Iceland: lifting controls on movements of capital

The Government of Iceland has announced that it will lift the capital controls it introduced after the banking crash in October 2008. Since that date, in close connection with the International Monetary Fund, the Government has set the basis for gradually lifting controls. Now, thanks to new regulations, the controls have essentially been lifted for […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Presentation of the latest issue of Atlantide “Le chiavi dello sviluppo. Cooperazione sotto esame” (Farnesina, 17 March)

The latest issue of “Atlantide”, the online periodical of the Foudation for Subsidiarity, will focus on ““Le chiavi dello sviluppo. Cooperazione sotto esame” (“The keys to development. Cooperation under scrutiny”) and will be presented on Friday 17, March at 5 p.m. at the Farnesina. “I am pleased that this issue will be presented at the Farnesina, because it is an important tool […]

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Lebanon – “Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!”, Dario Fo’s theatre on stage in Lebanon

Dario Fo’s magnificent work wil go on stage at Beirut’s Irwin Theatre with the comedy “Can’t pay? Won’t pay!” (1974) adapted by Lina Abyad. The event, staged from March 14 to 19, has been organised by the Lebanese American University in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut. In the play, inflation hits a […]

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Holy See – Minister Galletti to give lectio magistralis at Università Lateranense

The Minister for the Environment, Protection of the Territory and the Sea, Gian Luca Galletti, will give a lectio magistralis on “The Governance of the Paris Agreement. The best possible accord”, on Thursday, 16 March, at the Pontificia Universita Lateranense. The event has been organised by the Italian Embassy to the Holy See and will […]

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Denmark – Luca Vullo brings Italian body language to Copenhagen

Italian body language is on stage in Copenhagen with Luca Vullo’s performance “Comunicare senza parole” [Communicating without Words]. The event is being hosted in the Italian Cultural Institute in the capital of Denmark. It all began after the shooting of the docufilm “La voce del corpo” [The body voice]. Luca Vullo has been collaborating with […]

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The Italian Cultural Institute presents two landmarks events at the London Book Fair

The 2017 London Book Fair is underway (from March 14 – 16) with major participation from Italy. About 40 Italian firms will represent their nation in the 46th largest international event focusing on publishing rights.  The Italian Cultural Institute in London presents two books to be published in May – “Il capitale umano. Conversazioni a […]

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Minister Alfano in Tirana: Firm support for the EU integration process of Albania and the Western Balkans

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, visited Tirana, a scheduled second stop on his Balkan mission to Serbia and Albania. The visit is part of the activities of the Italian Presidency of the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste on 12 July. Minister Alfano met with his counterpart Bushati, Prime Minister Rama, […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 14 March: latest news from around the world

Cameroon: agreement signed to fund Pizzarotti Group’s social housing project The funding agreement between the Government of Cameroon and Banca Intesa Sanpaolo for the ‘social housing’ project of the Pizzarotti Group has now been signed. This is the first action of the kind in the urbanisation and social housing sector, which responds to a severe […]

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Argentina – Bariloche hosts International Colloquium on Philosophy

Bariloche will host the 10th International Colloquium on Philosophy on March 15.  The  event has been organised by the National University of Rio Negro, in the city of San Carlos, in partnership with the University of Buenos Aires and the the Italian Cultural Institute in the Argentinian capital. This year’s theme will be “The World […]

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Athens – Italian cinema ‘in pink’, focusing on the changing feminine, showing in Greece

“Scusate se esisto” [Do you see me?] is a 2014 film by Riccardo Milani in the programme of a series of Italian films entitled “Il femminile che cambia” [The changing feminine], organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens. The film will be screened on 20 March on the premises of the Institute at Odos […]

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Minister Alfano has been on a mission to Belgrade and Tirana

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, has conducted a mission to the Balkans, which included visits to Belgrade and Tirana. The mission took place as part of the preparatory activities for the Western Balkans Summit, which Italy will host in Trieste on July 12. He said: “The integration process of the western Balkans […]

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Meeting with the Goethe Institut Directors

Exchanges of networks and strategies for the promotion of language and culture in the world, within the framework of the common European cultural dimension, were the topics of the meeting between the directors of the Goethe Institut and the Directorate General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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