Asia e Oceania

Press Releases

16 February 2023

Tajani: China’s support to achieve peace is needed

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met the State Councillor and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Wang Yi, today at Farnesina. Their discussion focused on bilateral agreements and the war in Ukraine. […]

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Press Releases

13 February 2023

Undersecretary Maria Tripodi’s mission to Vietnam concluded

Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, concluded her mission to Vietnam to promote Rome’s candidacy to host Expo 2030 today. Undersecretary Tripodi’s visit is the first politically led mission for Rome Expo 2030 and the first visit by a member of the Italian Government to Vietnam in the year of the 50th […]

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Events

8 February 2023

ASEF: call for papers on the theme of Asia-Europe Cooperation

In view of its anniversary on 15 February, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) has launched a competition to select four papers in English on the theme “The Future of Asia-Europe Cooperation“. ASEF, an intergovernmental forum whose initiatives are financed also thanks to the contribution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was established in […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2023

Undersecretary Maria Tripodi’s visit to Asia continues with stops in Tokyo and Hanoi.

Today, after yesterday’s visit to Singapore, where Italian Undersecretary Maria Tripodi attended the inauguration of the contemporary art exhibition “La Grande Visione Italiana – Collezione Farnesina” (“The Great Italian Vision – Farnesina Collection”) and met the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Culture, Undersecretary Tripodi arrived […]

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Press Releases

6 February 2023

Undersecretary Maria Tripodi attends the opening of the exhibition “La Grande Visione Italiana. Collezione Farnesina” in Singapore

The exhibition “La Grande Visione Italiana – Collezione Farnesina” (“The Great Italian Vision. Farnesina Collection”), organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy under the special curatorship of Achille Bonito Oliva, was inaugurated today in Singapore by the Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign […]

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Press Releases

23 January 2023

Meeting between Italian Undersecretary Tripodi and Australian Assistant Minister Ayres

The Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, received the Australian Assistant Minister for Trade and Manufacturing, Tim Ayres, at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Undersecretary Tripodi explained to Deputy Minister Ayres that Italy considers Australia a key partner and player in the Indo-Pacific region, one of the main […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 January 2023

Indonesia, the 2023 Italian Film Festival kicks off

Within the framework of the second edition of the Italian Film Festival in Indonesia, scheduled from 21 to 29 January 2023, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Jakarta are presenting a selection of eight quality Italian films produced between 2021 and 2022 and awarded in the most important national and international festivals, […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 January 2023

China, concert in memory of the diplomat Filippo Nicosia

On Sunday 15 January, the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate General in Chongqing, organised a concert in memory of diplomat Filippo Nicosia, who died prematurely on 15 January 2020. The event was opened by a video message from the Secretary General of the Ministry […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 January 2023

Sydney, 2023 edition of the Bangalow Film Festival

The Bangalow Film Festival returns in 2023 with its third edition, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney is delighted to confirm its support for this festival which will once again offer a unique selection of Australian premières, classics and documentaries, as well as offer the public the opportunity to meet special guests and participate […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 January 2023

Beijing: song contest as a tribute to the Sanremo Festival

On the occasion of the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival, which will be held from 7 to 11 February, the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing has organised a song contest to promote the Italian music and language. The initiative is aimed at non-professional singers of any nationality who then have to perform, in Italian, […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 January 2023

Jerevan hosts the Exhibition of the Museum of the Italian Bran

The second exhibition of the Museum of the Italian Brand (Museo del Marchio Italiano), organised with the support of the Italian Embassy and fruit of a partnership between the Museum of the Italian Brand and the Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, was inaugurated in Jerevan at the “Albert & Tove Boyajian” Gallery of the […]

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Press Releases

29 December 2022

Joint Statement from Foreign Ministers on the Taliban’s Ban on Afghan Women Working for National and International NGOs

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and the High Representative of the European Union are gravely concerned that the Taliban’s reckless and dangerous order barring female employees of national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the workplace puts at risk […]

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