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23 September 2015
Sydney – Macchiaioli Project – a jazz duo for Vivacissimo

Jazz duo Andrea Pellegrini and Mirko Guerrini will be performing with their “Macchiaioli Project” at the 8th “Vivacissimo!” concert hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney on 8 October 2015. The project is inspired by the paintings of the Macchiaioli, a Tuscan art movement that flourished in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Read more, […]

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22 September 2015
Tokyo – A coral “necklace” linking Naples and Japan

Gioia De Simone, head of the National Association of Coral and Cameo Producers (Assocoral), will be giving a talk at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on “Coral: Its history and relations between Torre del Greco and Japan”. Assocoral is engaged in protecting coral resources, developing and marketing member companies, and promoting coral products abroad. […]

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18 September 2015
Malaysia: Government launches economic support plan

The government of Malaysia has launched an economic support plan valued at approximately 28 billion ringgit. The short- and medium-term measures planned are aimed at addressing the negative effects of a drop in demand from China, the low price of petroleum and palm oil and the devaluation of the ringgit, with the goal of shielding […]

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17 September 2015
Sydney – Italian language week, focus su Pirandello

The 15th annual Italian Language Week (from 19 to 24 October) will be celebrated in Sydney with a special focus on Luigi Pirandello. The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the University of Sydney, will hold a conference on the writer and 1934 Nobel laureate on Wednesday 21 October 15 15:00 hours at the University […]

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11 September 2015
Tokyo- Gelato World Tour makes a stop in Japan

The Gelato World Tour made a stop in Japan to the delight of a 55,000-strong crowd at Tokyo’s Komazawa Olympic Park, built for the 1964 Games. A total of 16 gelato producers from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan including an Italian who lives in Taipei, were given a chance to promote their products. Organisers included […]

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9 September 2015
Tokyo – “Study in Italy” fair: two days of Italian language and culture

Now in its 9th edition, this year’s “Study in Italy” fair will be held on 6 and 7 November 2015 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with the Italian-Japanese Association and the Italian Tourism Board, the event is intended to promote language, cultural, arts and vocational studies for […]

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9 September 2015
Jakarta – Seminar on Indonesian miners’ exposure to mercury

“Assessment of artisanal gold miners’ exposition to elemental mercury vapours – determination by hair composition” is the topic of a seminar in Jakarta organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The seminar focused on the effects of mercury exposure on people living in the mining regions in the west of the island of […]

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9 September 2015
New Delhi – Taranto’s troubled steelworks in a theatre production in India

The dramatic story of Taranto’s troubled Ilva steelworks will be told in India by Instabili Vaganti, an Italian theatre company that will be performing in Calcutta on Friday 11 September 2015. “Made in Ilva” is based on the true experience of workers from Europe’s biggest steelworks, with testimony from workers interspersed with poetry by Luigi […]

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7 September 2015
Hong Kong – Red carpet for Cinema Italian Style

Hong Kong rolls out the red carpet for the fourth edition of Cine Italiano – Cinema Italian Style, which opens on 16 September 2015. Italian films featuring in the event include “Il nome del figlio”, directed by Francesca Archibugi, who will be attending the screening. Cine Italiano is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and […]

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27 August 2015
Dei – Vietnam: Liberalisation of energy market under way

Hanoi opens the liberalisation process for its national energy market, with the aim of ending the monopoly enjoyed by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), a state company with a dominant role in the domestic market. The market-opening process will begin in 2016, when all operators and electricity power stations with capacity of at least 30 megawatt […]

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25 August 2015
Italy-Afghanistan – work on Herat bypass starting soon

Afghan infrastructure will benefit from a new Italian input thanks to the efforts of the Farnesina. A contract was signed today by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works and the company that won the tender to build the first lot (20.4 kilometres) of the Herat bypass. funded by Italy, the project is of strategic importance to […]

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