Beirut – Sport and cooperation, a five-a-side football match at Roumieh prison

As part of the “Improving Detention Conditions in Roumieh Prison, Lebanon” project, a five-a-side football match will be held at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison on 23 May. The match will be between young detainees and the team of the Beirut-based Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The referee of the match will be Renzo Ulivieri, the president of […]

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Canada – Montreal focuses on the protection of cultural heritage

Today in Montreal, focus will be placed on the protection of cultural, historic and archaeological heritage and on the trafficking of art. In parallel with the art exhibition entitled “Pompeii, a City of Rome” (“Pompei, una citta’ romana”) hosted at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) has organised, for 25 […]

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Mexico – Italy present at packaging fair

Mexico Expo Pack, the country’s major packaging and handling fair, is about to kick off. Italy will participate in the fair with its Punto Italia, organised by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) with UCIMA (the Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packing and Packaging Machinery) and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Mexico. Punto Italia, […]

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Dublin – Humour and talent: Dublin Dance Festival hosts Cristiana Morganti

Actress and dancer Cristiana Morganti will be in Dublin for the Dublin Dance Festival. Her performance “Jessica and me”, with and by the artist, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday (20-21 May) night at the Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs). Ms Morganti is the principal dancer of the Pina Bausch Tanztheater of Wuppertal.   In […]

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Minister Gentiloni at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Brussels today and tomorrow

The meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, to be held today and tomorrow, will focus primarily on challenges from the southern front, partnerships and NATO-EU cooperation. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will attend the meeting.Discussions about strengthening cooperation between NATO and the European Union are centred first on combating hybrid […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE – Event: “New Challenges in Combating Homophobia” (Farnesina, 20 May 2016)

The Farnesina is holding a conference called “New Challenges in Combating Homophobia” on May 20, at 4 p.m.. The event has been organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), with the cooperation of the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the National Anti- Racial Discrimination Office (UNAR) and the Equal Opportunities Department of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – 19 May: latest world news

Turkey: energy distribution will be privatised by 2020 The distribution of electricity in Turkey will be privatised by 2020, announced the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Berat Albayrak. He said the distribution grid supplies almost 40 million citizens over an area of 780,000 square kilometres. The Turkish grid is the fifth largest in the […]

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Peru – Focus on Fortunato Depero “Futurist and Global Artist”

“Fortunato Depero, Futurist and Global Artist” is the title of an exhibition organised by the Italian Institute of Culture of Lima, at the Galeria del Centro Cultural PUCP, from May 17 to July 2. The event is part of the initiatives of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The exhibition was previously displayed in […]

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Washington – The Embassy and Eduitalia award 22 scholarships to Italy

The partnership between the Italian Embassy in the United States and Eduitalia, an association of 80 certified schools and universities offering Italian language courses for foreign students in Italy, aims to promote the Italian language and culture in the United States. Thanks to this partnership, 22 scholarships will be awarded to eligible students (namely those […]

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Izmir – Seminar on Italian entrepreneurship

“Italy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” was the title of a seminar held in Izmir, focusing on the presence of Italian companies in the Aegean region. The workshop explored the origin of the consolidated and fruitful partnership between the economies of the two shores of the Mediterranean basin, as well as future prospects and expectations. The event […]

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Moscow – Italian Institute of Culture presents the Verdi Festival

The 2016 edition of the Verdi Festival (to take place Oct. 1-30 in Parma and Busseto) was presented at the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow. It is dedicated to German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller, a source of inspiration for Italian composers, including Giuseppe Verdi. Around 60 people took part in the event, including […]

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Muscat – Great success of Italy-Oman painting exhibition

The exhibition “Nell’ombra del sole – In the Shade of the Sun”, the first joint show of the Italian hyper-Realist painter Attilio Forgioli and the emerging Omani artist Mohammed al Maamri, was organised by the Italian Embassy in Oman. Under the direction of Giorgio Visetti and the Muscart Gallery, the exhibition was hosted by the […]

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