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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
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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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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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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5 September 2017
Italian Film Festival Bangkok

L’Ambasciata d’Italia presenta nell’ambito dell’Italian Festival in Thailand 2017 la terza edizione dell’Italian Film Festival Bangkok. L’evento e’ curato dall’Associazione Dante Alighieri (con la direzione artistica di Maurizio Mistretta), ed e’ realizzato in collaborazione con The EmQuartier e Quartier CineArt, grazie al sostegno di Generali Thailand e Benetone Films e con il supporto di Velvet […]

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5 September 2017
Italian Film Festival Bangkok

As part of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2017, the Italian Embassy presents the third edition of the Italian Film Festival Bangkok. The event is curated by the Dante Alighieri Association (under the artistic direction of Maurizio Mistretta) and is co-organised by The EmQuartier and Quartier CineArt, with the sponsorship of Generali Thailand and Benetone […]

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3 September 2017
Alfano: “Italy expresses its most firm and unequivocal condemnation for the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”

“Italy expresses its most firm and unequivocal condemnation for the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as it represents yet another clear violation of a number of United Nations Security Council Resolutions,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He added: “Italy expresses its solidarity to […]

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30 August 2017
Italy makes an emergency contribution to the UNHCR to provide humanitarian assistance in Myanmar

“Through the Italian Cooperation Service, I have arranged to finance the High Commissioner for Refugees with a million euros in response to the worsening crisis in the Rakhine State in Myanmar, where repeated episodes of violence, difficult socio-economic conditions and ethnic and religious tensions make the humanitarian situation particularly complex,” said the Minister of Foreign […]

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29 August 2017
Alfano: ” Firm condemnation of North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile overflying Japan”

“Italy strongly condemns the launch of a ballistic missile overflying Japan, that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has fired last night. Pyongyang’s frequency of missile testing and the country’s ongoing development of related technologies are a source of deep and growing concern, besides causing the destabilisation of the wider region,” said Angelino Alfano, Minister […]

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