajani and Goyal visit the A2A waste-to-energy plant in Brescia

This morning, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal visited the A2A waste-to-energy plant in Brescia. The facility, inaugurated in 1998, has three production lines. In 2024, it processed over 700,000 tonnes of waste, meeting the energy needs of more than 175,000 households, providing heat to 60,000 […]

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Press Releases

5 June 2025

The Ministers Tajani and Goyal in Brescia for the High-Level Economic Dialogue and Italy-India Business Forum

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, chairs the High-Level Economic Dialogue and the Italy-India Business Forum in Brescia today, together with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.  “Following on from the Business Forum I attended in New Delhi last April, the events in Brescia […]

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Press Releases

4 June 2025

In Brescia, the Italy–India Business Forum

Around 800 Italian companies that are either already operating in India or have interests in the country will participate in the Business Forum, which begins this evening with a dinner in Brescia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, has invited the Indian Minister of Commerce, Piyush Goyal, along with the entire Indian delegation. Among […]

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