New York – Silent movies: Dante’s “Inferno” in the Big Apple

“L’inferno”, a silent film from the early 20th century by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro and Adolfo Padovan, produced by Milano Films, is the first full-length film in the history of Italian cinema. It was restored in 2011. The film will be shown, with a new musical score performed live by saxophonist and composer Marco […]

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Barcelona – Contemporary art: “Italia. I sei sensi” exhibition runs until 9 January

To mark the centenary of the creation of Giacomo Balla’s sculpture “Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II” (1915), the Fundació Suñol will be displaying a selection of works by Italian artists from the Josep Suñol collection. Entitled “Italia. I sei sensi”, the exhibition runs until 9 January 2016. The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona helped […]

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New Delhi – Unexplored lands and cultures in the works of Pietro Ruffo

Pietro Ruffo is a qualified architect but his love of old maps has turned him into an artist. And now this enthusiasm brings him to India, where he will be displaying his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Terra incognita”. Curated by John Xaviers, the exhibition will run at the Italian Cultural […]

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Madrid – The creativity of the “Made in Italy” brand on show in Spain

“Made in Italy. 1950-70 Graphic design, creatività ed esperienza” is the title of an exhibition that will run in Madrid until 28 February 2016. The exhibition, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid and the Italian Association for Visual Communication Design (AIAP), features works by famous artists such as Vignelli, Noorda, Iliprandi, […]

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Gentiloni: IS will try to strike again but on the ground it’s losing. The Union must change, it’s too rigid (La Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, 2015 seems to have been marked from start to finish by the challenge posed by Da’esh. Now the “caliph” ” al-Baghdadi has appeared again and is saying that the US and Russian raids have not weakened it. “Al Baghdadi’s message, quite apart from the necessary verification, which requires more time, aims to […]

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La Valletta – Neuroscience, Prof. Rizzolati captivates his Maltese audience

Initiatives by the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta to promote Italian excellence in the scientific field continue, not least through the exchanges of university teaching staff envisaged by the 14th Italy-Malta cultural and education collaboration programme. The Institute, directed by Salvatore Schirmo, recently joined forces with The President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, […]

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Toronto – Three evenings of Italian opera greats

Toronto will enjoy a season of Italian opera greats in 2016, with three evenings organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and hosted by the theatre of the Alliance Française. The initiative begins on Tuesday 19 January with an evening dedicated to Maria Callas that includes a screening of Act 2 of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, […]

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Italy-China – Collaboration growing in the space sector

Italy and China are developing their collaboration in the space sector, most recently with the successful launch of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite from Gansu province. Switzerland also took part in the project, along with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the universities of Perugia, Bari and Lecce. As the Italian Ambassador […]

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Telephone conversation between Gentiloni and Fayez Al-Serraj

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, had a telephone conversation today with the Libyan prime minister designate, Fayez Al-Serraj. During their discussion, the Premier thanked Italy for its contribution to the diplomatic solution to the Libyan crisis and for the Rome summit that paved the way to the solution of the […]

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UN Security Council Resolution on Libya – Gentiloni: a decisive step towards stabilisation. Satisfaction over Italy’s role

“The UN Security Council Resolution on Libya is an important step towards the stabilisation of the country. It’s a decision to which Italy decisively contributed, with the work of the recent months, which culminated in the Rome summit of 13 December. The joint communiqué adopted in Rome is the basis of the Resolution adopted this […]

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Dei – Slovenia Privatisation plan for 2016 published

The Slovenian government has published the privatisation plan for 2016 drawn up by SSH, the holding which manages public assets on the basis of the asset classification strategy adopted by the Slovenian Parliament in July 2015. 30 companies will be involved in the privatisation process in 2016, while others will be sold. Read more, in […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Press conference by Minister Gentiloni on Libya (Chamber of Deputies, 23 December 2015)

Today, 23 December 2015, at 18.00, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will give a press conference on Libya. The press conference will focus on the Resolution currently being examined by the United Nations Security Council to support the political agreement signed in Shkirat and the creation of a government of […]

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