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13 March 2015
Tokyo – A restored Fellini’s “8 1/2” comes to Japan

It was 1963 when Federico Fellini made his autobiographic masterpiece “8 ½”, portrait of a director rethinking his life and the meaning of existence, in which dreams and nightmares mix with an equally surreal reality. A newly restored version of the film, considered one of the greatest pieces of cinema of all time, will be […]

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11 March 2015
Tokyo – First retrospective for a Baroque master

Japan is hosting its first retrospective for Baroque master Guercino at Tokyo’s Museum of Western Art. The exhibition will be open to the public through 31 May and includes 44 works, some of them large-scale pieces, from various important collections. The exhibition is a concrete and significant example of Japan’s solidarity with the Pinacoteca of […]

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10 March 2015
London – Pif stirs hearts with “La mafia uccide solo d’estate”

Palermo-based filmmaker Pierfrancesco Diliberto (known to his many fans as Pif) continued his international tour in London with a screening of his film “The Mafia only Kills in Summer” at the Cinema Made in Italy Festival, which closes today in that city. The film won the Donatello’s David award for best new director in 2014 […]

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3 March 2015
Beijing – Friuli Venezia Giulia collaborating with the Italian Cultural Institute

The President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Debora Serracchiani, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, Stefania Stafutti, have organised an event to explore collaboration between the region and China. The focus is on the cultural and economic spheres, and on opportunities for Spilimbergo’s renowned school for mosaic artists. Read more, in […]

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2 March 2015
Italian Economic Diplomacy – 02 March: Latest World News

Australia: 90 million euro contract for AgustaWestland helicopters AgustaWestland was awarded a 90 million-euro contract for the supply of eight AW139 helicopters to the Australian firm Toll, one of the world’s principal transport sector groups. The contract was signed during the 2015 Australian International Airshow. Toll is purchases the AW139s for use in medical rescue […]

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2 March 2015
Melbourne – A new virtual “Italy house” for young Italians in Victoria

The Italian Consul General Marco Maria Cerbo officially launched a new internet portal that gathers together all the principal Italian youth associations operating in the State of Victoria, in Australia. A variegated group that includes university students of Italian descent, young professionals, young people who love Italian culture and new arrivals (last year alone, nearly […]

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27 February 2015
Melbourne – Italian kiwi land on Australian tables

Italy and Australia join forces on – kiwis, of course. Thanks to an agreement between “Kiwiny Green” of Giavera del Montello located in the province of Treviso and the “Premier Fruits Group” of Melbourne, Australian shops will begin to offer high quality, organically-grown kiwis cultivated in the Italian region of Veneto. Read more, in Italian.

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26 February 2015
Tokyo – Leonardo lives in “An impossible interview”

The theatrical event “Being Leonardo Da Vinci. An impossible Interview”, written, directed and acted by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, is currently touring Japan. After its premier in Tokyo, it will go on to tour Fukuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. Italian ambassador to Tokyo Domenico Giorgi attended the opening, which was organised and hosted by the Italian […]

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23 February 2015
UAE: ANCE mission for construction sector opportunities

A mission by the National Construction Association (ANCE) coordinated by the Dubai Agenzia ICE and the Embassy of Italy in Abu Dhabi took place in the United Arab Emirates. A total of 55 firms, in addition to SACE and Itayl’s main banking institutions, took part in the mission, the theme of which was the UAE […]

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19 February 2015
Dei – Italian Chamber of Commerce opens in Chongqing

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in China (CCIC) has opened a new branch in Chongqing, a city that is one of the country’s main industrial centres and which will soon have a direct air link with Rome. The CCIC also has branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. At the opening event, the Italian Ambassador to […]

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19 February 2015
Tokyo – Voices and images: Japan discovers the passion of Naples

James Senese, Fiorello, Massimo Ranieri, Lina Sastri, Peppe Servillo, Peppe Barra, Pietra Montecorvino, Raiz , Fausto Cigliano, M’Barka Ben Taleb and Max Casella. These are the faces appearing in the documentary film “Passione”, featuring the world of Neapolitan song and directed by Italian-American John Turturro. The film – with Italian sub-titles – will be shown […]

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16 February 2015
Philippines: positive economic outlook

The Philippines closed 2014 with GDP growth estimated at 5.1%, and with an estimated yearly average of 6.2% for the period from 2015 through 2019. The spread of urbanisation was also steady, strongly stimulating demand in the construction and transport sectors. Rising consumption was fuelled by growth in employment—which nevertheless remains insufficient—and by the enormous […]

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