Asia e Oceania

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9 September 2015

Tokyo – “Study in Italy” fair: two days of Italian language and culture

Now in its 9th edition, this year’s “Study in Italy” fair will be held on 6 and 7 November 2015 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with the Italian-Japanese Association and the Italian Tourism Board, the event is intended to promote language, cultural, arts and vocational studies for […]

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9 September 2015

Jakarta – Seminar on Indonesian miners’ exposure to mercury

“Assessment of artisanal gold miners’ exposition to elemental mercury vapours – determination by hair composition” is the topic of a seminar in Jakarta organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The seminar focused on the effects of mercury exposure on people living in the mining regions in the west of the island of […]

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9 September 2015

New Delhi – Taranto’s troubled steelworks in a theatre production in India

The dramatic story of Taranto’s troubled Ilva steelworks will be told in India by Instabili Vaganti, an Italian theatre company that will be performing in Calcutta on Friday 11 September 2015. “Made in Ilva” is based on the true experience of workers from Europe’s biggest steelworks, with testimony from workers interspersed with poetry by Luigi […]

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7 September 2015

Hong Kong – Red carpet for Cinema Italian Style

Hong Kong rolls out the red carpet for the fourth edition of Cine Italiano – Cinema Italian Style, which opens on 16 September 2015. Italian films featuring in the event include “Il nome del figlio”, directed by Francesca Archibugi, who will be attending the screening. Cine Italiano is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and […]

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27 August 2015

Dei – Vietnam: Liberalisation of energy market under way

Hanoi opens the liberalisation process for its national energy market, with the aim of ending the monopoly enjoyed by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), a state company with a dominant role in the domestic market. The market-opening process will begin in 2016, when all operators and electricity power stations with capacity of at least 30 megawatt […]

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25 August 2015

Italy-Afghanistan – work on Herat bypass starting soon

Afghan infrastructure will benefit from a new Italian input thanks to the efforts of the Farnesina. A contract was signed today by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works and the company that won the tender to build the first lot (20.4 kilometres) of the Herat bypass. funded by Italy, the project is of strategic importance to […]

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24 August 2015

Kyoto – Renaissance music for Leonardo exhibition

Lute player Angelo Marchese will join flautist Manuel Staropoli and soprano Rina Hayama in a performance of Renaissance music in tandem with the opening of an exhibition in Kyoto entitled “Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari – the Mystery of the Tavola Doria”. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute. […]

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Press Releases

21 August 2015

Indonesia: Italians missing: search expanded

Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni was pleased to receive the news of the Indonesian government’s decision to extend search operations through Tuesday 25 August for Italian nationals Daniele Buresta, Michela Caresani and Alberto Mastrogiuseppe, missing following a scuba trip near the island of Sangalaki, in Indonesia. In cases of this sort, Indonesia normally provides […]

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20 August 2015

Italians missing in Indonesia, Farnesina active to the maximum extent

The Farnesina continues to actively monitor the search for Daniele Buresta, Michela Caresani and Alberto Mastrogiuseppe, the three Italian citizens who went missing on a scuba trip on the island of Sangalaki, in Indonesia. Various naval vessels and rescue helicopters are employed in the search of a vast portion of the sea. The Embassy of […]

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20 August 2015

Sydney – Migrants and literature, Simonetta Agnello Hornby

“La scrittura dell’emigrante e dell’emigrato. Memoria e presente” is the title of a conference to be held by Italian writer Simonetta Agnello Hornby at the University of Sydney on 28 August. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney in collaboration with the university as one of the writer’s appointments within the […]

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18 August 2015

Osaka – Art history course with a special focus on Caravaggio

An art history course taught by Taro Kimura at the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka, which puts a special focus on two masterworks by Caravaggio, will continue through Saturday in parallel with a more general course examining the great masters of the Renaissance. Read more, in Italian.

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17 August 2015

Australia launches programme to build fleet of frigates and patrol boats

The Australian government launched a programme to build a fleet of nine multi-purpose frigates for the Australian Navy within 2020, in addition to offshore patrol vessels. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Tony Abbot, who specified that the programme would cost a total of 39 billion AUD (approximately 27.1 billion EUR) and is expected […]

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