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Asia e Oceania

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26 February 2016
Hanoi – A host of events in 2016 to strengthen Italy-Vietnam ties

The Italian Embassy in Vietnam will organise a large number of economic and cultural events in 2016 to consolidate the relations between Italy and Vietnam. The Asian country in 2015 became Italy’s most important trade partner among the members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), ambassador Cecilia Piccioni told a press conference organised […]

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25 February 2016
Tokyo – Agribusiness, the Cibus road show in Dubai and Japan

The Cibus (International Food Exhibition) road show aimed at promoting Italian food, continues. An event was held at the GulFood trade show in Dubai and another is scheduled for March 9 at the Foodex Japan 2016 trade in Tokyo from March 8 to 11. Cibus, Fiere di Parma, ICE, the agency for the promotion abroad […]

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24 February 2016
China: Italy to improve ST cooperation

Italy is taking stock of the progress achieved on scientific and technical cooperation with China with a view to strengthening it. A technical panel for the ‘development of scientific and technological cooperation with China’, a collegial body set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation met  today at the Farnesina  representatives of national research, industrial associations and major […]

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Press Releases
23 February 2016
Italy makes a contribution to the populations of the Fiji Islands

Following the passing of tropical cyclone “Winston” – which swept over the Fiji Archipelago last weekend – Italian Cooperation, in coordination with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, will allocate to the Fiji Red Cross Society – through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – a contribution of 100,000 Euros […]

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22 February 2016
Beijing – Italian Embassy in China offers a prize to commemorate Umberto Eco

‎Italy’s diplomatic network in China pays a tribute to Umberto Eco. The Italian Embassy in Beijing, in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC), has decided to award a prize in honour of the writer, semiologist and philosopher who died recently at 84. The announcement was made by the Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, at […]

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18 February 2016
Tokyo – “Infinite variations”: Giorgio Morandi’s on tour in Japan

Giorgio Morandi’s art continues its tour of Japan: after a stop in Kobe, the exhibition “Giorgio Morandi. Infinite variations” will be hosted at the Tokyo Station Gallery where it will be inaugurated on Friday, Feb. 19 and will remain open until April 10. The exhibition is curated by the Istituzione Bologna Musei – Museo Morandi, […]

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17 February 2016
Tokyo – European Romanticism according to pianist Giuseppe Andaloro

Italian pianist Giuseppe Andaloro is one of todays most appreciated pianists. This year he is scheduled to perform at the Salzburg Festspiele, at the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto, at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition and at the Arturo Benedetti Michelangelo Festival in Brescia and Bergamo. Born in 1982 in Palermo, he is very […]

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12 February 2016
Jakarta – Montanari in concert for an “Italian Cello Night”

Italian cellist Matteo Montanari has performed in  “An Italian Cello Night” concert at the Auditorium of the Italian Institute of Culture in Jakarta. The cellist played a programme dedicated to nine Italian composers, from Baroque to modern music. Jennifer Ongkowijoyo, a very young local talent,  accompanied him on the piano while eleven young Indonesian cellists […]

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9 February 2016
New Delhi – “Bravo, Bravissimo!”, Teatro Verde Company fascinates Indian audiences

After winning last year’s “Best puppet musical cabaret award” at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival (the world’s most famous marionette and puppet festival), this year Rome’s Teatro Verde Company represents Italy at the 14th edition of the Ishara International Puppet Festival 2016 in India. The Roman company gave life to the Festival alongside eight more […]

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8 February 2016
Tokyo – From Giotto to Caravaggio: a virtual tour of the Uffizi Gallery of Florence

A virtual tour through the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo will host, from Feb. 13 to March 13, an interactive exhibition that will guide visitors through the Florentine Palazzo, unveiling frescoes and masterpieces and presented to the Japanese public through reproductions by Hitachi Ltd. The exhibition is organised by […]

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Press Releases
7 February 2016
Nord Korea: missile launch is a new provocation and a threat to international peace and security

“The launch of a long-range missile last night constitutes a further provocation by North Korea which, only one month after running a nuclear test, has once again openly violated the Security Council resolutions, jeopardising international and regional peace and security,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, after receiving news of […]

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1 February 2016
Melbourne – University, Turin Polytechnic cooperates with Australia

“The collaboration between universities is one of the fundamental building blocks on which the mutual understanding of two nations sharing ideals is based. At the same time, it enables a great many young men and women to better understand a new context, building a baggage of knowledge, relations and experience that will last for many […]

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