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2 February 2015
Australia: call for expressions of interest for Perth airport link project

A call for expressions of interest was announced for the ForrestField-Airport Link rail connection from the centre of Perth to the city airport. The project is valued at an estimated AUD 2.2 billion (approx. EUR 1.54 billion) and calls for the construction of 8.5km of railway, including 8km of underground tunnels, as well as 3 […]

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Press Releases
1 February 2015
Gentiloni condemns decapitation of Japanese hostage

“The sacrifice of Kenji Goto will not halt the struggle against terrorism and religious extremism, which continues at the side of the Japanese government”. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni firmly condemned the decapitation of journalist Kenji Goto, extending Italy’s solidarity to his family and the entire Japanese population.

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30 January 2015
Osaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings

Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]

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28 January 2015
Hong Kong: integrates with Guangdong in services sector

Within the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, an agreement on the liberalisation of services was recently signed between Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China’s Guangdong Province covering 58 sectors that include real estate and environmental services and computer support installations, with a partial extension to another 75 sectors. The most prominent […]

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Press Releases
21 January 2015
Gentiloni and Kishida speak on telephone about the threat of international terrorism

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received a phone call today from the Japanese Foreign Minister, Fumio Kishida, for a consultation on the threat of international terrorism. Gentiloni extended full solidarity for the two Japanese citizens kidnapped in Syria. He also expressed his appreciation of the 200 million euro allocated by […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2015
Farnesina note on decision to annul life sentence against Bruno and Boncompagni

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation welcomes the decision by the Indian Supreme Court to annul the life sentence issued against Tomaso Bruno and Elisabetta Boncompagni, who have been in prison in Varanasi since 2010. The Farnesina has been following the case closely, both directly and through the Italian Embassy in New Delhi. […]

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15 January 2015
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Vietnam: 2014 growth of 5.9%, a trade surplus and a B+ rating

Vietnam: 2014 growth of 5.9%, a trade surplus and a B+ rating Vietnam closed 2014 out with macroeconomic indicators confirming significant progress on macroeconomic stabilisation. During the Vietnam Business Forum, Prime Minister Dung was able to confirm that the government had hit its main targets for 2014: growth of 5.9% and inflation brought down to […]

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Interviews
31 December 2014
Gentiloni: “The EU is not a running faucet for sanctions” (La Stampa)

Minister Gentiloni, there an infinite number of issues are on the table for 2015. Shall we begin with Russia?  «Alright».  Regarding the Moscow sanctions “for illegal actions in Ukraine”, is there a softer European approach and a harsher U.S. one, and can you tell us how Italy has chosen to act?  «To tell the truth […]

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24 December 2014
Italy-Japan: Leonardo da Vinci exhibition presented in Tokyo

In May 2015 Japan will host the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari – The Mystery of the Tavola Doria”, organized by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. The Doria Panel The press conference for the presentation was held recently in Tokyo in the presence of, among others, Italian ambassador Domenico Giorgi. The […]

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22 December 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: Barnett give green light to Perth Freight Link

Australia: Barnett give green light to Perth Freight Link Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett announced approval of the “Perth Freight Link” project for modernising the various infrastructures of Fremantle Port. The project has already been funded for a sum of approximately AUD 1.6 million (more than 1 billion euro) by the Australian federal and Western […]

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