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Press Releases
4 June 2019
Meeting of Minister Moavero with the Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a long and thorough meeting today in Tokyo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono. This is the fifth meeting between the two Ministers over the last twelve months, testifying to a friendship and very close collaboration, underpinned by regular […]

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Press Releases
3 June 2019
Mission to Japan of Minister Moavero Milanesi

The mission has the objective of re-launching the already solid, special and articulated relations between Italy and Japan and is concrete evidence of the great interest Italy has in the Asian continent. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will be in Japan, in Tokyo, on 4 and 5 June. The […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 May 2019
Sydney: Mezza and Ginsburg together to play jazz at the Italian Cultural Institute

The partnership between Italian pianist Vittorio Mezza and South African saxophonist Mark Ginsburg gave rise to the concert organised in Sydney by the Italian Cultural Institute. The two musicians, together with Karl Dunnicliff at the bass and Tim Firth at the drums, presented their latest album Convergence, which will also be performed at the Sydney Conservatorium International Jazz festival, […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 May 2019
Ashgabat: Italian-Turkmen Business Forum

The Italian Ambassador in Turkmenistan, Diego Ungaro, hosted in the Ambassador’s Residence the new edition of the informal Italian-Turkmen Business Forum. The Forum was attended by the Italian Foreign Trade Agency ICE and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, of the European Bank for Reconstruction and […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 May 2019
“Art of Leonardo – Opera Omnia” Exhibition closes in Beijing

The “The Art of Leonardo – Opera Omnia” exhibition, co-organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) and the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, closed with great public acclaim. In only one month, the exhibition recorded almost 100,000 visitors, especially students and young people yearning to get to better know Leonardo Da Vinci and his story. […]

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In detail
24 May 2019
‘Fare Cinema 2019’ brings to Singapore the best of Italian films

‘Fare Cinema 2019’ – Italian Film Festival landed in Singapore where it will run until 7 June. Italian Ambassador to Singapore, Raffaele Langella, opened the event which was promoted by the local Italian Cultural Institute. Ambassador Langella said:”the event with its eleven films celebrates the best of contemporary Italian cinema, which has a tradition of […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 May 2019
New Delhi: ‘Casa Italia’ opens to issue business visas for Indians​

The Italian Ambassador in New Delhi, Lorenzo Angeloni, opened in the Indian capital “Casa Italia”, a community centre for Indian businesses intending to travel to Italy. “’Casa Italia’ – said Ambassador Angeloni at the ribbon-cutting ceremony – is a space that processes applications for business visas to Italy and promotes the points of excellence of […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Melbourne hosts book club meetings dedicated to women writers

Seven meetings will be dedicated to women’s literature during the 2019 edition of Melbourne’s Book Club. The Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne decided to focus on Italian women writers to allow readers in other countries to get to know the many women writers of contemporary Italian literature. This year Kylie Doust, a specialist in Italian studies […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 May 2019
Thirty thousand people attend the Darwin Italian Festival in Australia

Cultural exhibitions, musical and artistic performances, including the Gruppo Sbandieratori from San Sepolcro (Italy), as well as a rich food tasting menu of Italian gastronomic specialties, have enriched the fourth edition of the Darwin Italian Festival, which has attracted more than 30,000 visitors. The Northern Territory’s main authorities – Administrator Vicky O’Halloran, Prime Minister Michael […]

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In detail
16 May 2019
Seoul hosts the screening of three titles from ‘Fare cinema’

​The Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, in partnership with the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), organized a screening in Seoul as part of ‘Fare Cinema’, an Italian Film Festival that is included in the Foreign Ministry’s ‘The Italian Way of Life’ programme. The JIFF has traditionally paid great attention to Italian films and welcomed the […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 May 2019
Beijing: a children’s painting contest dedicated to Leonardo

The fifth edition of the national children’s painting contest organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing is dedicated to the anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. The ‘Paint Italy Prize’ proposes to young contestants the theme of the figure of the Italian genius in his attempt to transmit to children “that insatiable yearning […]

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Press Releases
10 May 2019
Undersecretary Di Stefano meets with the Malaysian Minister of Primary Industries, Teresa Kok Suh Sim

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today received at the Farnesina the Malaysian Minister of Primary Industries, Teresa Kok Suh Sim, whom he had already met in Kuala Lumpur last December. The Undersecretary congratulated the Minister over the excellent bilateral relations that recorded sizable trade volumes worth 2.3 billion euros […]

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