Asia e Oceania

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27 September 2017

Australia – Lorenzo Micheli recital in Sydney

One of Italy’s most famous contemporary guitarists, Lorenzo Micheli continues his Australian tour. After the recital at the Melbourne Guitar Festival, and before his Brisbane concert, the artist performs on Tuesday, 27 September, at a guitar recital at the Crows Nest Uniting Church in Sydney. Guitar Passion has organised the event in association with the […]

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22 September 2017

UNGA. Alfano attends the Security Council meeting on the North Korea crisis and non-proliferation

The minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, participated in the Security Council ministerial meeting on the North Korea crisis and Non-Proliferation, convened following the nuclear test of last 3 September and Pyongyang’s repeated missile tests during the last few weeks. “As the presiding Country of the Sanctions Committee, we staunchly support any […]

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21 September 2017

Alfano: “Italy to deliver emergency aid to Bangladesh and the Philippines”.

“In order to tackle two of the most severe humanitarian crises -the dramatic issue of the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, and the severe emergency on the Island of  Mindanao in The Philippines –  I am issuing, via the Italian Cooperation, two multilateral funding operations amounting to a total of 1 million euro”.  This was […]

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20 September 2017

China – Leonardo’s dream of flight, a lecture by Prof Plinio Innocenzi

The lecture by Prof Plinio Innocenzi “Leonardo’s Dream of Flight” will be delivered in Italian with a translation in Chinese on Thursday, 21 September, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Italian Embassy in Beijing. Prof Innocenzi is full professor of Science of Materials and director of the Laboratory of Science of […]

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15 September 2017

Alfano: “Italy categorically condemns the launch of a ballistic missile over Japan”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano said: “Italy categorically condemns the launch of a ballistic missile over Japan by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea last night, and expresses its solidarity with the Japanese government and its people. Pyongyang’s show of defiance against the non-proliferation regime poses a serious threat to […]

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13 September 2017

Australia – the Lavazza Italian Film Festival starts tomorrow in Melbourne

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival (LIFF) kicks off in Melbourne tomorrow. This film festival has been bringing the best of Italian film production to Australia since 2000. Opening the festival will be the film “Let yourself go!” (“Lasciati andare”), directed by Francesco Amato and starring Tony Servillo. Other films to be screened include “Indivisible” (“Indivisibili”) […]

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13 September 2017

Japan – Exhibitions, the “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) live again in the works of Laura Galvagno

 The exhibition “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) includes 20 abstract works of art which take their inspiration from the world of nature and were created by Laura Galvagno between 2014 and 2017. The Artistic Area of the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka will host the exhibit, which opens on 15 September […]

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12 September 2017

​Alfano: “As a member of the United Nations Security Council, Italy contributes to responding to Pyongyang’s threats”

“As a member of the United Nations Security Council, Italy continues to promote global security and the international non-proliferation regime, by contributing to assure a proportionate and adequate response to Pyongyang,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, when commenting the Security Council’s unanimous approval of new sanctions against North Korea. […]

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7 September 2017

South Korea – Italian Embassy hosts the presentation of the book “Italia Italia” by former Korean Ambassador in Rome, Kim Young Seok

Yesterday the Italian Embassy in Seoul hosted the presentation of the book “Italia Italia” by former Korean Ambassador in Rome, Kim Young Seok. The book, which is published in Korean, illustrates to local readers Italy’s twenty regions from both the historic-cultural and socio-economic points of view. “Even when I served at the United Nations in […]

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7 September 2017

Minister Alfano is in Tallinn to attend the informal meeting of the foreign ministers

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in Tallinn today to attend the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers (strategic discussion format – Gymnich). Minister Alfano will arrive at the Estonian capital at around 12:30 p.m., where he will be met at the Tallinn Creative Hub Kultuurikatel by the […]

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7 September 2017

Il ministro Alfano a Tallinn per la riunione informale del ministri degli Esteri

  Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale, Angelino Alfano, si è recato a Tallinn per partecipare alla riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri UE in formato Gymnich. Il ministro Alfano è giunto nella capitale estone verso le 12:30 ed è stato accolto, presso il Tallinn Creative Hub Kultuurikatel, dall’Alto Rappresentante dell’Unione per […]

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5 September 2017

​North Korea: Italy expresses solidarity to Japan for the consequences of Pyongyang’s behaviour

“Italy is following with the greatest attention the evolution of the situation in the Korean Peninsula. Yet another very serious violation of multiple Security Council resolutions is a factor that destabilises peace and security in the region and the world over. It is also affecting the global non-proliferation regime. Tensions now are escalating, causing unforeseeable […]

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