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15 June 2012

Italy–Japan Foundation: Conference on Alessandro Valignano, Florence

On 13 June 2012 the Uffizi Library in Florence hosted a conference on Alessandro Valignano, the Jesuit priest who in the 16th century embraced Japanese culture to a degree unprecedented for the time. He learned Japan’s language, customs and traditions and for the first time described the country, until then legendary, in realistic terms. Read […]

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14 June 2012

Afghanistan: Italian Development Cooperation’s commitment will be long-term, says De Mistura

Italy is engaged in long-term cooperation with Afghanistan and intends to play a full part in the “confidence-building” process currently under way in the region. This was the declaration made in Kabul today, 14 June 2012, by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Staffan de Mistura Speaking at the “Heart of Asia” conference in the Afghan […]

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11 June 2012

ITALY-CHINA – One year on from establishment of Rome – Beijing direct flight, meeting with operators

At one year on from ceremony for the establishment of the Rome-Beijing direct flight held at the Embassy of Italy in Beijing, Alitalia’s Vice President of Sales, Distribution & Customers Marco Sansavini welcomed the Italian Ambassador to the PRC Attilio Massimo Iannucci, along with major Chinese partners and travel agencies. Speakers at the ceremony included […]

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8 June 2012

The Italian Cooperation in Pakistan, a success story

The Italian Cooperation’s numerous initiatives in Pakistan were presented during an event entitled ‘Italian-Pakistani partnership for development’, organized in Islamabad in collaboration with the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) of the Pakistani Finance Ministry tasked with coordinating international cooperation. Italian initiatives in remote and unstable areas Participants included high level ministerial and provincial government officials, who […]

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7 June 2012

BEIJING – Palazzo Strozzi Foundation in China to promote the cultural treasures of Tuscany

Promoting the historical, cultural and artistic treasures of Florence, Tuscany and Italy to the Chinese was the goal of a mission to Beijing by President of the Association of Partners of Palazzo Strozzi (APPS) Leonardo Ferragamo to propose the Foundation’s inclusion of potential Chinese partners. Ferragamo was received by Ambassador of Italy to the People’s […]

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31 May 2012

“Longitude”: Europe fights to survive

The June issue of the English-language world affairs magazine “Longitude” (Editor-in-Chief Pialuisa Banco) will be on newsstands as of 4 June 2012, featuring a panorama on the European crisis and its strategic repercussions, the West and its new partners, and the aerospace industry’s power to drive the economy. Also included are a close look at […]

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30 May 2012

BEIJING – Italian Embassy is supporting the Chinese version of “All About Italy”

The Italian Embassy in Beijing is supporting the Chinese version of the “All About Italy” magazine conceived by entrepreneurs Franco e Paolo Del Panta. The magazine focuses on the best of Italian culture, with the emphasis on art, history, music, design, traditions, tourism and fashion. The Chinese edition of “All About Italy”, already launched to […]

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29 May 2012

ITALIA-MONGOLIA – Intesa tecnica sulla cooperazione in campo veterinario (in translation)

Intesa tecnica tra Italia e Mongolia sulla cooperazione in campo veterinario. La firma oggi a Pechino da parte dell’Ambasciatore italiano in Cina, Attilio Massimo Iannucci, accreditato anche in Mongolia, e dall’Ambasciatore di Mongolia in Cina, Tsedenjav Sukhabaatar. L’intesa, scaturita dal negoziato tra il Ministero della Salute italiano e il Ministero dell’Agricoltura, dell’Alimentazione e dell’Industria Leggera […]

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25 May 2012

Marines: Servicemen transferred from prison to a new facility in Kochi

Italian Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone left the prison in Trivandrum today for the Borstal School in Kochi, their new residence as they await developments in their trial, according to an ANSA news agency report informed by the Italian delegation. The two marines stopped off in Kollam during the transfer, where examining magistrate A.K. […]

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24 May 2012

India-Marò: Terzi brings the case before the UN: I’m hoping for a rapid solution

The case of the Italian servicemen detained in India comes before the UN, raised by Minister Giulio Terzi, who discussed it with high level UN officials while in New York, and expressed his hopes for a rapid solution. Damage to counter-piracy efforts. This has been “a highly negative episode that has damaged international counter-piracy efforts, […]

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23 May 2012

Italy in Japan 2013

Coordination is under way for “Italy in Japan 2013”, a bi-annual event promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo aimed at taking advantage of the visibility offered by the major cultural events on the calendar to strengthen economic collaboration, particularly in the energy and IT sectors. The event, hosted by the foreign ministry in […]

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23 May 2012

The Interview: governments will do everything possible to keep Greece in the Euro, says Terzi

Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and the eurozone crisis, were the topics of Minister Giulio Terzi’s discussions with the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal and in a video interview with the paper’s deputy editor-in-chief Matt Murray, during which the minister talked about Italy’s post-2014 commitment in Afghanistan, concerns about the humanitarian situation developing in Syria, […]

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