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14 March 2014
DEI/Sole 24 Ore – China: Italian optics exports show annual increase of 25,56%

China: Italian optics exports show annual increase of 25,56% In 2013, China imported Italian optical products valued at 356 million USD (+26.56% over the previous year), locating Italy as fifth largest exporter after Japan (3.167 million, -3.96%), South Korea (2.744 billion – 17.41%), Taiwan (2.359 billion, -5.19%) and the United States (495 million. -16.36%). In […]

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14 March 2014
Australia – Celebrating10 years of Milan-Melbourne twinning

The cities of Milan and Melbourne recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of their “twinning” within the context of the annual “Food & Wine Festival”, one of Australia’s most prominent, in an evening of arias from famous operas accompanied by a sampling of traditional Milanese culinary specialties. Read more, in Italian

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12 March 2014
Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 12 March: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Israel-Italy: 2014 call for tenders for joint industrial and scientific research projects The Ministry of Foreign Affairs website published a call for tenders for joint scientific and industrial research projects that could enjoy the financial support envisaged in industrial, scientific and technological cooperation agreements between Israel and Italy. The sectors for which projects may be […]

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11 March 2014
Hong Kong – Carravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”

Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]

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5 March 2014
Italian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – Switzerland: 3.8% rise in number of cross-border workers (6% in 2012). 24% are Italian

Switzerland: 3.8% rise in number of cross-border workers (6% in 2012). 24% are Italian The number of cross-border workers in Switzerland rose again in 2013, albeit to a lesser degree than in 2012. According to figures announced by the Federal Statistics Office, the increase in 2013 was 3.8%, the equivalent of 278,500 people. This follows […]

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3 March 2014
Marines: Pillay (UN) expresses concern for human rights

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concerned about respect for human rights since the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, have been detained in India for too long. Her views were reported today by her spokesperson, Rupert Corville, after her meeting with the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Benedetto […]

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Press Releases
3 March 2014
China: Italy condemns the savage attack in Kunming station

Italy condemns the savage attack on 1 March in Kunming station, in China’s Yunnan province. Like any other act of violence against unarmed civilians, this was an appalling and unjustifiable action. The Italian Government offers its condolences to the People’s Republic of China and expresses its sympathy to the families of the victims and its […]

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28 February 2014
Hong Kong – In attesa della Cena in Emmaus di Caravaggio (in translation)

A Hong Kong si scaldano i motori in vista della mostra di Caravaggio che verra’ inaugurata l’11 marzo: l’arrivo in citta’ del capolavoro ‘Cena in Emmaus’, prestato dalla Pinacoteca di Brera, e’ stato preceduto dall’installazione presso il Pacific Place, uno dei maggiori centri commerciali, di grandi pannelli esplicativi della mostra, insieme a un video sulla […]

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26 February 2014
Mogherini in Senate – Government and Parliament can work on int’l mission framework law. Case of Marines to go international

“The path we are following in the case of the Marines is one that calls for maximum responsibility at this delicate stage”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini in her first Senate briefing on international missions. Afghanistan: Mogherini calls for framework law on international missions “I believe that over the coming months the government […]

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25 February 2014
DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani)

Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani) Giorgio Armani called for the more decisive intervention of the Chamber of Fashion to protect Italian creativity, and criticised the fashion show calendar. According to the designer, “The Chamber of Fashion must defend the Italian culture and identity without looking at what they are doing in France, […]

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25 February 2014
Marò: Ministri Mogherini e Pinotti incontrano famiglie Latorre e Girone

I Ministri degli Esteri e della Difesa, Mogherini e Pinotti, hanno incontrato questa mattina alla Camera Vania Girone e Paola Moschetti, rispettivamente moglie di Salvatore Girone e compagna di Massimiliano Latorre, alle quali hanno espresso la determinazione di tutto il Governo a fare tutto il possibile per riportare in Italia i due Fucilieri di Marina. […]

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