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“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 […]
Read moreBrazil 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 […]
Read moreFinmeccanica 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, […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreWhile 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 […]
Read moreThe Italian NGO ProgettoMondo Mlal and the Bolivian local authorities launched the fashion brand “Vicua Bolivia Tesoro Andino” at an event in La Paz. The ceremony was attended by Italy’s Ambassador Placido Vigo, the Bolivian Minister of Culture and Tourism Marko Marcelo Machicao Bankovic, and the Vice Minister of the Environment Gonzalo Rodriguez Camara. The […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will screen Mauro Caputo’s film “L’orologio di Monaco” on January 27 to kick off its 2016 programme. Young director Caputo has been inspired by a collection of short stories written by Giorgio Pressburger – playwright and film director, born in a Hungarian Jewish family, now an Italian Citizen – […]
Read moreMadrid will celebrate the art of luthiers and bow makers from January 26 until January 28. The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, in cooperation with Academia Cremonensis of Cremona and Fundacion de Ferrocarriles Espanoles, has organised a series of workshops and seminars, which will be held by the masters of the Academia Cremonensis. It will […]
Read more“I congratulate the Council; it is a crucial step even if the situation remains delicate. Now it is essential for the Chamber of Representatives in Tobruk to hastily approve the list of cabinet members,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, when expressing Italy’s support for Libya’s Government of National Accord, which was announced today by the […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in accordance with the Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR), the Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea Protection (MATTM) and the Ministry of Health, has published the annual call for contribution requests for the development of joint research projects approved by the Executive […]
Read moreCultural 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 […]
Read moreZagreb’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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