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    19 October 2016
    Germany: Mission of Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Vincenzo Amendola, to Berlin

    Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola concluded today his two-day visit to Berlin, that is part of the constant and intense dialogue between Italy and Germany on European and international issues. In view of the upcoming appointments and bilateral meetings, the talks were also  an opportunity for reviewing the main issues discussed at the Government Summit […]

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    19 October 2016
    Week of the Italian Language in the World – Events scheduled on 19 October

    “Passions and Dreams of Italian Fashion” – Belgrade The exhibition “Passions and Dreams of Italian Fashion”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, offers visitors a journey across the history of Italian Fashion starting from the 1950s, when a new creative process was set in motion leading to the development of a unique style. Twenty-two […]

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    19 October 2016
    China – Chengdu kicks off​ Umbria Jazz

    Chengdu, China’s south-eastern metropolis with the country’s highest growth rate and a population of 16 million people, will be playing host to the Umbria Jazz Festival until October 23. The festival, organized in partnership with the Fondazione Umbria Jazz, the Italian Embassy in Beijing, the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing, the Umbria Region and the […]

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    19 October 2016
    Microfinance for the Development of Peoples

    The Farnesina hosts the conference “Microfinance for the Development of Peoples”, organised by Banca Popolare Etica in partnership with the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Conference is organised into two thematic sessions respectively dedicated to the role of microfinance and of accessing loans for […]

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    18 October 2016
    Italian, living language

    “A language is the carrier of identity values, the expression of the culture of a people,” said the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, when closing the Joint Action for the Italian Language, an event hosted in the Salone dei  Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. The central theme of the event, organised by the […]

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    18 October 2016
    Italy & Serbia Building together

    Tomorrow, Belgrade will host a two-day conference focusing on the construction sector and designed to gain detailed information on projects, which Italian companies will be able to access in the years ahead. Italy& Serbia Building together is an initiative organized by the Italian Construction Contractors’ Association – ANCE, in conjunction with the Italian Engineering, Architecture […]

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    18 October 2016
    Canada – Montreal, Conference “Language and creativity: costumes, fashion and design”

    Designer Alessandro Guerriero will talk about Italian as the “language of creativity” in a conference organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at the University of Quebec. He will illustrate how language grows out of the vivacity of the multifarious, of everyday life, when every element grows out of contrasting and reciprocal ties or through transformation. […]

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    18 October 2016
    United States – Chicago, Dressing the Past: Outfits, Dreams and Memories of a 20th Century Italian Writer

    The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago focused on the original connection between fashion and literature in presenting the book Album di vestiti (“Dress Album”), written by Paola Masino at the end of the ‘50s and remained unpublished until 2015. The editor, Marinella Mascia Galateria, from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, will illustrate the memories […]

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