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Press Releases
6 January 2016
North Korea: Should nuclear test be confirmed it would be a serious breach of International Law

If confirmed, this morning’s nuclear test by North Korea would represent a serious violation of international law and pertinent United Nations Security Council resolutions, as well as being a serious threat to international and regional peace and security. In condemning this violation, Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has asked North Korea to comply with its […]

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5 January 2016
Beijing – The roadshow to promote La Triennale di Milano kicks off

The roadshow promoting the 21st  Triennale di Milano has kicked off in Beijing. It is organised by the Italian Embassy together with the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) and the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). The mission to China’s main cities aims to present design as a driver of new economies, logistical innovations […]

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Press Releases
4 January 2016
Italian Marines: Italy continues to rely on international arbitration

In response to news published today by an Indian newspaper concerning the Italian Marines Latorre and Girone, the Italian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that on June 26th 2015, the Italian government initiated international arbitration within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As known, in August the Hamburg-based International […]

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31 December 2015
Beijing – Design and Architecture: the Triennale di Milano presented in China

Design, art, architecture, cinema, communication and society: the 21st Triennale di Milano prepares for its official presentation to the Chinese public at 15:00 hours on Monday 4 January at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing. The event has been organised by the Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Beijing in collaboration […]

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29 December 2015
Tokyo – “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition, with a symposium at the Italian Cultural Institute

To coincide with the “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Art Museum, which runs from 16 January to 3 April 2016, the Italian Cultural Institute in the Japanese capital is organising a symposium on the artist. Speakers will include art historians and academics Osano Shigetoshi, Alessandro Cecchi, Cristina Acidini and Jonathan Nelson. Read […]

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28 December 2015
New Delhi – Unexplored lands and cultures in the works of Pietro Ruffo

Pietro Ruffo is a qualified architect but his love of old maps has turned him into an artist. And now this enthusiasm brings him to India, where he will be displaying his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Terra incognita”. Curated by John Xaviers, the exhibition will run at the Italian Cultural […]

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24 December 2015
Italy-China – Collaboration growing in the space sector

Italy and China are developing their collaboration in the space sector, most recently with the successful launch of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite from Gansu province. Switzerland also took part in the project, along with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the universities of Perugia, Bari and Lecce. As the Italian Ambassador […]

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21 December 2015
Shanghai – Salone del Mobile: Chinese debut in November 2016

The Salone del Mobile will make its Chinese debut in Shanghai from 19 to 21 November 2016, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The fair is organised by Federlegno Arredo Eventi. The event was organised with full collaboration from the government, most notably Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, ICE-Italian […]

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16 December 2015
Dei – Australia: Government looks to innovation and productivity for economic recovery

Innovation and productivity are the key to launching Australian recovery, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull announced as he illustrated the National Science and Innovation Agenda. The Agenda is a package of measures aimed at stimulating technological innovation, simplifying commercial law and ushering in the transition from the mining boom to an “ideas boom”. Over the next […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2015
Marines: Italy submits request for temporary measures for Girone’s return to Italy

Italy has submitted a request to the Arbitration Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague for temporary measures, as per article 290 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, authorising Marin Girone’s return to Italy for the duration of the arbitration procedures currently underway. This request falls within […]

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Accreditation Notices
7 December 2015
Accreditation Notice: Meeting between Minister Gentiloni and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – Joint press conference (11 December 2015)

On Friday 11 December 2015, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. The meeting will take place in Villa Madama at 12.15. A joint press conference will take place at the end of the meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews […]

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7 December 2015
Yangon Ambasciatore incontra Suu Kyi, da Italia pieno sostegno

La transizione democratica in Myanmar e le prospettive delle relazioni bilaterali italo-birmane sono state al centro dell’incontro a Nay Pyi Taw tra l’ambasciatore italiano a Yangon, Pier Giorgio Aliberti, e la leader della Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia, Aung San Suu Kyi. Nel corso del colloquio, il premio Nobel per la pace ha confermato l’intenzione […]

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