Italy-Usa – Together against the trafficking of cultural property

Cultural cooperation between Italy and the United States of America is growing. The governments of Italy and the United States have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding imposing import restrictions on pre–Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman archaeological artifacts from Italy. Coming in effect on Jan. 19, 2001, Italy and the U.S. extended the MOU for the […]

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Zagreb – “Moving Eye” Exhibition opens at Zagreb’s Museum of Arts and Crafts

Zagreb’s Museum of Arts and Crafts will host the exhibition “Moving Eye. Italian Kinetic Art from the ’50s to the ’70s” until Feb. 14. The exhibition, curated by Micol Di Veroli, was organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb as part of a programme aimed at promoting contemporary Italian art […]

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Chile – 2016 edition of ‘congress of the future’ soon to open in santiago

Maria Pia Rossignaud and Stefano Mancuso will represent Italy at the “Congress of the Future”, which is due to open in Santiago on January 19 until January 24.  The event, now in its fifth year, is conceived as a forum promoting an exchange of ideas between Chile and the world’s leading scientific thinkers. This year’s […]

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Pakistan – a likely maket for Italian agricultural machinery

Pakistan has shown a keen interest in Italian agricultural machinery since agriculture is the largest sector of the country’s economy. “Both the Italian Embassy in Islamabad and the Consulate General in Karachi will support all Italian companies intending to explore the market opportunities in Pakistan, “said Gianluca Rubagotti, Italy’s Consul General in Karachi, adding that […]

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Italy elected to chair the General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

At the close of the general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which was held on Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17 in Abu Dhabi, Italy was elected to chair the General Assembly next year. The IRENA is based in the United Arab Emirates and counts on the membership of 145 Countries […]

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Berlin – Literature, Igiaba Scego guest of the Italian Cultural Institute

Racism, integration, roots and identity. These, amongst others, will be discussed at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin on Tuesday January 19 (at 7:00pm) on the occasion of the presentation of the book “La mia casa è dove sono” (Home is where I am). The Italian Cultural Institute will be hosting writer Igiaba Scego who […]

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Ho Chi Minh – Italian medical volunteers on an international mission in Vietnam

Interethnos Interplast Italy, an Italian association of volunteers in reconstructive plastic surgery went  on a mission to Bien Hoa for two weeks, in the southern province of Dong Nai. The mission was organized by the Italian Consulate General scheme in Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the town’s general hospital and local authorities and […]

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Los Angeles – Taormina Film Festival opens in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the “City of the Angels”, hosts the first edition of the Taormina Film Festival (TTF) on Jan. 20 and 21, featuring Italian and Sicilian independent films. This event was made possible by an agreement between the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE).  […]

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Moscow – A 3D journey into the heart of Italian Renaissance

“Florence and the Uffizi Gallery 3D/4K – A Journey into the Heart of the Renaissance” is much more than a documentary film . It is a multidimensional and multisensory journey into the Renaissance through Florence’s most beautiful works of art. The project , produced by  Sky 3D with  Sky Arte HD, Nexo Digital and Magnitudo […]

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Foreign Ministry: latest news on the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

Following the terrorist attack in the capital of Burkina Faso, the Italian Foreign Ministry immediately started investigating on the condition of approximately 100 Italian nationals who were reported to be in the capital, in order to verify their state of health and offer them assistance. The information collected made it possible to confirm that the […]

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Gentiloni: «EU is raising a useless controversy. Flexibility? It’s all our doing» (Corriere della Sera)

«Europe is experiencing one of its most difficult periods since the ‘60s.  It does not need Brussels to engage in useless controversies. Italy is not raising controversy but it obeys E.U. rules and demands to be respected,” Minister Gentiloni said in reply to the unprecedented words of criticism addressed by the President of the EU […]

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Italy – Oman: Meetings of Secretary General Valensise in Muscat

Prospects of cooperation between Italy and Oman were the focus of a consultation meeting between officials of the two countries in Muscat. The Italian delegation, led by Secretary-General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise, and the Omani delegation, led by Secretary General of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin […]

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