Italian Economic Diplomacy 6 April: latest news from around the world

EU grants Slovakia nearly a billion euros to modernise its railway system The European Union will fund Slovakian railways projects up to a billion euros by 2020. The funds are designed mostly to finance 21 projects regarding train modernisation and the revamping of 250 kilometres of rails, the building of terminals, parking lots and hubs […]

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Portugal – Italian Film Festival opens in Lisbon

The very idea of cinema evokes art, emotions and feelings of wonder. But it also conjures up the  sparkling image of a festival.  “The Italian Film Festival,” Portugal’s most important event dedicated to Italian cinema, will run from April 6 to the 13 in Lisbon, marking its 10th edition. Organized by the ‘Il Sorpasso’ Association […]

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​Argentina – Nanni Moretti is a guest of honour at Buenos Aires Film Festival

Nanni Moretti will travel to Argentina to be guest of honour at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film – BAFICI,  running from 19 to 30 April in the Argentinian capital. The Festival will also screen the work of Walter Veltroni. The Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires have published the programme […]

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7th Edition of the Olympics in the Italian Language

Today marks the end of the 7th edition of the Olympics in the Italian Language, the event targeting secondary school students organised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), which manages the participation of Italian schools abroad. In representation of the latter, […]

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Wounded Libyans from Benghazi airlifted to Pratica di Mare

At approximately 6 p.m. today an Airforce C130-J aircraft equipped as an air ambulance carrying 16 wounded Libyans from Benghazi, from where it took off at 3:20 p.m., landed at the Pratica di Mare Airport. To begin with, the patients will be taken to the Celio Military Polyclinic. This humanitarian rescue operation, which follows the […]

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G7 Ministers Meeting in Lucca on 10-11 April

The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union will meet in Lucca on 10 and 11 April under the chairmanship of Minister Angelino Alfano. The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, a meeting traditionally held at least once a year by the seven most industrialised Countries in the world, offers a unique opportunity […]

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Mission of Undersecretary Della Vedova

New momentum to Italian Cooperation projects in Pakistan The visit of Italy’s Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova to Islamabad last week, where he attended the Conference “Italy and Karakorum: from Mt. K2 to the Central Karakorum National Park and beyond”, gave renewed momentum to the projects of Italian Cooperation in […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “Starting from girls. Women Forum on inequality and sustainable growth”

On 7 and 8 April 2017, the Farnesina will host  “Starting from girls. Women Forum on inequality and sustainable growth”, an International Dialogue Forum. The forum is organized as part of the Italian G7 Presidency activities in cooperation with WE-Women Empower the World, the Aspen Initiative for Europe, and Valore D.“Strengthening young women’s rights and […]

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United States – Music, Maestro Nicola Luisotti special guest of Italian Conductors

“Italian Conductors in New York”, the cycle of events hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Big Apple, will continue on Thursday, 6 April (from 6 to 8 p.m.) with Maestro Nicola Luisotti who will have a chat with music historian Harvey Sachs. Maestro Luisotti is Musical Director at the San Francisco Opera since […]

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Lithuania – Vilnius to host ‘MAGMA’ international exhibition

Lithuania’s National Art Gallery will launch the international exhibition titled “MAGMA. Writing in bodies. Italy and Lithuania from 1965 to Nowadays” on April 14 in Vilnius. The exhibition, organised through the cooperation of the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius and the Italian Embassy, will showcase the work of major Italian and Lithuanian artists such as […]

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The Netherlands – Amsterdam hosts event on Lalla Romano’s home

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam has launched a new series of events focused around Italian writers’ homes. Gandolfo Cascio, professor of Italian Literature at the University of Utrecht, together with Carmela Callea, director of the Cultural Institute, organised the initiative entitled “Literary Tourism on Thursdays: a journey in the homes of eminent Italian writers.” […]

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‘A Era do Caos. Uma viagem pela grande desordem mundial’

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, with a view to promoting the dissemination of the translation of the Italian book, accepted the proposal of the local publishing house Editorial Presença to make a presentation of the Portuguese translation of the book by Federico Rampini ‘L’Età del Caos. Viaggio nel grande disordine mondiale’ (‘The Age of […]

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