Asia e Oceania

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30 July 2012

ITALY-CHINA: Zhengzhou celbrates the 100th anniversary of the Don Luigi Calza hospital

The city of Zhengzhou is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the local People’s Hospital, founded by Italian priest and later bishop Don Luigi Calza, who worked until his death building schools and training centres, and who also set up numerous orphanages during the famine of 1911-1913. Present at the ceremony were Vice President of the […]

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27 July 2012

BANGKOK – 2nd Italian Film Festival a success

After five very intense days of screenings that included a retrospective on Sergio Leone, the 2nd edition of ‘Moviemov’ came to an end, one of top events of the Italian Film Festival in Thailand, organized by the Italian Embassy. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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26 July 2012

ITALY-CHINA: 6th Sino-Italian Exchange Event in Naples

Innovation and new technologies, with a special focus on smart cities, renewable energy and sustainable environment will be the themes of the 6th edition of the Sino-Italian Exchange Event to be held from 20 to 22 November in Naples. The SIEE, promoted by Idis-Città delle scienze, ENEA, INVITALIA, GSE, Campania Innovazione and Toscano Promozione in […]

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Press Releases

24 July 2012

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“The recent bombings that took the lives of dozens of people in Iraq deserve our firmest condemnation”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, according to whom, “those criminal and cowardly minds that strike during Ramadan, intending to break the pace of democratic institution-building in Iraq and undermine peaceful co-existence between the various components of […]

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24 July 2012

Yeosu: Grande musica all’Expo con il Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Dal 27 luglio al 2 agosto l’Italia sarà protagonista dell’Esposizione internazionale di Yeosu dedicata alle risorse idriche. Nel fitto programma di iniziative dell’”Italian week” – promotori Unioncamere e Camera di Commercio Italia-Corea – figurano eventi che vanno dalle opportunità di business all’enogastronomia, alla musica. La Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” di Trieste è stata invitata, […]

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24 July 2012

Yeosu: Grande musica all’Expo con il Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Dal 27 luglio al 2 agosto l’Italia sarà protagonista dell’Esposizione internazionale di Yeosu dedicata alle risorse idriche. Nel fitto programma di iniziative dell’”Italian week” – promotori Unioncamere e Camera di Commercio Italia-Corea – figurano eventi che vanno dalle opportunità di business all’enogastronomia, alla musica. La Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” di Trieste è stata invitata, […]

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24 July 2012

Contemporary Italian design on display in Beijing

Italian contemporary design takes centre-stage in the exhibition “The New Italian Design 2.0”, running through 20 August in Beijing, the first major international exhibition to the held in the capital since UNESCO’s acclaimed “Design Cities”. The show will then move to Taiwan to run from 20 September to 20 November. Conceived by the Triennale Design […]

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23 July 2012

Italy – Philippines: Italian lyric music to celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations

Italian lyric music debuts in Manila at the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and the Philippines, with a staging of scenes from the Barber of Seville.

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Interviews

23 July 2012

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Women’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]

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19 July 2012

ULAAN BAATAR – Italian visa centre opens in Mongolian capital

The Italian Embassy in Beijing has opened a visa centre in Ulaan Baatar where Mongolian citizens can obtain information about and apply for visas to enter Italy. The initiative falls within the context of efforts to strengthen relations with Mongolia, with a view to improving services for tourists, students and business persons wishing to visit […]

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19 July 2012

Seoul: ”4 dive” italiane in mostra (in translation)

Si e’ aperta a Seoul, il 18 luglio scorso, presso il Korea Foundation Cultural Center, la mostra “4 DIVE”, curata da Luciano Calosso ed Enrica Barbano per l’Associazione Culturale Colosseum ed organizzata dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaborazione con la prestigiosa fondazione coreana e con il sostegno della Fondazione Annamode, della Fondazione Allori e dell’Archivio […]

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13 July 2012

BEIJING – Italo-Chinese conference on climate change

The glaciers of Tibet have receded over the past 50 years by 10-15% as a result of climate change associated with human activity. The topic was confronted in Beijing at the bilateral Italo-Chinese Conference entitled “From Glacier to Climate. An Euro-Asiatic perspective in cryospheric sciences”, organized by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Bicocca […]

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