Asia e Oceania

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18 July 2016

Beijing – Roberto Goffi’s photograpy show on 21st Milan Triennale staged in China

Roberto Goffi’s photography exhibition, designed to portray the complexity and richness of La Triennale di Milano, opened at Beijing’s Times Art Museum on Sunday. Goffi’s exhibition guides visitors on a journey through the milestones of the 21st Milan Triennale, which has been a reference point for international design ever since it opened in 1923. It […]

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Press Releases

14 July 2016

Il Ministro Gentiloni ha inaugurato oggi l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Ulaan Bataar in Mongolia

Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni ha oggi inaugurato l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Ulaan Bataar, in Mongolia. All’inaugurazione hanno preso parte anche il Ministro degli Esteri della Mongolia Lundeg Purevsuren, il neo Ambasciatore d’Italia Andrea De Felip e la collettività italiana residente in Mongolia. Nel corso del suo indirizzo di saluto […]

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Press Releases

14 July 2016

Minister Paolo Gentiloni inaugurated Italian Embassy in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia today

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni inaugurated the Italian Embassy in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia today. Mongolia’s Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren, the new Italian Ambassador Andrea De Felip, and members of the Italian community residing in Mongolia attended the inauguration. During his welcome speech, Minister Gentiloni said that the centuries-old relations between […]

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14 July 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni in Ulaanbaatar for 11th Asia-Europe Meeting

Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will attend the eleventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on July 15 and 16 in Mongolia. Discussions at the summit will focus on economic cooperation, connectivity, and global and regional challenges. A total of 31 European and 22 Asian delegations are expected to attend. Two years after the previous summit in Milan, […]

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14 July 2016

Beijing – Vinitaly takes centre stage at the Shanghai Wine & Dine

Vinitaly International is the main feature of the Italian Area at the second edition of the Shanghai Wine & Dine Festival, the most important business-to-consumer (B2C) event in the agro-food sector. Organized by the Shanghai Morning Post, Gewara – the Chinese TicketOne – and UnionPay, the event will take place at Expo Park in Shanghai […]

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12 July 2016

Sydney – “Il Signor Bruschino”, third episode of the “Viva Rossini” series

The “Viva Rossini!” series is now at its third edition. It is fruit of the cooperation between the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney and the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro, which the capital of the Marche Region will host from 8 to 20 August this year. Since 1980, the Rossini Opera Festival has been increasingly […]

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12 July 2016

Indonesia – Andrea Ponsi’s watercolors on show in Jakarta

Andrea Ponsi, a Tuscan architect, designer and painter, is about to go on show in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 21 July. The Italian Cultural Institute in Jakarta will host “Florence – A Map of Perceptions”, an exhibition of the Tuscan artist’s watercolors. Essential and yet deeply evocative, his watercolors portray landscapes and architectural landmarks of Florence […]

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8 July 2016

Tokyo – Japan on track to discover Leonardo’s ultimate enigma

On Wednesday, 27 July, at 6:30 p.m., art historian Costantino D’Orazio will reveal Leonardo Da Vinci’s ultimate enigma at the presentation of the latest book, “Leonardo segreto” (“The Unknown Leonardo”), published in Japan. Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the most renowned Italian Renaissance artists, had to wait more than 20 years to obtain his first […]

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Interviews

8 July 2016

Gentiloni: «Why it is necessary to defeat Daesh» (L’Unità)

Nadia Benedetti, Claudio Cappelli, Vincenzo D’Allestro, Claudia D’Antona, Simona Monti, Adele Puglisi, Maria Riboli, Cristian Rossi and Marco Tondat. They were nine Italian citizens, nine victims of terrorism that Italy will not forget. Last Friday, at 9:10 p.m. our Embassy was informed of the attack under way at the Holey Artisan Bakery. The call was […]

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Press Releases

5 July 2016

Minister Gentiloni and President Mattarella greet the return of the bodies of the Italian citizens

“Together with President Mattarella and on behalf of the government I have committed to assure that the legal benefits for the victims of terrorism apply to our fellow-citizens killed abroad. It is a dutiful commitment in episodes like the Dhaka massacre,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the return of the bodies in Italy.

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5 July 2016

Terrorist attack in Dhaka: arrival of the bodies of Italian victims at Ciampino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will assist the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the arrival this evening, at Ciampino military airport, of the bodies of Italians who lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Dhaka on Friday.

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5 July 2016

The Project – Music and theatre, the magic of Umbria’s Festivals fascinates China

Cultural cooperation between Italy and China finds its landmarks in Umbria. After the experience of Umbria Jazz, which brought Italian artists on tour in the most important cities of China, another cultural promotion project is now in the pipeline: bring to China, where the public is 90% young and particularly interested in innovative high-quality performances, […]

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