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Asia e Oceania

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24 December 2019
Italian Cuisine Week: in Karachi, Chef Kumalé promotes a culinary dialogue between Pakistan and Italy

To celebrate the fourth edition of the Italian Cuisine Week, the Italian Consulate in Karachi invited Italian Chef Vittorio Castellani – a.k.a. Chef Kumalé – whose participation was sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of Islamabad and the Municipality of Karachi to promote better knowledge of the culinary and cultural traditions of Pakistan, enabling the […]

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24 December 2019
Italian Cuisine Week: culinary stars join in to support the integrated promotion of Italian food and wine products in East China

The “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” was celebrated across East China in the cities of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Ningbo. The Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai coordinated a very rich programme of events in conjunction with Italian institutions and Italian and Chinese food and tourism operators. “La Vigna di Leonardo” was one of the most […]

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24 December 2019
The Week of Italian Cuisine: tastings and stories about Italian excellence

​The rich program of events organized by the Italian Embassy in Canberra during the 6th Week of Italian cuisine were dedicated to the Mediterranean diet and to the connections between food, culture, design and Italian language, with a special focus on fake products an on the fight against counterfeiting, hence improving people’s knowledge about the […]

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23 December 2019
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Host Workshops and Themed Dinners

This year’s program for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City featured workshops, master classes and themed dinners. In addition to eco-food tastings and conferences on the Mediterranean diet, Italian Cuisine Week was celebrated with art and music events. In Hanoi, in particular, a major festival called […]

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23 December 2019
​Italian Cuisine Week: Sydney Hosts Food and Wine Tasting Events

In Sydney, the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World was celebrated with great food and a wine tasting event. Several initiatives were organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, including a wine tasting session with sommelier Alberto Libanoro, who explained the unique features of Italian wines, where traditional excellence and constant research and innovation successfully […]

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Press Releases
23 December 2019
Presidential elections in Afghanistan

Italy takes note of the publication of the Afghan presidential elections preliminary results, an important step towards completing the electoral process started in late September. While waiting for the required verifications to be completed, with a view to announcing the final results, we reiterate the expectation of a responsible and correct behaviour by all candidates […]

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19 December 2019
Minister Di Maio met with his Singapore counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan

Minister di Maio met with Singapore’s foreign affairs minister Balakrishnan at the Farnesina today. The meeting focused on the relations of the two countries with special attention to economic cooperation, investment promotion and innovation, Eurasian connectivity and the relations between Italy and ASEAN. ​  

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Press Releases
17 December 2019
Scalfarotto meets with the Secretary General of the ASEAN​

At the Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Madrid, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met with the Secretary General of the ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi. The talks focused on the regional security, the connectivity issue arising from the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity 2025, which sets forth projects worth up to 110 billion a year up […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 December 2019
Scalfarotto holds bilateral meetings on the fringes of the ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting

On the fringes of the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM), Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had two bilateral meetings with the delegations of Australia and New Zealand. With the Australian Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tony Sheehan, the issue that was addressed was the negotiation between the EU and […]

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Press Releases
16 December 2019
Scalfarotto holds bilateral meetings on the fringes of the ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting

On the fringes of the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM), Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had two bilateral meetings with the delegations of Australia and New Zealand. With the Australian Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tony Sheehan, the issue that was addressed was the negotiation between the EU and […]

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Press Releases
16 December 2019
Scalfarotto speaks at the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM)

Today in Madrid, Undersecretary Scalfarotto spoke at the opening of the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) dedicated to revitalising the multilateral system and strengthening the international order on the basis of common rules. In his address, the Undersecretary highlighted the importance of the World Trade Organization in settling disputes and underscored the leading role […]

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