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Asia e Oceania

Diplomatic Network
12 February 2019
Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives

The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 February 2019
A new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to open in Kabul

The new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to become operational at the Kabul National Military Hospital. The clinic, which an Italian 8.5 million dollar contribution has made possible, will provide health care services for women serving in the Army and their children. The facility is designed to protect these women’s right to health as […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 February 2019
Azerbaijan assigns a twinning project to Italy

“A result of strategic value” were the words used by Italian Ambassador in Baku, Augusto Massari, to define the important Twinning project with the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan awarded to the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism (MIPAAFT). The project will be entirely sponsored with funds from the European Union. […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 February 2019
Amatriciana Day in Tokyo, raises over 15,000 euros for Amatrice

 The Amatriciana Day, organised in Tokyo as part of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Japan last November, raised more than 15,000 euros for the Amatrice earthquake victims. The initiative was promoted by a group of journalists and Japanese chefs of Italian cuisine and was sponsored and supported by the Italian Embassy. The event, now […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 February 2019
Accordo UE – Giappone: opportunità per le aziende italiane

Entra in vigore oggi l’accordo tra UE e Giappone che consentirà di eliminare subito il 90% dei dazi doganali in un’area di libero scambio che rappresenta circa un terzo del Pil mondiale, con 635 milioni di abitanti. Oltre a cancellare la quasi totalità dei dazi in un arco di 15 anni, l’EPA elimina anche diverse […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 February 2019
The Farnesina Collection travels to India

The Farnesina Collection will travel to India to kick off the major contemporary art event in New Delhi: the India Art Fair 2019. Thanks to the initiative promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), 13 works from the Collection will be exhibited first in the Indian capital, from 31 January to 3 February, and then […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 January 2019
New Visa Application Centre opens in the Province of Hubei

In order to promote Italian tourism in one of the most dynamic and populous regions of China, a new Italian Visa Application Centre was opened in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei.   The head of the Italian Embassy Consular Office in Beijing, Eugenio Poti, attended the ceremony. He remarked on the progress that has […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 January 2019
Japan, an international research team discovers a new form of matter

A new type of ‘strange matter’, which could provide new information on the origin of the mass of the universe following the Big Bang, was discovered by the scientists of an international team in Japan, partially financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The E15 experiment conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator […]

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Press Releases
29 January 2019
Italian military contingent in Afghanistan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that it was never informed of the intentions of the Minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta, before she released a statement to the press on the decision to withdraw the Italian military contingent from Afghanistan.  

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Diplomatic Network
28 January 2019
Remembrance Day commemorated in Beijing

The story of over 18,000 Jews being saved from Nazi persecution by taking refuge in Shanghai led the programme of events to mark Remembrance Day 2019 for the conference ‘China and the Shoah’, which was organised by the Beijing Cultural Institute. Presentations were made by Elisa Maria Giunipero of the Italian Association of Chinese Studies (AISC) and […]

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Press Releases
25 January 2019
Joint Statement on the 9th Meeting of the China-Italy Joint Government Committee

Joint Statement on the 9a Meeting of the China-Italy Joint Government Committee   ( Rome, 25 January 2019) 1. At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, […]

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Press Releases
25 January 2019
​9th Meeting of the Joint Italy-China Committee

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, had a very busy working day in Rome today. The two Ministers co-chaired the plenary session of the 9th meeting of the Italy-China Government Committee at the Farnesina: the […]

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