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3 October 2025
Entry Exit System (EES)

Please be informed that, starting from 12 October 2025, 29 European countries, including Italy, will gradually introduce the Entry Exit System (EES) over a period of six months. It is a new centralised system for managing the entry and exit of non-EU nationals crossing the Schengen border to travel to Europe for a short stay. […]

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29 August 2025
ITALIAN SCREENS 2025 | Hong Kong

The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and the International Department of Cinecittà/DGCA are presenting the 3rd edition in Hong Kong of ITALIAN SCREENS – New Italian Cinema Goes Abroad, in collaboration with Broadway Cinematheque. From 15 September to 5 October, a selection of the best of Italian contemporary […]

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28 August 2025
Italian Sports Day in the World 2025 | Hong Kong

𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (Giornata dello Sport Italiano nel Mondo) is an annual initiative established in 2024 by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote Italian sports culture and its values globally, with a focus on celebrating Italian sporting heritage and fostering international sports collaboration. The Consulate General of Italy […]

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11 August 2025
Contributi a soggetti privati per finalità di mantenimento della pace e della sicurezza internazionale e di attuazione di iniziative umanitarie e di tutela dei diritti umani

(Content available in italian only) Per consentire la partecipazione italiana ad iniziative di pace ed umanitarie in sede internazionale, si informa che il Ministero degli affari esteri e della cooperazione internazionale è autorizzato, ai sensi dell’art. 23-ter del DPR 18/1967, comma 2, a concedere contributi ad iniziative proposte da soggetti privati italiani e stranieri, previa […]

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8 August 2025
National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in the World. 69th Anniversary of the Marcinelle Disaster (8 August 2025)

Every year on 8 August, Italy marks the “National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in the World”, a solemn occasion dedicated to honouring and acknowledging the labour and sacrifice of the many compatriots who have emigrated abroad. The commemoration coincides with the anniversary of the Marcinelle mine disaster in 1956, Belgium, in which 262 miners […]

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6 August 2025
Sponsorships 2025/2026 – La Scala Academy: Global Master in Performing Arts Management

The La Scala Academy (Accademia Teatro alla Scala) is one of the world’s most prestigious institutions for comprehensive professional training in all artistic, technical, and managerial areas of the performing arts. Organized in four departments – Music, Dance, Stagecraft, Management – the Academy offers some thirty different courses attended each year by over 1,700 students. […]

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6 August 2025
Italian Sport Day 2025 – Sponsorships

The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao announces its intention to seek financial and/or in-kind sponsorships for the organisation of the Italian Sport Day 2025. To this end, the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau commits to offer interested parties a number of benefits aimed at ensuring visibility and […]

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4 August 2025
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ efforts to ensure security abroad in view of the summer season

The services of the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation focus on security abroad. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites all citizens planning to travel abroad to consult Viaggiare Sicuri, the portal designed and developed to encourage informed and responsible travel choices and to provide useful information so […]

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17 July 2025
PARMA TAKES CENTER STAGE IN MACAO AT THE “2025 INTERNATIONAL CITIES OF GASTRONOMY FEST”

Parma, UNESCO Creative City for Gastronomy, took a leading role at the recently concluded “2025 International Cities of Gastronomy Fest,” held as part of the celebrations for Macao’s designation as the “East Asia City of Culture 2025.” Promoted by the Macao Government Tourism Office, the event brought together 36 UNESCO Creative Cities and served as […]

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