Asia e Oceania

Myanmar: the great music of Italy comes to Yangon

The “2020 Cultural Season”, promoted and organised by the Italian Embassy in Yangon, was inaugurated on 31 January with a concert entitled “When the piano meets the oboe”. This initiative is part of a series of events designed to present the Burmese public with a rich and diversified panorama of Italian music.  The Maestros Alberto […]

Meeting of Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio with the Ambassador in Rome of the People’s Republic of China, Li Junhua

Today, at the Foreign Ministry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, received the Ambassador in Rome of the People’s Republic of China, Li Junhua. During the very cordial meeting, the Chinese Ambassador thanked the Italian Government for the care provided to the Chinese patients affected by the coronavirus. Minister Di […]

Plane carrying Italian nationals from China lands at military base

A plane carrying Italian expats flown out of China’s Wuhan landed this morning near Rome (Pratica di Mare air base), as a successful team effort by the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Health Ministries.

Foreign Ministry: cargo traffic reopened

ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) has re-authorised cargo flights between Italy and China. This is the outcome of the work of the Special Operational Unit, which met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the  Operational Committee of the Civil Protection Agency.

Statement to the press by Minister Luigi Di Maio on the coronavirus

“First of all, I wish to thank the staff of the Crisis Unit and the Italian diplomatic and consular network in China, for their great work in such difficult and demanding circumstances,  on the front line of taking care of and assisting our fellow citizens in China. The Italian community in China is made up […]

Teleconference by Minister Di Maio with the Italian Embassy in Beijing

Minister Luigi Di Maio is in connection from the Farnesina Crisis Unit with the Italian Embassy in Beijing for updates on the coronavirus. “First of all, I wish to thank the staff of the Crisis Unit and the Italian diplomatic and consular network in China, for their great work in such difficult and demanding circumstances,  […]

New Delhi: Visions in the making, Italy at the India Art Fair

‘Visions in the making’ is the exhibition with which Italy participates this year at the India Art Fair in New Delhi, one of the most important events on modern and contemporary art in South Asia.  The exhibition, curated by Davide Quadrio and Myna Muckerjee, was inaugurated on January 30 by Ambassador Vincenzo de Luca and […]

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano receives the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Muzaffar Mahmurod Huseynzoda

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano, accompanied by the President of the Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE), Carlo Ferro, received today at the Farnesina the Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan, Muzaffar Mahmurod Huseynzoda. The meeting allowed to take stock of the ongoing strengthening of bilateral relations, which began with the visit of the Undersecretary in Dushanbe in […]

Crisis Unit organises flight to repatriate Italian citizens from Wuhan

The Farnesina Crisis Unit, in close coordination with the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, is organising a flight operated by the Interforce Summit Operations Command to repatriate Italian citizens stranded in Wuhan, the Chinese city most affected by the new coronavirus. The aircraft, scheduled […]

Venice at Seoul 2020: tribute to the film director Federico Fellini

This year too, the eighth edition of the “Venice at Seoul” film event, organised by the Italian Institute of Culture in Seoul, Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema and the Venice Biennale, which every year brings the best productions of the Italian film industry to the Korean capital, has been a great success. Between 15 and 23 […]

Opening event of the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism

Italy – China 2020: Interview with the Central Director for the Promotion of Italian Language and Culture, Roberto Vellano