Argentina – Dante’s Purgatory staged at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires is organising another event dedicated to Dante. Claudia Fernandez, professor of Italian language at the University of Buenos Aires and of Medieval Italian Literature at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado Joaquin V. Gonzalez, will deliver a ‘Lectura Dantis’ on the two Thursdays left in the month of August. […]

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Japan – Jazz, seven dates to keep in Japan for the Vezzoso-Collina duo

Kyoto, Nagoya, Miyazu, Kobe and Kitakyushu are the cities marking the stops of trumpet player Marco Vezzoso and pianist Alessandro Collina. The two Italian jazz musicians are getting ready to leave on their tour of Western Japan, which schedules seven concerts between 28 August and 3 September. The tightly packed tour was organised thanks to the efforts of the […]

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Canada – The Italian Consulate General in Toronto hosts installation by Vivenza

An art installation by Francesca Vivenza entitled ‘On the verge of’ will be displayed in the garden of the Italian Consulate General in Toronto until 10 October. The work was commissioned by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) for ‘Castello Italia’, the event held at Casa Loma on 4 June to celebrate the Italian National Day. […]

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Cooperation: first-aid kits delivered in Libya thanks to the cooperation between the Defence and Foreign Ministries

The Italian Ambassador in Tripoli, Giuseppe Perrone, and the defence attaché, Captain Patrizio Rapalino, delivered 5,000 health & hygiene and first-aid kits for migrants to the mayor of Zwara in order to meet the Municipality’s needs. The material made available by the Italian Cooperation service was transported on the Italian Navy ship “Durand de La […]

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Libya: Minister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with UN Special Representative Salame’

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame’.Alfano expressed his appreciation for the outcome of the recent visit that Special Representative Salame’ made in Libya, as it represents a tangible sign of […]

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Portugal – Music, Orquestra Todos and the culture of coming together

A concert by the ‘Orquestra Todos’ will be held on 8 September in Lisbon (at 10:30 p.m., at the Jardim Campo Santana) as part of the 9th Edition of the Festival Todos – Caminhada de Culturas. The Festival is an initiative promoted by the Municipality of Lisbon and the Academia de Produtores Culturais, with the […]

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Peru – Lima hosts the exhibition “Orbitales” by Alex Caminiti

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima will open the exhibition “Orbitales” by Italian artist Alex Caminiti at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 24 August at the Galleria Mario Sironi. After a one-month stay in Peru, where he absorbed the local art and culture, the prolific artist now presents the work that he conceived and produced in […]

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From Dusk to Dawn, the Night of Philosophy in Helsinki

“The Night of Philosophy”, to be organised in Helsinki on 1 and 2 September at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, will include the participation of Italian researcher Giulia Piredda, an expert in epistemology and theory of syntax. The event, organised in association with the Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki, will invite the public to […]

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Alfano in Barcelona: “Terrorists attack our liberty”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, was met at his arrival at the airport by the Spanish Foreign Minister, Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo. Mr Alfano embraced his counterpart, expressing his deep emotion and the condolences of Italy, a long-dated and brotherly friend of Spain. “The terrorists – Minister Alfano said – attack […]

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Alfano: “We call on the Venezuelan Government to restore democracy”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “We firmly condemn the decision of the constituent assembly to take upon itself the legislative powers attributed to the Parliament legitimately elected in compliance with the Constitution of 1999. It is a further step taken by Venezuela towards an autocratic regime, distancing it from founding […]

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Minister Alfano in Barcelona

Today, 20 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in Barcelona. During his visit, the Minister will lay a wreath on the scene of the attack on the Ramblas, near the mosaic by Mirò, at the crossing with Calle Pla de la Boqueria. At 3:30 p.m. he will go […]

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Alfano: “Grief for the death of Carmen Lopardo”

“In this tragic moment, I join the family of fellow-Italian Carmen Lopardo in their grief for her death following the cowardly terrorist attack in Barcelona,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano .

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