Asia e Oceania

Cultural Diplomacy

9 July 2025

Hanoi: “Corti e Sorsi” returns for Fare Cinema

A new edition of “Corti e Sorsi”, supported and organised by the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, will take place on Thursday 10 July at the “Casa Italia” venue (18 Le Phung Hieu, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi). The event forms part of “Fare Cinema”, the initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

8 July 2025

Abu Dhabi, “Depero’s Graphics” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi inaugurated the exhibition “Depero’s Graphics. Between Italy and New York”, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Lorenzo Fanara, The exhibition is dedicated to Fortunato Depero, an avant-garde Futurist artist who redefined the boundaries of visual expression. Curated by Maurizio Scudiero, a scholar and expert of the Futurist artist and […]

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Economic Diplomacy

8 July 2025

India, the Asian engine for Italian internationalization

The new Action Plan for Italian exports to non-EU markets, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), identifies the Asia-Pacific as one of its key strategic axes. With the ambitious goal of increasing Italian exports to EUR 700 billion, India –one of the most dynamic and globally significant emerging economies – […]

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Economic Diplomacy

8 July 2025

South Korea, between nuclear power and renewables, the new energy plan looks to 2038

With the new National Electricity Plan, South Korea has outlined its energy mix until 2038. By that year, the Plan foresees a significant increase in the share of energy produced from renewables: it would rise from 9.6% to 33%, while nuclear production would rise from 30.7% to 35.2% and LNG (liquefied natural gas) from 26.8% […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 July 2025

Dhaka, commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 1 July 2016 attack

The Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh, Antonio Alessandro, hosted the annual ceremony at his Residence in remembrance of the victims of the attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, where nine Italians lost their lives on 1 July 2016. Representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was the Director General for Italians […]

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Press Releases

2 July 2025

Tajani opens the Italy–Malaysia Round Table with Prime Minister Ibrahim

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is today opening in Rome the Round Table on the Italy–Malaysia Economic Partnership, together with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Tengku Zafrul Aziz. The event will be attended by numerous members of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

24 June 2025

Beijing, first translations of Leopardi and Galileo presented

The ceremony to present the first translations of Italian and Chinese classics – which will implement the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s National Administration for Press and Publishing on 8 November, 2024 – took place on 18 June at the Beijing Pavilion of the BIBF (Beijing International Book Fair), […]

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Press Releases

23 June 2025

Minister Tajani at today’s Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Brussels today to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. The Ministers’ meeting will focus first of all on the situation in the Middle East, also in light of the latest developments […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

20 June 2025

Tokyo, “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”

The final conference of the “Calvino here and elsewhere” series, part of the global celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Italo Calvino, was held at the Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. The event, entitled “Calvino in Japan. Travelling, reading, writing”, was organised in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Brussels: The 2025 Edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has concluded

The Brussels date marked the end of the 2025 edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour, the project resulting from a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI. Since 2019, the Sanremo Giovani World Tour has successfully promoted emerging artists of the Italian music scene, taking them to perform on […]

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Economic Diplomacy

11 June 2025

Sparkle signs Memorandum of Understanding for construction of Asia–Africa–Europe-2 (AAE-2) submarine cable system

Sparkle has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PCCW Global, Telecom Egypt and Zain Omantel International (ZOI) for the construction of the Asia–Africa–Europe-2 (AAE-2) submarine cable system. The consortium aims to establish a strong, next-generation digital link between Hong Kong, Singapore and Italy, leveraging secure, high-capacity land corridors across Thailand, the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 June 2025

Japan: two new orders for the Danieli Group

Danieli, an Italian group and global leader in the design of steelmaking plants, has recently secured two important contracts in Japan, further strengthening its presence in the Japanese market and confirming its role as a strategic partner for the green transition of the local steel industry. The first project, commissioned by JFE Steel — Japan’s […]

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