Tosca to be staged at Kiev’s National Opera Theatre until May

The National Opera of Ukraine will be the stage of Tosca, Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera, with performances continuing until May. The initiative, which forms part of a long-standing cooperation between the Italian Embassy in Ukraine, the Italian Cultural Institute in Kiev, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and the National Opera of Ukraine, celebrates the 60th […]

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Germany – Books, “The Cyclops” by Paolo Rumiz presented in Germany

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Munich hosts the presentation of “Il ciclope” (“The Cyclops”) by Paolo Rumiz. The book will be presented by the author at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 21 April, at the Italian Cultural Institute on Hermann-Schmid-Straße 8. The chat will be moderated by Andrea Bachstein, a journalist at the Süddeutsche Zeitung, one […]

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Conference “Migration and Development”

On Monday, 10 April 2017, the Farnesina hosts the Conference “Migrations and Development”, organised by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency, and to be opened by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro. The main theme of the event and the primary objective of Italian Development Cooperation is uprooting poverty, reducing inequalities, […]

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Paris – Nicolò Degiorgis’s ‘Eurotunnel’ to open on 10 April

The exhibition ‘Eurotunnel’ will open in Paris on 10 April. The concept of the exhibition was developed in February, during photographer Nicolò Degiorgis’s artist-in-residence stay at the Italian Cultural Institute in the French capital. The artist conceives the Eurotunnel as a space that is at the same time material and symbolic and that serves to […]

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The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting opens today in Lucca

Concomitantly to the G7  Meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Angelino Alfano, has called an extraordinary meeting on Syria at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at Lucca’s Ducal Palace, extended to the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar.

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Attacks in Egypt: Alfano: terror will be defeated

“I am horrified by the two attacks perpetrated on Palm Sunday on the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox churches in Tanta and Alexandria. These vile attacks have taken a frightful toll of lives in a place of peace, making the act even more cowardly and evil,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Commemoration Ceremony – Sant’Anna di Stazzema – 10 April 2017

On Monday, 10 April, at 10:30 a.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will visit the National Park of Peace at Sant’Anna di Stazzema, the place that formed the backdrop to one of the most atrocious crimes committed by the Nazi-Fascist regime in Italy during World War II, and precisely on […]

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Alfano “Justified response by violations in Damascus. But now let us resort to the UN” (Corriere della Sera)

“Minister Alfano, are we sure that Assad used chemical weapons during the Khan Sheikhoun bombing, or was the area bombed with conventional armaments from ISIL chemical weapon stocks, as Russia maintains?”“Practically speaking, the missiles launched from U.S. ships struck the Syrian bases where the attacks to civilians originated. In other words, the U.S. response is […]

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Alfano to the Federaton of the Giulian-Dalmatian exhiles: preserving memory and looking forward to the future are key for Italy and for stronger bilateral relations with Slovenia and Croatia

“Federesuli is a group of associations of extraordinary significance for the positive role they carry out at national and international level, spreading awareness on the tragedy of the Giulian-Dalmatian exodus. At the same time, thanks to its constructive approach, the Federation plays a key role in strengthening our bilateral relations with Slovenia and Croatia,” said […]

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National Diplomatic Basketball team challenges ASD Gualdo Mia Basket

On  Saturday, 8  April, at 3:30 p.m., the National Diplomatic Basketball Team (Nazionale Diplomatici di Basket) will challenge the “ASD Gualdo Mia Basket team ” at the Palazzetto dello Sport “Carlo Angelo Luzi” , in  Gualdo Tadino. It will be a friendly match whose proceeds will be donated to purchase sports gear for the municipal gymnasium […]

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Grief and closeness of Italy to the Swedish State and people

“I express my firmest condemnation and the grief and closeness of Italy to the Swedish State and people for the terrible attack of a few hours ago in Stockholm,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.   “To the families of the victims, I convey my warmest solidarity. To all the […]

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The Pleasure of Reading in Italian: Great Literature at the Embassy in Brasilia

Thursdays are dedicated to the “pleasure of reading in Italian” at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. Our embassy is holding a series of readings of a number of Italy’s most important authors of contemporary literature. The series began on 13 March with Elena Ferrante’s “L’Amica geniale”. It continues on 27 April with Niccolò Ammaniti’s “Io […]

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