Asia e Oceania

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22 July 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Azerbaijan: launch of strategic partnership with Italy

Italy’s launch of a strategic economic and political partnership with Azerbaijan was the most important result of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent visit to Italy to meet with President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Premier Matteo Renzi. The two countries signed a joint declaration that marks a leap in quaity in bilateral relations. The […]

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18 July 2014

Melbourne – A stroll through history: open doors at the Italian Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne has been included for the first time in the city’s list of buildings with a significant historic or architectural interest. On 26 and 27 July, to coincide with Open House Melbourne, the Institute’s premises – the 19th-century Elm Tree House in the South Yarra neighbourhood – will be open […]

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16 July 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore: Hong Kong: Piaggio Aero wins 50 orders from Bravia Capital

Hong Kong: Piaggio Aero wins 50 orders from Bravia Capital Piaggio Aero Industries announced at the Farnborough Air Show (UK) that it has signed a contract with Bravia Capital for 50 Avanti EVO aircraft designed and built entirely in Italy. Bravia Capital is a Hong Kong-based investment company with a global portfolio focusing on the […]

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14 July 2014

Italy-Mongolia: Senator Della Vedova and Ambassador Odonbaatar sign bilateral agreement

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Senator Benedetto Della Vedova, and the Mongolian Ambassador in Italy, Shijeekhuu Odonbaatar, have signed a bilateral agreement on exemption from the short-stay visa requirement for holders of diplomatic passports. The agreement was signed at the Foreign Ministry today, 14 July 2014. During the meeting, Under-Secretary Della Vedova reiterated Italy’s interest […]

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11 July 2014

Afghanistan: Mogherini warns against wasting historic opportunity

Afghanistan must not waste the opportunity offered by the presidential elections, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini underscored. “Afghanistan is at a fork in the road. The millions of Afghans who courageously went to the voting polls for the presidential elections confirmed their desire to live in a country on the path to completion of […]

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8 July 2014

Italy-China – Orobianco comes to Chongqing

The Italian manufacturer of high-end handbags and luggage “Orobianco”, already present on the South Korean and Japanese markets, set up its first point of purchase in Chongqing, a Chinese metropolitan area that has registered an increase in consumption of more than 30% in the last two years. A press conference was held at the Italian […]

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4 July 2014

Marines: Mogherini and Pinotti meet partners

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti had a long meeting today, Friday 4 July 2014, with Vania Ardito and Paola Moschetti, the partners of Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre. The ministers’ progress report included an up-date on yesterday’s meeting with the team of international lawyers working on the case of the two […]

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4 July 2014

EU-Japan – Meeting in Rome on Free Trade Agreement and achieving growth together

Ever-closer ties between Europe and Japan, in the spirit of convergence that is vital if we are to grow together and tackle the crisis. That was the topic of a conference entitled “Europe-Japan, a necessary convergence: the free trade negotiations” that was held in Rome to provide an up-date on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). […]

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3 July 2014

#Farnesina – Così Shanghai è entrata nel nostro “progetto artistico” (in translation)

Vincitori del premio Shanghai, fondato dall’Istituto italiano di cultura,sono tre giovaniartisti, Elisa Strinna, Chiara Principe eAlessandro Dandiniche spiegano qual è il loro “progetto artistico” ispirato alla complessità e alle opportunità della città di Shanghai. Inparticolare Strinna e Principeritengono che sia “unacittà affascinante, piena di stimoli e contrasti appassionati, che hanno contribuito in modo positivo a […]

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3 July 2014

Cina – La ‘vecchia’ Shanghai nelle foto dell’ ambasciatore italiano (in translation)

Sono in mostra in questi giorni a Shanghai le foto della citta’ vecchia, alcune delle quali di oltre un secolo fa, che facevano parte della collezione di oltre tremila immagini dell’ambasciatore italiano in Cina dal 1937 al 1046, Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio. Gli scatti riprendono alcune delle piu’ famose location della citta’, tra cui […]

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3 July 2014

Italia-Singapore – A Milano seminario per imprese settore cleantech (in translation)

Si terra’ giovedi’ 10 luglio a Milano il seminario “Singapore: opportunita’ per le imprese e start-up italiane del settore cleantech”. L’iniziativa, seguito operativo della missione imprenditoriale a Singapore del dicembre 2013, e’ organizzata e ospitata dall’Ice (l’Agenzia per la promozione all’estero delle imprese italiane) insieme a Confindustria, Gestione Servizi Energetici (Gse) e Federazione Nazionale Imprese […]

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2 July 2014

Japan – Tour by pianist Giovanni Allevi attracts enthusiastic crowds

Italian pianist Giovanni Allevi has just completed a highly successful tour in western Japan, with performances in Kyoto, Kagoshima, Nagoya and Osaka. The tour enjoyed support from the Italian Cultural Institute and the rich network of contacts established by the Italian Consulate General. Read more, in Italian.

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