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Press Releases
17 March 2015
Italian Cooperation earmarks 300,000 euro in humanitarian aid for Vanuatu after cyclone PAM

In response to the serious emergency resulting from the passage of cyclone Pam in the South Pacific that was especially devastating to the Vanuatu archipelago, causing dozens of deaths and widespread destruction, the Italian Cooperation decided to make a 300,000- euro multilateral contribution to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). […]

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16 March 2015
Japan: Tokyo accelerates energy reforms

Energy reforms go rapidly forward in Japan. The Abe government has approved laws for a third set that contains changes in the generation, marketing and distribution of electrical, gas and thermal energy. With regard to the electricity sector, the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators, an energy authority, will be operational as from April, […]

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Press Releases
16 March 2015
Della Vedova on mission to Philippines and Singapore

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will complete a mission to the Philippines and Singapore from 17 to 20 March. He is scheduled to meet in Manila with numerous counterparts of the Philippine government with a view to reinforcing bilateral political dialogue and cooperation in various sectors as well as to […]

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13 March 2015
Hanoi – Vietnam Fashion Week gets under way with Italian designers

Vietnam’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Fashion Week got under way in Hanoi, where the creations of 19 Vietnamese and Italian designers will grace the runways for four days through Sunday. Italy’s participation, now a constant in the annual event, is part of the activities of the Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council, which also promotes joint initiatives such as meetings […]

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13 March 2015
Tokyo – A restored Fellini’s “8 1/2” comes to Japan

It was 1963 when Federico Fellini made his autobiographic masterpiece “8 ½”, portrait of a director rethinking his life and the meaning of existence, in which dreams and nightmares mix with an equally surreal reality. A newly restored version of the film, considered one of the greatest pieces of cinema of all time, will be […]

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12 March 2015
Dei – Georgia: al via piano strategico 2015-2020 per agricoltura

Georgia: al via piano strategico 2015-2020 per agricoltura Garantire una maggiore competitivita’ per le imprese rurali, varare un riassetto delle strutture amministrative del Ministero dell’Agricoltura, creare condizioni piu’ favorevoli per attrarre investimenti. Sono questi alcuni degli obiettivi del piano strategico 2015-2020 per lo sviluppo dell’agricoltura presentato dal Governo della Georgia. Con la nuova strategia, il […]

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11 March 2015
Tokyo – First retrospective for a Baroque master

Japan is hosting its first retrospective for Baroque master Guercino at Tokyo’s Museum of Western Art. The exhibition will be open to the public through 31 May and includes 44 works, some of them large-scale pieces, from various important collections. The exhibition is a concrete and significant example of Japan’s solidarity with the Pinacoteca of […]

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10 March 2015
London – Pif stirs hearts with “La mafia uccide solo d’estate”

Palermo-based filmmaker Pierfrancesco Diliberto (known to his many fans as Pif) continued his international tour in London with a screening of his film “The Mafia only Kills in Summer” at the Cinema Made in Italy Festival, which closes today in that city. The film won the Donatello’s David award for best new director in 2014 […]

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6 March 2015
Focus Expo a Tokyo – “Food, Health and Sustainable Agricultural Development: Local and Global Answers”

“Expo Milano 2015 rappresenterà un’importante occasione di confronto istituzionale su temi di grande rilevanza geopolitica come la sicurezza e sostenibilità alimentare, lo sfruttamento più equo e sostenibile delle risorse del pianeta, la promozione di modelli alimentari più salutari, l’invecchiamento della popolazione, il legame tra cibo e cultura e il ruolo che la tradizione gastronomica puo’ […]

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3 March 2015
Beijing – Friuli Venezia Giulia collaborating with the Italian Cultural Institute

The President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Debora Serracchiani, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, Stefania Stafutti, have organised an event to explore collaboration between the region and China. The focus is on the cultural and economic spheres, and on opportunities for Spilimbergo’s renowned school for mosaic artists. Read more, in […]

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Accreditation Notices
2 March 2015
NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Punto stampa Gentiloni – Nechirwan Barzani (Farnesina, 3 marzo 2015)

Martedì 3 marzo alle ore 10.00  il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni incontrerà alla Farnesina il Primo Ministro della Regione Autonoma del Kurdistan, Nechirwan Barzani. Al termine dell’incontro è previsto un punto stampa congiunto. I giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori interessati a seguire la conferenza stampa sono pregati di accreditarsi online compilando il formulario […]

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2 March 2015
Italian Economic Diplomacy – 02 March: Latest World News

Australia: 90 million euro contract for AgustaWestland helicopters AgustaWestland was awarded a 90 million-euro contract for the supply of eight AW139 helicopters to the Australian firm Toll, one of the world’s principal transport sector groups. The contract was signed during the 2015 Australian International Airshow. Toll is purchases the AW139s for use in medical rescue […]

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