Asia e Oceania

Diplomatic Network

7 March 2019

Quartetto Viotti performs at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong

​Quartetto Viotti performed last night at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong. The event, which was promoted jointly by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Consulate General, featured a rich repertoire including Giovanni Paisiello, Alessandro Rolla and the Ouverture and selected arias from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The ensemble, which was well received by […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 March 2019

Japan: Italy takes centre stage at FOODEX 2019

Italy takes centre stage at the 44th edition of FOODEX Japan, the most important agri-food fair in Asia. Thanks to the commitment of ICE Agency, numerous Italian companies were welcomed to the Fair by Italian Ambassador in Tokyo, Giorgio Starace. The 2,000 sq. m Italy Pavilion is the largest and most impressive and hosts almost 190 […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 March 2019

Indonesia – Jakarta: Italian excellence in research and technology

“Italy: The Beauty of Knowledge”, an exhibition on Italian excellence in research and technological innovation, was inaugurated in Jakarta by the Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Indonesia, Vittorio Sandalli.The exhibition, hosted at the National Museum of Jakarta, which will remain open to the public until 31 March 2019, is a showcase of Italian know-how and […]

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Press Releases

1 March 2019

Incontro del Sottosegretario Di Stefano con il Ministro degli Affari esteri dello Sri Lanka

Il Sottosegretario di Stato agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Manlio Di Stefano, ha avuto oggi, alla Farnesina, un incontro con il Ministro degli Affari Esteri dello Sri Lanka, Tilak Marapana. I colloqui hanno consentito di passare in rassegna lo stato dei rapporti bilaterali. In particolare è stata evocata la dinamica positiva dell’interscambio commerciale, […]

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In detail

1 March 2019

ASEM Day

The 23rd anniversary of the Asia – Europe Meeting (ASEM) is celebrated on 1 March. ASEM is a platform for cooperation between Asian countries and Europe, uniting 51 countries in addition to the European Union and the ASEAN Secretariat. It is a forum for informal dialogue on political, economic, social and cultural matters. Together, the […]

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Diplomatic Network

1 March 2019

Progress is made on setting up a “Museum of the Mind” in Sydney

Progress has been made on setting up a “Museum of the Mind” in Sydney based  on the “Museum of the Mind” in Rome. The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney hosted a focused and effective meeting on the project, which was attended by the Director of the Santa Maria della Pietà Museum in Rome, psychiatrist Pompeo Martelli, and anthropologist […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 February 2019

China: a cinema and social media star travels across Italy

A Chinese cinema and social media star becomes the testimonial for tourism to Italy thanks to a campaign developed and launched by the Italian Embassy in Beijing. Liu Haoran, 21 years old and 30 million followers won through his cheerful and positive image, toured Italy for five days in November, documenting his entire itinerary. Before […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 February 2019

China: Holocaust Remembrance Day in Chongqing and Chengdu

The Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi were celebrated with two events at the White Elephant 303 City Theatre in Chongqing and at the Yunduan Theatre Tianfu Concert Hall in Chengdu, organised by the Italian Consulate General in Chongching, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel in […]

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Press Releases

20 February 2019

North Korea

Following the requests for clarification on the case of North Korea’s former Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, Jo Song Gil, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: last 3 January, the Foreign Ministry already informed that it had received, through diplomatic channels, a notice relative to the official’s transfer from the Embassy of North Korea in Rome. […]

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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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