Firm condemnation of the attacks in Turkey and Iraq. Alfano: “Italy’s strong commitment in view of its chairmanship of the G7”

“Italy firmly condemns the horrific terrorist attack perpetrated last night in Istanbul, which caused the death of a great number of innocent victims, brutally striking down so many young people who had gathered to celebrate the start of the new year,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He added: “Our […]

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New telephone conversation between Alfano and de Mistura. Starting tomorrow Italy will have a seat at the Security Council. Support for the truce to launch a shared political process.

  Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had another telephone conversation over Syria with the UN Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Minister Alfano confirmed Italy’s support for the truce reached by Assad and the Syrian rebels through the mediation of Russia and Turkey, and expressed his firm hope that this […]

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Alfano, The cease-fire between Assad and the Syrian rebels is an important step forward: further efforts are required to consolidate it

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “The nation-wide cease-fire between the Syrian parties is an encouraging result. The truce between Assad and the Syrian rebels is indeed an important step forward, but further efforts are required to consolidate it”. “Italy remains convinced that there cannot be a military solution to […]

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UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty

The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted, with 117 votes in favour, the sixth resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Even in the face of terrorism and other threats to global security, the vote reconfirms the international community’s commitment to work together towards a world free from […]

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Belgrade – Italian Cultural Institute to host a contemporary dance performance

The National Dance Foundation, directed by Aja Jung, with the contribution of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade and in cooperation with the Italian choreographer Paolo Mangiola and the Croatian choreographer Stasa Zurovac, will present a contemporary dance performance featuring the Foundation’s young dancers. The show will be hosted at Mikser House in Belgrade […]

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Ethiopia – Saint Francis of Assisi and the Franciscans in engravings of the 16th and 17th centuries

The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa is displayng a series of 16th-17th century engravings from the Franciscan Museum of Rome. The exhibition will open with a lecture by the Director of the Museum, Father Yohannes Teklemariam Bache, on the “Cultural Heritage of the Franciscan Museum of the Historic Institute of the Capuchins (Rome)”. The […]

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Minister Alfano appoints new Ambassador to Niger. Italy’s committment in Sahel is enhanced

The Council of Ministers has approved, today, the appointment of a new Italian Ambassador to Niger, following the recent decision to set up a diplomatic mission in Niamey. The customary diplomatic procedures for the accreditation of the new Head of the Mission are in progress, subject to acceptance from Nigerien authorities. “Italy is actively committed in supporting […]

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Italian Graphics Design Exhibition in Copenhagen

On 19 January the Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen will host an exhibition entitled “Graphics Made in Italy ” that presents three decades of art and design of visual communication from the Fifties to the early Eighties through the stories of prominent designers and leading companies. The design of unique images to communicate ideas and […]

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From New Haven the news that ​Italian research has identified a new mechanism regarding ALS

The Journal of Neuroscience, the prestigious scientific periodical of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has published the results of a research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carried out by the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”of Milan and funded by AriSLA, Italian Research Fondation. Moving from observations made previously, the study highlights an anomaly of the enzyme known […]

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The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis stages “Harlequin’s Hunger”

The acting course offered by Carmelo Rifici and Alessio Romano of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa Foundation to the students of the Ecole de l’Acteur starts on 3 January. The initiative is part of an artistic partnership with the National Theatre of Tunisia.  Furthermore, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis will host […]

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The truths of Sicily told through Sciascia in Paris

Leonardo Sciascia is one of the protagonists of Italian culture to whom the Italian Cultural Institute of Paris dedicates one of the first events of the new year: on 10 January a conference will be held on the Sicilian writer during which the documentary “Leonardo Sciascia – une vérité née en Sicile” will be screened. […]

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Tirana -Terrusi presents his book “Brenga ime shqiptare”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in cooperation with the National Library of Albania, organised the presentation of the book by Aldo Renato Terrusi “Brenga ime shqiptare” (“My Albanian Blues”), scheduled for 11 a.m. on 19 January at the Library. The book represents the author’s journey to seek his origins and background: it tells the […]

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