Asia e Oceania

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17 January 2014

DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Cina: utilizzo renminbi nelle lettere di credito sorpassa euro (in translation)

Secondo i dati di SWIFT, la societa’ che gestisce i pagamenti interbancari internazionali, il valore delle lettere di credito denominate in RMB ha superato nel mese di ottobre 2013 quello delle lettere in Euro, rispettivamente pari all’8,7 e al 6,6 per cento (la prima valuta impiegata a questo scopo rimane il dollaro americano, la cui […]

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Interviews

17 January 2014

“They’re badly informed. That port has handed toxic substances before”, says Bonino

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino says that “all options are on the table” in the case of Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, the two Navy riflemen accused of murder and detained in India. Especially if the law on which the accusation is based envisages the death penalty. The options include an offensive to prevent New Delhi […]

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Press Releases

16 January 2014

Dassù announces reorganisation of diplomatic-consular network. Consulates opening in Ho Chi Minh City and Chongqing

New Italian consulates are opening in Ho Chi Minh City, the economic capital of Vietnam, and Chongqing, a Chinese municipality with over 30 million inhabitants. The accreditation of Italy’s new Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Carlotta Colli, was formalised on 15 January and the new consulate is scheduled to open in March 2014. […]

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14 January 2014

Diplomazia Economica Italiana/Sole 24 Ore: Australia: No “safeguard clause” against Italian tomatoes

Australia’s Productivity Commission recently rules that no safeguard clauses should be applies to imports of canned fruit and tomatoes from Italy. The report was delivered to the Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb. Italian exports of the goods concerned to Australia amounted to about 50 million euros in 2012, and accounted for 86% of […]

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13 January 2014

Italy-China – Second Shanghai Prize

A press conference was held recently for the second edition of the Shanghai Prize, which is focused on the “young emerging Chinese artists living in Italy”, and was organised by the Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin (GAV). Read more, in […]

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9 January 2014

IBAC 2014 at Foreign Ministry in Rome – Bonino, Destinazione Italia to open country to the world

The Destinazione Italia Plan “is the instrument the government has chosen to confront global competition. It is a way to further open Italy to the world in order to seize new opportunities for growth and development”. One of the key passages in Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s opening speech at the meeting of the […]

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9 January 2014

Macao – Exhibition on Botticelli’s Venus

An exhibition on Botticelli’s Venus, received enthusiastically by audiences in Macao, was organised in collaboration with the Italian Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macao in collaboration and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, Mondo Mostre, Galleria Frilli, Ministry of Culture and the regional superintendent for culture of Piedmont. Read more, in Italian

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8 January 2014

Italia-Afghanistan – Distribuite oltre 500 coperte per donne Herat (in translation)

Si e’ conclusa nei giorni scorsi a Herat, in Afghanistan, la distribuzione umanitaria di coperte per la stagione invernale promossa dall’ufficio di Cooperazione di Herat dell’ambasciata italiana e dal Provincial Reconstruction Team italiano. Sono state distribuite a favore di un nutrito gruppo di vedove della citta’ circa 500 coperte invernali, particolarmente adatte ai mesi piu’ […]

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2 January 2014

China – New Italian Consulate General opens in Chongqing

A new Italian Consulate General has opened in Chongqing, with the new Consul General, Sergio Maffettone, leading the opening ceremony. Maffettone underscored the Farnesina’s efforts, under tight public spending conditions, in selecting Chongqing as the new frontier of Italian diplomacy in China in the service of Italy’s economic development. The Consul General also commented on […]

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Press Releases

27 December 2013

Minister Bonino receives Alma Shalabayeva with children Alua, Madina and Aldyiar

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received Mrs. Alma Shalabayeva today in Rome along with her children Alua, Madina and Aldyiar. Mrs. Shalabayeva expressed her sincere gratitude for the commitment Minister Bonino and the foreign ministry maintained over recent months that restored freedom of movement to her and her youngest daughter Alua. “I was very […]

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Interviews

27 December 2013

The Bonino Method

This year-end conversation takes place on the eve of the return of Alma Shalabayeva and her small daughter Alua, an odyssey that should never have begun. A seven-month odyssey marked by strident dispute and silent, painstaking intercession. The foreign ministry was bypassed at the moment of deportation by an obliging interior ministry. Italian ambassador to […]

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Press Releases

24 December 2013

Minister Bonino speaks by phone with Alma Shalabayeva

In a telephone conversation today from the Italian embassy in Astana to Minister Bonino, Alma Shalabayeva expressed her deep gratitude for Italy’s efforts over recent months to help restore her freedom of movement. The minister said “the embassy will follow Mrs. Shalabayeva step by step until her departure with her daughter Adua”. Finally, the minister […]

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