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25 March 2015
Beijing – New “Reggio Children” Italian school

Beijing gets its first Italian school thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Embassy of Italy in China and Reggio Children, a centre for the promotion of the rights and potential of children founded in 1994. Attending the presentation of the project at the diplomatic mission were Ambassador Alberto Bradanini and President of Reggio Children […]

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24 March 2015
Chamber of Deputies – Security in East Asia

Security in East Asia will be the main theme of a seminar on geopolitical and economic scenarios in the Western Pacific scheduled for 30 March in the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House). The event, organised by the Italy-Japan Foundation, the Embassy of Japan in Italy, the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome and the Italy Japan […]

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23 March 2015
DEI – Korea: INSEAN-CNR and Hyundai scientific cooperation agreement

CNR-INSEAN and Hyundai Corporate Technology Institute – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HMRC-HHI) have signed a scientific cooperation agreement in the shipbuilding sector, which includes personnel exchanges and possible trade opportunities. The Protocol of Understanding was signed between the national institute for the study and practice of naval architecture (INSEAN), part of the national research council (CNR) […]

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17 March 2015
Gentiloni meets with UNESCAP representatives

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today with the ambassadors accredited in Rome of the Asian member countries of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), one of five regional economic commissions that answer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The meeting, which […]

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17 March 2015
Tokyo – Japan in search of Siena, from origins to the present

“Storia di Siena. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri” (Edizioni Biblioteca dell’Immagine, 2013), written by Prof. Mario Ascheri of Roma Tre University, is a history of the city of Siena. The author will hold a conference at the Umberto Agnelli Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo entitled “Siena, a Medieval City-State and its Heritage”, […]

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17 March 2015
Italian Cooperation earmarks 300,000 euro in humanitarian aid for Vanuatu after cyclone PAM

In response to the serious emergency resulting from the passage of cyclone Pam in the South Pacific that was especially devastating to the Vanuatu archipelago, causing dozens of deaths and widespread destruction, the Italian Cooperation decided to make a 300,000- euro multilateral contribution to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). […]

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16 March 2015
Japan: Tokyo accelerates energy reforms

Energy reforms go rapidly forward in Japan. The Abe government has approved laws for a third set that contains changes in the generation, marketing and distribution of electrical, gas and thermal energy. With regard to the electricity sector, the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators, an energy authority, will be operational as from April, […]

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16 March 2015
Della Vedova on mission to Philippines and Singapore

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will complete a mission to the Philippines and Singapore from 17 to 20 March. He is scheduled to meet in Manila with numerous counterparts of the Philippine government with a view to reinforcing bilateral political dialogue and cooperation in various sectors as well as to […]

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13 March 2015
Hanoi – Vietnam Fashion Week gets under way with Italian designers

Vietnam’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Fashion Week got under way in Hanoi, where the creations of 19 Vietnamese and Italian designers will grace the runways for four days through Sunday. Italy’s participation, now a constant in the annual event, is part of the activities of the Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council, which also promotes joint initiatives such as meetings […]

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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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12 March 2015
Dei – Georgia: al via piano strategico 2015-2020 per agricoltura

Georgia: al via piano strategico 2015-2020 per agricoltura Garantire una maggiore competitivita’ per le imprese rurali, varare un riassetto delle strutture amministrative del Ministero dell’Agricoltura, creare condizioni piu’ favorevoli per attrarre investimenti. Sono questi alcuni degli obiettivi del piano strategico 2015-2020 per lo sviluppo dell’agricoltura presentato dal Governo della Georgia. Con la nuova strategia, il […]

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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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