Asia e Oceania

Press Releases

11 August 2026

Mission to Nepal for the repatriation of the bodies of the Italian mountaineers

The discovery of the bodies of the Italian mountaineers Marco Di Marcello and Markus Kirchler, who were swept away by an avalanche in Nepal on 3 November 2025, was confirmed yesterday. The bodies have been transferred to Kathmandu, where they have been formally identified. They will now undergo the post-mortem examination required under local law […]

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Press Releases

10 August 2026

Italy–Philippines: Protocol on the conversion of driving licences signed

The Protocol amending the Agreement between Italy and the Philippines on the conversion of driving licences was signed today at the Farnesina. The agreement was signed, on the Italian side, by the Director-General for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania, Ambassador Nicoletta Bombardiere, and, on the Philippine side, by the Ambassador of the Philippines […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 August 2026

Ulaanbaatar: Order of the Star of Italy awarded to baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat

On 27 July 2026, the Ambassador of Italy to Mongolia, Giovanna Piccarreta, presented the Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat with the honour of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy. The ceremony and reception (organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing) were attended by representatives from the Mongolian Ministry of Culture, […]

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Press Releases

4 August 2026

Third round of bilateral political consultations between Italy and Bangladesh. Focus on migration cooperation

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia, co-chaired the third session of bilateral political consultations between Italy and Bangladesh today at the Farnesina, alongside the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Ambassador Asad Alam Siam, as provided for in the 2023 Memorandum of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

29 July 2026

Ulaanbaatar: the exhibition ‘Embracing the infinite’ has opened

The photo exhibition ‘Embracing the infinite. The eternal search of Giuseppe Tucci’, dedicated to the figure of the great orientalist, explorer and tibetologist, was inaugurated on Monday 27 July 2026, in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Mongolia, Giovanna Piccarreta. The exhibition will remain open to the public until 5 August 2026. The […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 July 2026

Beijing, ‘Chinese voices on Palladio’ Exhibition

As part of the series of events dedicated to Andrea Palladio, organised in Beijing by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition ‘Chinese Voices on Palladio. From Classical Architecture to Contemporary Experiment’ was recently opened at the Tsinghua University Art Museum. The exhibition is organised by the Polytechnic University of Turin […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 July 2026

Italian alternative music in Mongolia and China with Ferretti and Zamboni

The project “C.S.I. Preludio: Ferretti/Zamboni – The Journey Starts, Across the Mongolian Steppes and Beijing Skylines” has come to an end. It featured one of the most iconic acts in Italian alternative music – Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Massimo Zamboni, accompanied by the band Lostatobrado – performing in Mongolia and China. The initiative (conceived and […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 July 2026

Beijing, Song Contest in Tribute to the Sanremo Music Festival

The fourth song contest dedicated to the Sanremo Italian Music Festival, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, came to an end. The initiative was matched by exceptional success: approximately 300 spectators in the Institute’s auditorium and over 5,000 users connected online via live streaming on Instagram and Weibo. The contest, open to non-professional […]

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Diplomatic Network

1 July 2026

Dhaka, tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery

The Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh, Antonio Alessandro, hosted a ceremony at his residence to commemorate the twenty-four victims – nine of whom were Italian – of the terrorist attack that took place on 1 July 2016 at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka. Among those present were diplomatic representatives from Japan, India and the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

26 June 2026

Tokyo, the ‘Mishima – Pasolini’ exhibition opens to the public

The exhibition “Mishima – Pasolini. Indizi per un confronto. Senza tacere e senza abbassare lo sguardo” (Yukio Mishima and Pier Paolo Pasolini: Clues for a Confrontation— Without Silence, Without Looking Away) has been inaugurated at the Exhibition Hall of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. The exhibition is promoted by the Ministry of Culture, the […]

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Press Releases

12 June 2026

Minister Tajani and the President of the Republic of Korea open today the Italy-Korea Business Forum: focus on innovation, advanced technologies and the energy transition

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, together with the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-Myung, will open the high-level Italy-South Korea Business Forum today at 6.30 p.m. in Rome. The meeting will also be attended by the South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources. The initiative will bring together the leaders […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 June 2026

Chongqing, Italian Republic Day in Southwest China

For Italian Republic Day 2026, the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing organized two receptions: on June 1 in Chongqing and on June 5 in Chengdu, with over 600 guests from the Italian community, local authorities, business, media, and culture. The institutional guests included Zhao Shiqing, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing […]

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