New York – Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli draw “An American Story”

“Una Storia Americana” (“An American Story”) is the title of an exhibition hosted from 30 January to 11 March at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The show will focus on a selection of works produced over the past five years by Italian illustrators Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. These artists are two of […]

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Lisbon – “Ithaca”, the art of Enzo De Leonibus in Portugal

Luisa Violo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, presented the exhibition “Ithaca” by the artist Enzo De Leonibus: “The image chosen as the emblem of the exhibition presents us with a question: Who is really in the cage? What is the cage for? To stop the birds from flying off or rather so […]

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Buenos Aires holds exhibition in celebration of Matera

“Matera…. south of Eboli. Photographs by Victoria Troiani” is the title of an exhibition hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) of Buenos Aires from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8. The event coincides with Matera’s designation as European Capital of Culture 2019 (together with Plovdiv) and the annual meeting of the regional committee of “Lucanians […]

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New Deputy Minister Mario Giro: Cooperation is instrumental to internationalisation

“I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, for my new appointment and the faith shown in entrusting me an assignment I believe to be important and strategic for the times in which we live: cooperation is instrumental to enhancing democracy and to spreading the positive face of an Italy that knows how […]

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Gentiloni: “A two-speed Europe? It’s a possibility, let’s restart with the six founding countries” (La Stampa)

“It’s right to talk about a two-speed Europe, although it isn’t the best definition, because opposing views must and can coexist”: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni thus announces that during the next meeting in Rome, between colleagues from the six founding countries of the EU, a “common view of the future of the […]

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Ethiopia: Italy to contribute 1 million euros to WFP and FAO for food emergency

In response to the serious emergency situation caused by the “El Nino” climate phenomenon, that for months has been affecting the Horn of Africa, and Ethiopia in particular, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has decided to allocate one million euros for food security interventions in Ethiopia. The Italian cooperation funding will […]

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“Bike the Nobel” Initiative Arrives in Oslo

   Paola Giannotti, the first Italian woman to travel around the world by bicycle and the second ever after Greece’s Juliana Bhuring in 2012, will be in Oslo today for “Bike the Nobel”. The initiative was launched by the Caterpillar programme on RAI Radio 2 to present the candidacy of the world’s most popular two-wheeler […]

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China – Minister Lorenzin promotes food security cooperation with China

Italy and China have agreed to strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the sector of health and food and nutrition security. Italian Health Minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, had a series of high-level meetings in Beijing during a visit organised by the Italian Embassy in Beijing led by Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi. The day’s agenda opened with an […]

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Sudan – Italo-Russian archaeological mission “sets an example”

The discoveries made by an Italo-Russian archaeological mission in the Abu Erteila site in Sudan have aroused great interest. The mission at the site, about 200 kilometres north of Khartoum, is headed by Professor Eugenio Fantusati of the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (IsMEO). Among the finds, of particular significance is a […]

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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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