Asia e Oceania

Press Releases

14 May 2024

Minister Tajani opens the Conference Growth Diplomacy towards Expo 2025 Osaka

The Deputy prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, opens the Conference Growth Diplomacy towards Expo 2025 Osaka  at the Foreign Ministry.  Minister Tajani said: “Since the beginning of my term of office, I have placed support for the internationalisation of Italy’s business system at the centre of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

13 May 2024

Mongolia, Caravaggio’s painting Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy on show

Thanks to the Italian Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is hosting its first exhibition on Caravaggio. The exhibition, focusing on the painting Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy and its restoration, will be open to the public until 30 June 2024 at the Genghis Khan National Museum. This event is part of a significant moment of Italian cultural […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

6 May 2024

Sydney, conference on the construction of the Opera House

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will organise a meeting on 9 May focusing on Paolo Stracchi and Luciano Cardellicchio‘s multi-year research project entitled Vele, Piovre e Gru Telescopiche: la costruzione dell’Opera House di Sydney” (Sails, Octopuses and Telescopic Cranes: the Construction of the Sydney Opera House). Over the last 50 years, the Sydney Opera […]

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Press Releases

3 May 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi signs a Memorandum at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to launch the Year of Cultural Exchange between South Korea and Italy

Acting on behalf of Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi signed with the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Korea Yu In Chon the Memorandum on the Year of Cultural Exchange between South Korea […]

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Press Releases

3 May 2024

Mongolia – Caravaggio exhibition inaugurated

The Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) Alessandro De Pedys and the Italian Ambassador to Mongolia Giovanna Piccarreta today inaugurated the first exhibition of Caravaggio’s works in Mongolia at the Genghis Khan Museum in Ulanbataar. The event was attended by Mongolia’s Minister of […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 May 2024

Sydney – investment attraction initiative launched for Australia and New Zealand

The Italian Ambassador to Australia, Paolo Crudele, and the Director of the Italian Trade Agency in Sydney, Simona Bernardini, presented to a qualified group of guests a new initiative to support Foreign Direct Investments. The aim is to attract Australian and New Zealand economic operators and facilitate their investments in Italy. The launch event was […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

16 April 2024

Shanghai, “National Forum on the Renaissance”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai, in cooperation with Italy’s Consulate General in Shanghai and the Faculty of Humanities at Tongji University, presented the 11th “National Forum on the Renaissance”. The Forum, held at the Shanghai Library East on 13 and 14 April, organised several workshops to orient Chinese researchers towards a more in-depth study […]

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Events

15 April 2024

Country Presentation – Tajikistan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in cooperation with ICE Agenzia, organises the “Country Presentation” dedicated to Tajikistan. The event will be held on 24 April 2024, from 10.00 a.m. (registration of participants starts at 9.30 a.m.), at the headquarters of ICE Agenzia (Via Liszt 21, Rome). The initiative aims to illustrate to […]

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Interviews

12 April 2024

Tajani: China is a strategic partner for Italy (MF)

A new season opens with regard to business relations with China. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani had already assured that leaving the Silk Road would not compromise channels with China – on the contrary, it would allow bilateral cooperation to be further developed and strengthened. In December 2023, the decision […]

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In detail

12 April 2024

Minister Antonio Tajani opens the Italy-China Business and Dialogue Forum

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, will open the proceedings of the Italy-China Business and Dialogue Forum at Veronafiere. In addition to Minister Tajani and Minister Wang, representatives of the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), of Confindustria and of their […]

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In detail

11 April 2024

Press conference by Minister Antonio Tajani following the conclusion of the Italy-China Joint Economic Committee

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, holds a press conference following the conclusion of the Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (Commissione Economica Mista, CEM). The Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (CEM) is the main instrument for economic and trade cooperation with China and is one of the dialogue mechanisms of the […]

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In detail

11 April 2024

Minister Antonio Tajani chairs the Italy-China Joint Economic Committee

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, chairs the Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (Commissione Economica Mista, CEM) together with the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, at the Prefecture Palace in Verona (Palazzo del Potestà). The Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (CEM) is the main instrument for economic […]

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