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Asia e Oceania

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18 October 2013
Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: Melbourne planning major urban renewal

Premier of the State of Victoria Denis Napthine announced the new multi-year strategy for the urban development of Melbourne, known as “Plan Melbourne”. The broad-based plan proposes a redesigning of the city with structural interventions of various types. Its two-fold purpose is to make Melbourne more economically efficient and better connected with the outside, so […]

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18 October 2013
Japan – Osaka hosts education fair

Italy returns to Japan for the second year to present its educational opportunities at the Osaka Study in Italy Fair organised for 10 November by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka in collaboration with the Italo-Japanese association, which will also include a two-day exhibit at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. Read more, in Italian

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17 October 2013
Bonino briefs Senate on missions – 23.6 million in aid for crisis areas

In a government briefing of the Senate joint foreign and defence commissions on the status of missions under way and development cooperation and peace and stabilisation interventions, Minister Emma Bonino announced that 23.6 million euro had been earmarked for humanitarian missions on the basis of Enrico Letta’s announcement at the St. Petersburg G20; she added […]

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16 October 2013
Myanmar, a new Asian frontier

The conference “Myanmar – a new Asian frontier”, sponsored by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development and arranged by the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) and the Asian Observatory, will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome on 23 October. Participants will include Minister Emma Bonino and her Burmese counterpart […]

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15 October 2013
World Food Day

Not one, but many different forms of malnutrition: 842 million people around the world suffer from hunger, and one in four children below the age of five is affected by growth problems; approximately 2 billion people do not receive the vitamins and minerals necessary for good health; and 1.4 billion people are overweight, approximately one-third […]

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14 October 2013
Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – China: Alta SpA enters satellite propulsion market

During the International Astronautical Congress 2013 in Beijing a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Alta SpA, China HEAD Aerospace and the Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP) of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Alta is a Tuscan SME that was recently bought by the Angelo Investments Group, which concerns itself with diagnostics and […]

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Press Releases
11 October 2013
Farnesina hosts Conference “The Way Ahead”, third encounter between countries under Italian command Afghanistan

The foreign ministry hosted the third political-military meeting of the ISAF partners present in Western Afghanistan and operating under Italian command, enlarged on this occasion to possible future contributors to the post-ISAF mission known as “Resolute Support”. The meeting’s purpose was to maintain a coordinated approach to the completion of the transition and to the […]

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10 October 2013
Italy-Japan – Valensise in Tokyo. Abe to visit Rome, possibly in January 2014

Japan “is looking with great interest at the planned visit to Italy by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s invitation, early next year”. The visit could take place as early as January 2014, announced the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, who also mentioned a possible mission to Tokyo by Foreign […]

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9 October 2013
Japan – Ferrari and ninja together for the first time

The ninja and Ferrari, two icons of the collective imagination, have come together for the first time in Japan at the “Iga, Ninja and Ferrari Collaboration Event” in the town of Iga. The initiative was organised by the “Motor Sports Child Support Association”, a non-profit organisation, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute and […]

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7 October 2013
Italy- Vietnam- Scientific collaboration growing

Collaboration between Italy and Vietnam is increasing. Director General for the Country System Andrea Meloni, and Deputy Director General for International Relations of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Luong Van Thang signed a 5th executive science and technology cooperation protocol for the years 2014 through 2016. The signing took place before the […]

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