Singapore – New productions and classics at the Italian cinema festival

The 14th Festival of Italian Cinema in Singapore has been a major success with film goers. The 10-day event presented the best movies of 2015 along with a series of “classics”, including Federico Fellini’s masterpiece “8½“, co-presented by the Italian Institute of Culture with the Institut Français de Singapour to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Gaumont, […]

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Minister Gentiloni,”Arbitration on marines dispute will prove us right”

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the Arbitration Court of The Hague has ruled that Salvatore Girone can return to Italy. Many people, rightly, rejoice but will you be ready to return Latorre and Girone to India if The Hague  rules that they must be tried by an Indian court?“The arbitration will prove us right. We have been […]

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Italian Marines: The Hague Court of Arbitration’s rules on Girone’s return to Italy

With reference to what has been reported by the news agency ANSA, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announces that the Court of Arbitration based in The Hague anticipated its decision on Monday that the Italian Navy marine, Salvatore Girone, will return to Italy until the arbitration process, that began in June […]

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Beirut – Food security and a cooperation project

The FAO office in Lebanon with Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture has launched a project funded by the Italian Agency for Development  Cooperation. “Enhance the Livelihood and Food Security of Vulnerable Lebanese Women through Improving their Dairy Production Practices and Supporting their Dairy Processing Activities” proposes a number of ways to organise the dairy sector in […]

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Caracas – Photographer Pier Alberto Cucino and his views of Verona

Pier Alberto Cucino’s photographic exhibition, “Visioni Veronesi” is on show in Caracas. Cucino is the director of the Italian Trade Agency office in Caracas, but he is also a photographer. The exhibition opened at the MAC hall of the Italian Institute of Culture in Caracas in the Altamira area on 11 April and runs until […]

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Buenos Aires – Art, creativity, roots – the 5th “Lucio Fontana” award

Art, creativity and roots. The Consulate General of Buenos Aires in collaboration with Pirelli Neumaticos S.A.I.C. has launched the 5th “Lucio Fontana” Award. Only emerging Italian artists living in Argentina are eligible to enter. Winners will stay in Italy during October and November to develop their creative skills by contact with the Italian cultural and […]

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“Diplomazia e dintorni” – American diplomats in Rome

The 59th episode of the “Diplomazia e dintorni” programme will be broadcast on Tuesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. by Radio LUISS, under the title “American diplomats in Rome”. It will continue the debate focussing on what it means to be a foreign diplomat – especially a U.S. diplomat- in the capital of Italy. Italy […]

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Brussels – Stolen marble head of Augustus returns to Italy

A marble head of the Emperor Octavian Augustus, stolen in Nepi in the 1970s, which ended up being exhibited in good faith at the Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels, is on its way back to Italy. As soon as its illicit origin was ascertained, the museum immediately decided to return it to Italy. The marble head, […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – World Humanitarian Summit (Istanbul, May 23-24 2016)

The WORLD HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT will be held in Istanbul on May 23 and 24 2016 and will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. Press representatives who wish to cover the event can obtain accreditation by applying via the website at http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/WHS.shtml by May 13 2016.

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Moscow – “Italy Meets Caucasus” business mission returns in May

The latest annual “Italy Meets Caucasus” business mission to the Caucusus will be held in May. It is organised by the Italian Embassy in Moscow, the ICE Agency, the Honorary Consulate General of Italy in Krasnodar and the Italo-Russian Chamber of Commerce. It aims to present opportunities for investment by Italian companies in the Federal […]

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São Paulo – Saint Cecilia Orchestra returns

The Orchestra of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia is visiting Latin America. After travelling around Europe in recent years and stopping off in China and Japan, the orchestra directed by Antonio Pappano, has arrived in the continent. The first stop will be on May 7 and 8 in São Paulo, followed by Buenos Aires. […]

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Prague – Final of the best Italian sommelier competition

The final of the “Best Italian Sommelier” competition will be in Prague this year, and will be hosted by the local Italian Institute of Culture in its historic offices in the Mala Strana district. Giuseppe Vaccarini, Chairman of ASPI – the Italian association of professional sommeliers, announced the event when he arrived in the Czech […]

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