Asia e Oceania

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7 May 2012

Beijing – Alberto Veronesi has been appointed Director of Grand Theatre in Tanjin. Ambassador Iannucci delighted

The Italian Ambassador to Beijing, Attilio Massimo Iannucci, has expressed his delight at the appointment of conductor Alberto Veronesi as artistic and musical director of the new Grand Theatre in Tianjin. Veronesi is the first westerner to cover this prestigious role in China. Read more, in Italian

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7 May 2012

Early 20th-century Korea as seen by Consul Rossetti – an exhibition at the Museum of History

Korea as seen through the keen eyes of Consul Carlo Rossetti in the early years of the 20th century is the theme of an exhibition that opened on 26 April 2012 in Seoul’s Museum of History. The event, which was organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in the Korean capital, will […]

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3 May 2012

Pechino: Alberto Veronesi nominato Direttore Teatro Tanjin, soddisfazione Amb. Iannucci (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Pechino Attilio Massimo Iannucci esprime soddisfazione per la nomina del direttore d’orchestra Alberto Veronesi a direttore artistico e musicale del nuovo Grand Theatre di Tianjin. Veronesi infatti è il primo primo occidentale ad essere chiamato a ricoprire questo incarico in Cina. Importante riconoscimento movimento artistico musicale italiano “Si tratta – ha dichiarato […]

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3 May 2012

Poverty: “Longitude” discovers a reversal of trend

The new edition of Longitude, the magazine edited by Pialuisa Bianco will be on sale at news-stands from 4 May 2012. Using data from the World Bank, the analysts at Longitude show that in spite of the economic crisis in the West poverty is decreasing exponentially, even when the population is growing. A reversal of […]

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3 May 2012

SEOUL: Successo per la Tosca allestita da Paolo Panizza (in translation)

Dal 27 al 29 aprile il pubblico coreano ha applaudito una straordinaria produzione di “Tosca” di Giacomo Puccini per la regia di Paolo Panizza, organizzata in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Seoul. Tutto esaurito per le cinque rappresentazioni Ad affollare il Seoul Arts Center, il modernissimo tempio della lirica della capitale coreana, ci […]

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2 May 2012

Marines: Release of Enrica Lexie a first step to a complete solution of this affair, says Terzi

This is a first step towards a comprehensive solution to the case – which concerns, above all, the return of our two Navy riflemen held in Kerala”. The comment was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi during his mission to Africa, referring to the decision by the Supreme Court in New Delhi to authorise the […]

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30 April 2012

HONG KONG: Amb. Iannucci promuove il vino italiano (in translation)

“Vendemmia d’Artista”, per unire arte contemporanea e mondo del vino, è il titolo di evento a scopo benefico organizzato dalla famiglia Frescobaldi svoltosi a Hong Kong, a cui ha partecipato l’Ambasciatore italiano in Cina Attilio Massimo Iannucci. Le bottiglie, personalizzate dall’artista Zhang Huang, sono state vendute nel corso di un’asta organizzata da Sotheby’s, il cui […]

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Interviews

30 April 2012

Terzi: Il ministro Terzi e i marò prigionieri

«VOGLIAMO sostenere la proiezione dell’Italia nel suo insieme su due grandi direttrici di fondo: la dimensione politica e la dimensione economica. Rientrano in questa profonda consapevolezza la responsabilità di tutelare sempre gli interessi dei nostri connazionali all’estero, quelli delle nostre imprese, ma anche la missione culturale del nostro Paese». Il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi […]

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30 April 2012

Terzi: Il ministro Terzi e i marò prigionieri

«VOGLIAMO sostenere la proiezione dell’Italia nel suo insieme su due grandi direttrici di fondo: la dimensione politica e la dimensione economica. Rientrano in questa profonda consapevolezza la responsabilità di tutelare sempre gli interessi dei nostri connazionali all’estero, quelli delle nostre imprese, ma anche la missione culturale del nostro Paese». Il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi […]

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27 April 2012

EU-ASEAN SUMMIT (Brunei) – Terzi: Italy proposes mention of cooperation on piracy in conclusions

In the final conclusions of the EU-ASEAN Summit under way in Brunei, Italy has successfully promoted, “here as it did at the G8, the insertion of references in two separate parts of the text, to cooperation between the EU and ASEAN against piracy, not only in generic terms but with explicit mention of the international […]

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26 April 2012

MYANMAR, Irreversible reforms, say Terzi and Thein Seine – San Suu Kyi invited to Italy, our country at your side

The reform process under way in Myanmar will not backslide, was the assurance President Thein Sein offered Italy and the EU in his meeting with Minister Giulio Terzi in the capital Naypyidaw. The two also reviewed all the economic aspects of bilateral relations. “I was pleased to receive assurances from the Burmese authorities on the […]

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26 April 2012

MYANMAR: Terzi invites Aung San Suu Kyi to Italy. Nobel laureate: Italy at our side also in the future

Accompanied by former EU Special Envoy for Burma and current mayor of Turin Piero Fassino, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi invited Aung San Suu Kyi to “come to Italy and visit Turin and all the other Italian cities that have granted her honorary citizenship over the years”. This was Terzi’s announcement as he spoke […]

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