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5 September 2016
Australia – Sydney commemorates the anniversary of Bassani’s birth with two events

Sydney will host two lectures on Italian writer and poet Giorgio Bassani to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The University of Sydney’s School of Languages & Culture will host Professor Anna Dolfi’s lectures entitled “Giorgio Bassani: scrivere ‘di la’ dal cuore’” (Giorgio Bassani: writing “beyond the heart”) on Sept. 14 and “Il Giardino […]

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Press Releases
4 September 2016
Joint Press Release on meeting between Minister Gentiloni and Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India

The Foreign Minister of Italy, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, and the External Affairs Minister of India, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy on 4th September, during Minister Swaraj’s visit to Rome for the canonisation of Mother Teresa in the Vatican. The two Ministers expressed their satisfaction on the […]

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30 August 2016
​Afghanistan – New road opens between Kabul and Bamyan

A lengthy trip lasting 13 hours or more will now take just two and half hours thanks to the new Kabul-Bamyan road, which the Italian Development Cooperation helped build by donating more than 100 million euros. The opening ceremony was attended by Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani, the Minister for Public Works, Mahmoud Baligh, and the […]

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Interviews
25 August 2016
Gentiloni: “Economic challenges unite us” (Corriere della Sera)

Dear Editor, today is the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Italy and Japan, which was signed on 25 August 1866 and marked the start of bilateral diplomatic relations.   Despite the geographical distance, the ties between our populations date back, at the very least, to the mid-1500s, long before the […]

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Press Releases
24 August 2016
North Korea: Foreign Ministry expresses concern over news of a new missile launch from a submarine towards Japan

The news of a new launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine towards Japan by North Korea last night increases the concern already expressed by the Italian Foreign Ministry at the beginning of this month. It is yet another act of provocation threatening international peace and security and openly violating pertinent UN Security Council […]

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16 August 2016
Australia – “Italy, a regional power”

Italy will be the focus of a debate in Sydney on how the Country evolved into a regional power and on how it has changed from the Unification of Italy to date. The debate will follow the presentation of Gabriele Abbondanza’s book “Italia potenza regionale: il contesto africano dall’Unità ai giorni nostri” (“Italy, a regional […]

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Press Releases
13 August 2016
Italy condemns bomb attacks in Thailand

Italy firmly condemns the recent bomb attacks in Thailand and expresses its sympathy to the family of the victims and its closeness to the wounded and to the people of Thailand in a spirit of solidarity. The Italian Embassy in Bangkok, that provided immediate assistance to two wounded Italian nationals now recovering, continues to monitor […]

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11 August 2016
South Korea – Davide Bramante presents “No East, No West”

Seoul is to host “No East, No West”, a photography  exhibition by Italian artist Davide Bramante. The exhibition, co-hosted by the Korea Foundation and the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Seoul, runs until 28 August. It features a set of highly evocative photographs Bramante shot in unique sites across the world, from Seoul and Busan in […]

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