Asia e Oceania

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28 December 2015

New Delhi – Unexplored lands and cultures in the works of Pietro Ruffo

Pietro Ruffo is a qualified architect but his love of old maps has turned him into an artist. And now this enthusiasm brings him to India, where he will be displaying his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Terra incognita”. Curated by John Xaviers, the exhibition will run at the Italian Cultural […]

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24 December 2015

Italy-China – Collaboration growing in the space sector

Italy and China are developing their collaboration in the space sector, most recently with the successful launch of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite from Gansu province. Switzerland also took part in the project, along with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the universities of Perugia, Bari and Lecce. As the Italian Ambassador […]

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21 December 2015

Shanghai – Salone del Mobile: Chinese debut in November 2016

The Salone del Mobile will make its Chinese debut in Shanghai from 19 to 21 November 2016, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The fair is organised by Federlegno Arredo Eventi. The event was organised with full collaboration from the government, most notably Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, ICE-Italian […]

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16 December 2015

Dei – Australia: Government looks to innovation and productivity for economic recovery

Innovation and productivity are the key to launching Australian recovery, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull announced as he illustrated the National Science and Innovation Agenda. The Agenda is a package of measures aimed at stimulating technological innovation, simplifying commercial law and ushering in the transition from the mining boom to an “ideas boom”. Over the next […]

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Press Releases

12 December 2015

Marines: Italy submits request for temporary measures for Girone’s return to Italy

Italy has submitted a request to the Arbitration Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague for temporary measures, as per article 290 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, authorising Marin Girone’s return to Italy for the duration of the arbitration procedures currently underway. This request falls within […]

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Accreditation Notices

7 December 2015

Accreditation Notice: Meeting between Minister Gentiloni and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – Joint press conference (11 December 2015)

On Friday 11 December 2015, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. The meeting will take place in Villa Madama at 12.15. A joint press conference will take place at the end of the meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews […]

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7 December 2015

Yangon Ambasciatore incontra Suu Kyi, da Italia pieno sostegno

La transizione democratica in Myanmar e le prospettive delle relazioni bilaterali italo-birmane sono state al centro dell’incontro a Nay Pyi Taw tra l’ambasciatore italiano a Yangon, Pier Giorgio Aliberti, e la leader della Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia, Aung San Suu Kyi. Nel corso del colloquio, il premio Nobel per la pace ha confermato l’intenzione […]

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7 December 2015

Jakarta Clima, Sara Michieletto in concerto

Occhi puntati sul clima: mentre a Parigi e’ in corso la conferenza Onu, a Giacarta domani sera la musicista italiana Sara Michieletto si esibira’ nel concerto “Emotion for a change”. Accompagnata dal pianista olandese, Rene’ van Helsdingen, l’artista, primo violino de la Fenice di Venezia, proporra’ un programma musicale dedicato ai cambiamenti climatici e rappresenta […]

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4 December 2015

Sydney – Theatre, Vincenzo Pirrotta brings “Terra Matta” to Australia

Within the context of the Double Belonging Italian Australian Cultural Festival 2015, the Auditorium of the Italian Forum of Sydney will host “Terra Matta” from 17 to 19 December. The piece is a theatrical adaptation by Vincenzo Pirrotta of the autobiography of Vincenzo Rabito, to be staged by the Compagnia Teatro Stabile of the City […]

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3 December 2015

Tokyo – “Walking Men”: Drawings of journeys between Italy and Japan

“Walking Men” is an exhibition being hosted through 19 December in the exhibition space of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. World-renowned artists Igor Tuveri (known as Igort) of Italy and Japan’s Jiro Taniguchi delight enthusiasts of art, design and animation with the drawings of each of their journeys in the other’s country. Read more, […]

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2 December 2015

Jakarta – Strengthening Italo-Indonesian science collaboration

Scientific cooperation between Italy and Indonesia got a boost from two seminars curated by Prof. Nicoletta Maria Ravasio at the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. The first was entitled “The role of catalysis in the roadmap to Bioeconomy: the case of oleochemicals”, and the second “Mono […]

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24 November 2015

Hanoi – Casa Italia hosts fashion show featuring differently abled models

In the run-up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, “Casa Italia” in Hanoi hosted Vietnam’s first fashion show featuring differently abled models. The initiative aimed to increase public awareness of disability in Vietnam, one year on from the country’s ratification of the UN Convention on the issue. The focus was […]

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