Asia e Oceania

Diplomatic Network

15 February 2019

Vienna: Italian-Chinese satellite for studying earthquakes

The Italy-China scientific cooperation for the Chinese satellite CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) was presented in Vienna during the meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the United Nations (COPUOS). Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili, Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations, presented the project while the more technical aspects of […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 February 2019

Opening in Beijing of the series of concerts “L’Opera prima dell’opera'”

The cycle of concerts called “L’Opera prima dell’opera”, has opened in Beijing. It presents to the Chinese public previous versions of works in the Italian tradition, such as “The Barber of Seville” by Giovanni Paisiello, which came out 34 years before the more famous “Barber of Seville” by Gioacchino Rossini. Many of the more famous and popular […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 February 2019

Italian Food Festival arrives in Myanmar for the first time

​The ​Italian Food Festival opened in Yangoon for the first time and was a big success. Organised by the Italian Embassy to Myanmar, the event enabled all Italian restaurants operating in Yangoon, along with importers and distributors of Italian food and wine products, to set up a common platform with a view to promoting and […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 February 2019

Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives

The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 February 2019

A new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to open in Kabul

The new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to become operational at the Kabul National Military Hospital. The clinic, which an Italian 8.5 million dollar contribution has made possible, will provide health care services for women serving in the Army and their children. The facility is designed to protect these women’s right to health as […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 February 2019

Azerbaijan assigns a twinning project to Italy

“A result of strategic value” were the words used by Italian Ambassador in Baku, Augusto Massari, to define the important Twinning project with the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan awarded to the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism (MIPAAFT). The project will be entirely sponsored with funds from the European Union. […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 February 2019

Amatriciana Day in Tokyo, raises over 15,000 euros for Amatrice

 The Amatriciana Day, organised in Tokyo as part of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Japan last November, raised more than 15,000 euros for the Amatrice earthquake victims. The initiative was promoted by a group of journalists and Japanese chefs of Italian cuisine and was sponsored and supported by the Italian Embassy. The event, now […]

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Diplomatic Network

1 February 2019

The Farnesina Collection travels to India

The Farnesina Collection will travel to India to kick off the major contemporary art event in New Delhi: the India Art Fair 2019. Thanks to the initiative promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), 13 works from the Collection will be exhibited first in the Indian capital, from 31 January to 3 February, and then […]

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Diplomatic Network

31 January 2019

New Visa Application Centre opens in the Province of Hubei

In order to promote Italian tourism in one of the most dynamic and populous regions of China, a new Italian Visa Application Centre was opened in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei.   The head of the Italian Embassy Consular Office in Beijing, Eugenio Poti, attended the ceremony. He remarked on the progress that has […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 January 2019

Japan, an international research team discovers a new form of matter

A new type of ‘strange matter’, which could provide new information on the origin of the mass of the universe following the Big Bang, was discovered by the scientists of an international team in Japan, partially financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The E15 experiment conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator […]

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Press Releases

29 January 2019

Italian military contingent in Afghanistan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that it was never informed of the intentions of the Minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta, before she released a statement to the press on the decision to withdraw the Italian military contingent from Afghanistan.  

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Diplomatic Network

28 January 2019

Remembrance Day commemorated in Beijing

The story of over 18,000 Jews being saved from Nazi persecution by taking refuge in Shanghai led the programme of events to mark Remembrance Day 2019 for the conference ‘China and the Shoah’, which was organised by the Beijing Cultural Institute. Presentations were made by Elisa Maria Giunipero of the Italian Association of Chinese Studies (AISC) and […]

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