Asia e Oceania

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13 July 2015

Marines: Indian Supreme Court grants extension of Massimiliano Latorre’s stay in Italy

The Indian Supreme Court today granted a 6-month extension – to mid-January 2016 – of the period of time that Marine Massimiliano Latorre can remain in Italy. The decision was made without opposition from the Government in New Delhi. The Court postponed until 26 August its decision on our request to suspend the domestic judicial […]

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10 July 2015

Dei – China: from 11 to 18 Setember Cuisine Festival in Yangzhou

China: from 11 to 18 Setember Cuisine Festival in Yangzhou The “Silk Road Cities Cuisine Cultural Exchanges – Yangzhou Week” will take place from 11 to 18 September. The Festival, part of the celebrations for the city’s 2,500 year anniversary, will be dedicated to the culture of cuisine, and Italy has been invited as guest […]

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6 July 2015

Hanoi – Moviemov Italian Film Festival arrives

The itinerant ‘Moviemov Italian Film Festival’ will offer the best in Italian cinema to the Vietnamese public from 21 to 26 July. The initiative has been organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, the ICE office in Vietnam and the Playtown Association of Rome. “The festival is a special occasion that brings […]

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6 July 2015

Hanoi – Moviemov Italian Film Festival arrives

The itinerant ‘Moviemov Italian Film Festival’ will offer the best in Italian cinema to the Vietnamese public from 21 to 26 July. The initiative has been organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, the ICE office in Vietnam and the Playtown Association of Rome. “The festival is a special occasion that brings […]

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26 June 2015

Latorre and Girone: Italy opens international arbitration procedure

Italy today opened an international arbitration procedure on the case of the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The decision, which the Parliament had called for, was taken at the end of the necessary direct negotiations with India and in the face […]

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19 June 2015

Japan: Eataly makes new effort to launch partnership

Eataly is making a new effort at establishing a foothold in Japanm with the newly formed Eataly Asia Pacfic partnership of Eataly Distribution, Mitsui&Co and Kichiri&Co. The brand’s relaunch on the Japanese market, after an initial attempt in 2008 that failed to yield the expected results, will consist of point-of-purchase sales, restaurants, cooking schools and […]

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19 June 2015

Tokyo – Master Italian and Japanese goldsmiths blend their arts

Master goldsmiths from Italy and Japan, 40 from each country, worked in couples to lend their skills to the production of new works to be exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo from 3 to 11 July. The opening takes place on the 50th anniversary of the JJDA (Japan Jewelry Designer Association). Read more, […]

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16 June 2015

Beijing – Encounters with Italian Opera – Giuseppe Cuccia illustrates “L’elisir d’amore”

Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” will be performed at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing from 9 to 12 July 2015. On 29 June, Giuseppe Cuccia will give a presentation on the opera at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the “Encounters with Italian Opera” events organised by the Institute. Cuccia is a consultant […]

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15 June 2015

DEI – China: New platform for online cross-border trade

Guangxin Trade Development, part of the Guangxin Group, a public holding with over 25,000 employees and over 23 companies, has developed a new electronic commerce platform called GTD (http://www.ggtdc.com). The platform will enable imported products with reduced customs duties to enter China. The company’s operational headquarters is in Nansha, one of the 3 hubs (along […]

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15 June 2015

Italy-Pakistan: Della Vedova visiting Islamabad

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, will be visiting Pakistan today and tomorrow, 15-16 June 2015. In Islamabad he will meet members of the government, including the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi; the Minister for Commerce, Dastagir Khurram Khan; the Minister for Petroleum, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi; and […]

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15 June 2015

Jakarta – Artemis Danza performs “Traviata”

Artemis Danza will perform “Traviata” in Jakarta, as the first chapter in its “Giuseppe Verdi” project. The performance will be hosted by the theatre at the Ciputra Artpreneur cultural centre to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Italy and Indonesia. The centre has organised the initiative in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in […]

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11 June 2015

Beijing – Stories of Italian masks and tales of the folk of Trentino

Music, song, festivities, rituals, culture, memory and tradition: these and much more will be the topic this evening in Beijing (at 19:00) at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute, where the project “Stories of Italian masks and tales of the folk of Trentino” will be presented. The project is one of cultural dissemination curated […]

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