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1 June 2016

Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 01 June: Latest news from the world

Thailand: Bangkok’s MRT System soon to be expanded The Thai government has announced the imminent publication of three calls for tender in the month of June, to build three new lines of Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit system for a total value of 221.2 billion baht (5.67 billion euros). The initiative is part of the project to […]

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1 June 2016

MAECI and FIGC – New international football cooperation project with South Pacific Islands

Enrico Sbardella and Stefano D’Ottavio will organise, in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), a football clinic for 30 young players from Tuvalu from 1 to 13 June. It will be the second clinic organised for international football cooperation projects by the MAECI and the FIGC, the Italian Football Federation, […]

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1 June 2016

MAECI e FIGC – Nuovo progetto calcistico di cooperazione internazionale con le Isole del Pacifico

Secondo appuntamento per i progetti di cooperazione nel settore calcistico organizzati nel mondo dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e dalla Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Dopo i seminari tecnici tenuti da Marcello Lippi a St. Vincent e Antigua dal 2 al 5 maggio, ora saranno Enrico Sbardella e Stefano D’Ottavio che terranno […]

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31 May 2016

Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 31 May: Latest news from the world

Thailand launches Food Innopolis Thailand is betting on its agrifood sector, which is among the country’s most important economic drivers. It recorded a 26 billion dollar turnover in 2015 which made up 12.3 percent of total exports and 6.7 percent of Thailand’s GDP. The government is launching Food Innopolis, an innovation and development centre aimed […]

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31 May 2016

Sydney – Italian modern art with Loris Liberatori

A promotional campaign for Italian modern art has been launched in Australia’s cities of Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, where Italy’s diplomatic network has organised a series of events centred around Loris Liberatori, whose work is featured in the Farnesina Collection. Three of Liberatori’s pieces are on permanent display at the Ambassador’s residence in Canberra. The […]

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27 May 2016

Integrated promotion Action by the Farnesina: a delegation of Sichuan Province visits Campania

Today the Region of Campania hosts a mission from the Province of Sichuan, whose capital Chengdu was recently nominated the most economically attractive city of China. The mission, promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing, is part of the integrated promotion action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Later today the […]

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27 May 2016

Hangzhou – Institutions and companies promote Italy’s economic system in China

The Italian Embassy in Beijing is continuing its efforts to promote Italy’s economic system across Chinese Provinces and regional cities. After visiting the city of Xi’An (Shaanxi Province) last year, Ambassador Ettore Sequi recently visited Hangzhou, the capital of the eastern coastal Zhejiang Province, at the head of a promotion mission organised in association with […]

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26 May 2016

Yangon – Italy-Myanmar partnership in the culinary sector

The cooperation between Italy and Myanmar expands thanks to a new initiative: Ye Ko Naing, a young Burmese student at the Hospitality and Catering Training Accademy (HCTA) of Yangon, is about to begin his new training activity with ALMA, the international school of Italian cuisine. The HCTA, created by Aung San Suu Kyi in memory […]

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26 May 2016

Italy-Thailand – Second meeting of Business Forum

Twenty-nine companies from Italy and Thailand participated in the second Italy-Thailand Business Forum in Koh Samet, following the meeting held in Milan in October 2015. The forum is the most important bilateral economic tool between the two countries. It sees the now consolidated participation of the top management of large groups from both countries, with […]

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26 May 2016

Italian Marines: the Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to allow Girone to return to Italy

Italian Marine Salvatore Girone might be going home any day now. The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over today’s decision of the Indian Supreme Court to immediately enforce The Hague Court of Arbitration’s decision of 29 April, as recently requested by Italy. In line with the decision of The Hague Court of Arbitration, Italy and India […]

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24 May 2016

Great success for Qin Feng’s exhibition at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on San Giorgio Island, under the patronage of the MAECI​

The inauguration of Qin Feng’s exhibition was a great success. The exhibition was promoted by the Venice International University with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI). The event, which took place on Thursday, 19 May, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, was staged for the first time in the two Cloisters […]

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24 May 2016

Zhangjiajie – Ferrari 458 out to conquer China with daring speed

Fabio Barone, the Roman-born driver and president of the Ferrari Passione Rossa club, has chosen the Tianmen Mountain Road in China (located in the heart of the National Tianmen Mountain Park in Zhangjiajie, in north-western Hunan province), in order to attempt setting the world speed record. The challenge of the Tianmen Mountain Road, defined as […]

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