Minister Gentiloni at the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli

“The speech of a great Europeanist. Mr Napolitano has pointed out the time of extreme difficulty pervading Europe and the risk that these difficulties shed doubt on some of its cornerstones”, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commented during his address at today’s celebrations in the Senate for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli. […]

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Tel Aviv – The Holocaust, the music of memory echoes in Israel

Amidst the horror of Nazi concentration camps, music continued to be written and played. In fact, may prisoners left behind the scores they wrote during their detention: notes that will be played once again thanks to pianist Francesco Lotoro who has collected over 5,000 scores of concentration camp music since 1989. The composers include Józef […]

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Italy and Mexico boost bilateral cooperation

Italy and Mexico are increasing bilateral cooperation. The Italian ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, in recent days met with Director General of ProMexico, Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, to take stock of economic and trade relations between the two countries and upcoming promotional activities. Ambassador Busacca also told the Director of ProMexico about the difficulties that […]

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Beijing – “The Three Days of Pompeii”, a trip through time with Alberto Angela

It was the 24th of October of 79 AD, apparently a Friday like any other in Pompeii, except that at 1 p.m. the nearby Vesuvius started releasing an amount of energy equal to that of 50,000 atomic bombs in less than 20 hours, burying the city under a scorching fallout of ashes and gas and […]

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Minister Gentiloni at the World Economic Forum

The Minister for International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, today will address the World Economic Forum, which is attended by the main players of the international political and economic scene from the public sector, the business world and civil society, together with the top-ranking officials of the most important International Organisations. The three-day event […]

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Osaka –The “Da Vinci, the Legacy of a Genius” exhibition is a big hit

An exhibition entitled “Da Vinci, the Legacy of a Genius” is being held in Osaka to celebrate 35 years of twinning between the Japanese city and Milan. The event, which focuses on “Leonardo the scientist”, runs until Feb. 14. It is divided into sections: the first, dedicated to the past, includes reproductions of machines designed […]

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India – “Stampone-Banerjee and The Third Meaning” exhibition opens in New Delhi

An exhibition called “Stampone – Banerjee and The Third Meaning” has been opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi. The project, created by curators Eugenio Viola and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, is an opportunity for dialogue between two artists, two curators and between two different methods, more generally consolidating cultural exchanges between Italy and […]

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Dublin – “Friuli, Italy and beyond”: Ireland focuses on Pasolini

 “Fontana di aga dal me paìs. A no è aga pì fres-cia che tal me paìs. Fontana di rustic amòur” (“Water fountain of my country. No water is fresher than that of my country. A fountain of rustic love”). These are some of the verses in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Poesie a Casarsa”, a collection of […]

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Brazil – Fortunato Depero on show in Sau Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27

Brazil pays tribute to the Italian painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer Fortunato Depero by bringing to Latin America for the first time in the exhibition “Depero, Futurist and Global Artist”. It will be held in Sao Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27, and features 65 works by the artist, a major member of […]

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DEI – Canada: Finmeccanica to supply 12 airports with ATC radar systems

Finmeccanica has won a contract  to modernise air traffic control radar systems at Canada’s 12 biggest airports, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Calgary. The contract includes options for subsequent revision phases and the potential replacement of additional devices. The decision to award Finmeccanica the contract was based on the high level of technologies used, […]

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Shanghai – Milan Furniture Fair presented in Shanghai

The Milan Furniture Fair was presented on Wednesday in Shanghai. The Fair will be held from 12 to 17 April 2016. In his speech, Italian Ambassador to China, Ettore Sequi, expressed the full support of Italy’s institutions for this important export event. Italy is China’s  No. 1  furniture exporter  with 300 million dollars worth of […]

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Budapest – A Tribute to Italian Cinema, “Il Marchese del Grillo” at the Italian Cultural Institute

While in the Sistina theater in Rome the musical version of Mario Monicelli’s film was a major success with the public and with critics alike beyond even the rosiest of expectations , recording over 50,000 spectators from December 9 to January 17, the original film, “Il marchese del Grillo” (1981) will be showing in Budapest […]

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