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3 November 2015
Osaka – At the ready for the “Study in Italy Salon”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka, in collaboration with Turkish Airlines, has organised and promoted this year’s “Study in Italy Salon”, an annual event aimed at encouraging direct contact and information exchanges between Italy enthusiasts in Japan and the representatives of language, cooking and design schools in Italy. The event will take place on Thursday […]

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3 November 2015
Hanoi – Italian gastronomical excellence wins

Vietnam’s best Italian restaurants and food shops joined forces on an Italian Food Festival, organised by the Italian business community in that Asian country with the patronage of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Icham). The event offered the best in Italian culinary and gastronomical excellence from pizza to […]

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30 October 2015
Sidney – Cinema, “Umberto D.” closes the “Masters of Neo-Realism” series

The “Masters of Neo-Realism: Roberto Rossellini e Vittorio De Sica” film series, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, presents its seventh and final screening at the Casula Powerhouse on 5 November at 19:30. The film shown will be “Umberto D.”, written and staged by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica in […]

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28 October 2015
Earthquake on Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Italian development cooperation earmarks emergency funding of 500,000 euro for International Red Cross.

Roma – Italian development cooperation has decided to allocate multilateral emergency funding of 500,000 euro to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help the communities hit by the earthquake in the vast region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 300 died in the earthquake and over 2000 people were injured. The Italian cooperation […]

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28 October 2015
Beijing – European Union Film Festival opens its doors

The 8th European Union Film Festival, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, has opened. Films being screened range from “Happy Together” by the Czech director, Sasha Dlouhy, to “Kung Fury” by Sweden’s David Sandberg. The festival director is Peter Sallade, while the films were selected by Gianluigi Perrone. Read more, in Italian.

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27 October 2015
DEI – Indonesia: Government approves reforms to revitalise the economy

The Indonesian government has announced a reform package drawn up in coordination with the central bank, the Financial Services Authority and the Minister Coordinator for the Economy. Its aim is to boost domestic consumption and revitalise the economy. The first tranche of measures includes the adoption of measures to increase certainty in economic activity and […]

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27 October 2015
Astana – Year of Italian Culture in Kazakhstan

A documentary on Marco Polo, a joint production of a Kazakh opera, exchanges of history and art exhibitions, and archive research projects. These are just some of the initiatives planned for the Year of Italian Culture in Kazakhstan, which will run until October 2016. The “Year” was presented by the Italian Ambassador in Astana, Stefano […]

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26 October 2015
Azerbaijan – Italy a leading exhibitor at “Baku Build”

Italy was a leading exhibitor at the “Baku Build” construction and design fair, with 82 Italian companies out of a total of over 500, from 27 countries. Our country is the biggest foreign group at the event, which is accompanied by two secondary events: “Aqua-Therm” Baku and the “Caspian International Protection, Security and Rescue exhibition”. […]

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Press Releases
23 October 2015
Gentiloni meets Foreign Minister of Mongolia

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Lundeg Purevsuren, at the Farnesina today. Minister Purevsuren is visiting Italy during the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Italy and Mongolia. The meeting was an opportunity to recall the continuous progress in all […]

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23 October 2015
Dei – China: BCube and Chongqing accord on logistics and goods transport

An agreement was signed between the Chongquing Economic and International Cooperation Commission (COFTEC) and the Italian logistics firm BCube. The agreement could be a turning point for BCube in both sectors in which it is engaged in China: goods transport and factory logistics. In regard to goods transport, the agreement calls for COFTEC’s commitment to […]

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