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Asia e Oceania

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8 August 2013
BANGKOK: Moviemov a great success

Bangkok’s cinemas speak Italian, with Thai subtitles. The Moviemov Italian Film Festival, now in its third year, opened with a gala evening for 700 guests and an Italian delegation that included director Marco Risi. Moviemov 2013 includes an Ettore Scola retrospective and a selection of independent Thai productions selected with the help of the Ministry […]

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Interviews
8 August 2013
Dassù: «Dal Giappone una lezione per l’Europa» (La Stampa)

Caro Direttore, l’economia giapponese sembrava non doversi risollevare più. Eppure, non c’è nulla come una visita a Tokyo per dare l’idea di un Paese che ha ritrovato sicurezza, dopo quasi venti anni di stagnazione. L’Abenomics, insomma, è prima di tutto una iniezione di fiducia in sé: costruita sull’espansione monetaria e sul nazionalismo geopolitico. Funzionerà? Con […]

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Interviews
8 August 2013
Dassù: «Dal Giappone una lezione per l’Europa» (La Stampa)

Caro Direttore, l’economia giapponese sembrava non doversi risollevare più. Eppure, non c’è nulla come una visita a Tokyo per dare l’idea di un Paese che ha ritrovato sicurezza, dopo quasi venti anni di stagnazione. L’Abenomics, insomma, è prima di tutto una iniezione di fiducia in sé: costruita sull’espansione monetaria e sul nazionalismo geopolitico. Funzionerà? Con […]

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Press Releases
6 August 2013
Foreign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise receives Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at request of Embassy of Kazakhstan

Foreign Ministry Secretary General Michele Valensise has received Ambassador Andrian Yelemessov at the request of the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Secretary General Valensise reiterated to Ambassador Yelemessov the Foreign Ministry’s surprise and disappointment over his unorthodox handling of the case of Mrs. Alma Shalabayeva with the Italian authorities. The Secretary General was following the line taken […]

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6 August 2013
Travelling abroad – Don’t panic, but be careful, Bonino tells Italian tourists

“I’ve advised all Italian tourists to be careful. Anyone going to the Red Sea, for example, should avoid day-trips. They should be careful, but there’s no need to panic”. The point was reiterated by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking on the Unomattina programme on the situation and the possible risks faced by Italians holidaying abroad. […]

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5 August 2013
LONGITUDE: Egypt, ‘Back to square one’

Può l’Egitto trovare una via d’uscita dal caos? Quali le conseguenze sulla Regione di un’ “empasse” apparentemente senza sbocchi? Sono gli interrogativi ai quali il nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 5 agosto, cerca di dare una risposta, attraverso una serie di analisi. Gli altri titoli di copertina, […]

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29 July 2013
JAPAN: Italian firms at renewable energy exhibit in Tokyo

A total of 16 companies represented Italy at the 2013 “Renewable Energy Exhibition” in Tokyo, one Asia’s most important fairs in the renewable energy field, promoting forms of technological collaboration, productive partnerships and strategic alliances. Italy’s participation was coordinated by the ICE with the support of the Italian embassy in Tokyo. Read more, in Italian.

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Press Releases
26 July 2013
Archi in Jakarta for bilateral consultations and support for Italian businesses

Indonesia: the world’s fourth largest country, a model pluralist society, a leading ASEAN country, an active member of the G20, a market of 240 million potential consumers, and projected to be the 7th global economy by 2025. These are just some of the figures illustrating the country that welcomed Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Archi on […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2013
Foreign Minister Emma Bonino meets NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Afghanistan, NATO-EU relations, Libya and Russia, as well as the future challenges of NATO enlargement. These were the questions of the table for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussion with NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, at the Farnesina today, 25 July. Minister Bonino began by reiterating Italy’s commitment, post-2014, to support Afghanistan’s security in a […]

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Press Releases
24 July 2013
Singapore: Archi signs Memorandum of Understanding for SMEs and promotes investment in Italy

Deputy Minister Archi visited Singapore on 23 and 24 July for an intense programme of meetings. Highlights were the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the announcement of a mission by representatives of Italy’s infrastructure sector in November 2013. Support for the economy through the […]

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23 July 2013
Diplomacy for Growth: Dassù and Archi in Asia SME Cooperation and investment in Italy

Italy’s Diplomacy for Growth effort sees missions to Asia by Deputy Ministers Marta Dassù (South Korea, Japan and China) and Bruno Archi (Vietnam and Singapore). The aim of the visits is to strengthen economic cooperation, especially by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with two of Asia’s most dynamic countries and promote Expo Milano 2015. Expo […]

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