Shanghai – The Consul General commemorates Holocaust victims

“Not forgetting the past is the premise for a better future,” were the words used by Stefano Beltrame, the Italian Consul General in Shanghai, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust at the celebration of the International Remembrance Day in Shanghai. He also mentioned the important role Shanghai played as the last port to remain […]

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Los Angeles – Head of Hades returned to Italy

The Head of Hades, a work of exceptional artistic value that had been looted from the area of Enna, Sicily, during the late 1970s and illegally exported to the United States, where it was sold to the Getty Museum in 1985 for 500,000 dollars, will be returned to Italy. The return was made possible thanks […]

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Sudan – Italy takes centre-stage at Khartoum International Fair

Italy is taking centre-stage at the International Fair of Khartoum (IFK). The First Vice President of Sudan, Bakry Hassan Salih, visited the pavilions of the 33rd edition of the Fair and expressed his wish to open the Italian pavilion. Accompanied by Italian ambassador, Fabrizio Lobasso, Vice President Bakry as is customary cut the tricolour ribbon […]

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Guatemala – ‘Avant-Garde XXI’ Exhibition opens

“Avant-garde XXI: Art and fashion in Italy and Guatemala” is the title of an exhibition organised and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Guatemala City, which will run from Feb. 9 to 23. This collective exhibition is a preview of a show that Guatemalan artists and fashion designers will hold in March at […]

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African Union Summit – Minister Gentiloni on mission in Addis Ababa

Human rights, security, migration, fighting radicalism, Libya: these are the items on the agenda of the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa that will be attended by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni today. Minister Gentiloni will also hold bilateral meetings with his African counterparts and with the executives of the AU and IGAD.  The event is organised […]

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DEI – USA: Wow Technology amongst the winners of the 2016 International Projects contest

The Italian Wow Technology Group was amongst the winners of the “2016 International Projects” competition launched by the Environmental Management Division of the US Department of Energy (DoE). More specifically, the company based in Este, in the province of Padua, was one of the competition’s ten winning projects. Wow Technology thus obtained financing from the […]

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January 27, 2016 – Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is particularly important in Italy, which is one of the world’s first countries to have institutionalised this commemoration with a specific State Law in 2000, ahead of similar international initiatives by the UN and the European Union. Like every year, the Italian institutions in Israel will be honouring Remembrance Day with a programme […]

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Cracow – Memories between past and present

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow has again this year, on the 71st anniversary of Remembrance Day, renewed its commitment to mark the event by organising an exhibition dedicated to the theme: Memories between past and present. The Holocaust and the drama of recent migrations: moments of mankind’s history divided in time but profoundly sharing […]

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Space: Italy to Be Part of United Arab Emirates Space Programme’s Mission to Mars

Italy will contribute to the development of the United Arab Emirates’ new and ambitious space programme to become the first Arab country to reach Mars with a satellite in six years. The president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Roberto Battiston, signed a framework cooperation agreement with the UAE Agency in Abu Dhabi today during […]

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New York – ‘Meet the New Italians of NYC’ holds first meeting of 2016

The “Meet the New Italians of New York” project is holding its first meeting of 2016. The project is sponsored by the Italian Consulate General in the city and aims to attract the new generation of Italians, encouraging their participation in the activities of the Italian economic system. In recent days, young Italian researchers and […]

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Tirana – Holocaust Memorial Day marked by Rome film

On Wednesday, in commemoration of the Holocaust Memorial Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana together with the Tirana Youth Centre, will screen the documentary “Oro Macht Frei” (“Gold Will Set You Free”). The film, directed by Jeffrey X. Bonna, produced by Joel Markel and Catherine Campbell and written by Ms Campbell herself, narrates the […]

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Sydney – Pianist Alessandra Garosi to open ‘Vivacissimo!’

Pianist Alessandra Garosi will play “Italian Rhapsody” to open the 2016 season of the “Vivacissimo!” series organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney. The programme of recitals has been conceived and created to present internationally acclaimed artists in alternation with new talents whom the Institute is seeking to make more visible outside Italy. On […]

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