15th Italian Language in the World Week – Events of 21 October

Italian culture showcased at the Brazilian Parliament The Brazilian lower house opened its doors for the first time to a public reading in the Italian language. An occasion on which to promote our language within the institutional, cultural, university and journalistic spheres of that great Latin American nation. Members of Parliament belonging to the Italy-Brazil […]

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Argentina – Tribute to Pasolini 40 years on from his death

Argentina recalled Pier Paolo Pasolini on the occasion on the 40th anniversary of his death, in a film review dedicated to the Italian director. Organised by the Consulate General of Italy in Rosario, in collaboration with El Cairo Cine Publico and the Ministerio de Innovacion y Cultura de la Provincia di Santa Fe, the event […]

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Melbourne – 7-way challenge for the ‘Grande Olio d’Oliva’

Seven Italo-Australian virgin olive oil producers faced off in Melbourne for the “Grande Olio d’Oliva 2015” competition. All participants use Italian machinery to ensure the high quality of a product through which they seek to maintain their ties with Italy. The jury chose the Trovatello family, originally from the city of Nicastro in the province […]

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Muscat – Spotlight on Italian opera

Italian opera took centre stage in Muscat is a concert entitled “Dal Deserto al Mar: the Universal Love of the Italian Opera”, held at the Al Bustan Auditorium in the capital city of Muscat and organised by the Embassy of Italy in Oman as part of the events for the 15th Italian Language in the […]

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Gentiloni: Conversation with Abbas, restore calm on the ground

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a phone conversation this afternoon with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he expressed Italy’s deep concern over the explosion of violence in Jerusalem and in the Gaza Strip , as he had done earlier this morning with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Gentiloni expressed the […]

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Italy re-elected to un Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2016-2018 term

New York – On October 21, 2015 Italy was re-elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the three-year term 2016-2018 with 178 votes out of 182 valid votes, obtaining the highest number of votes among the Western European and Others Group (WEOG).  This marks Italy’s ninth term as a member of ECOSOC […]

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Israel celebrates Herbert Pagani, a many-faceted artist

Under the umbrella of the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, Israel celebrates the memory of Herbert Pagani, one of the Jewish community of Libya’s most talented Italian artists. The event, “Herbert Pagani: la Parola, il Segno, il Canto”, will take place on Saturday evening at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa with […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – Latest World News – 21 October 2015

The Cooprogetti group was awarded the contract by Empresa Nacional de Electricidad Bolivia (ENDE) for the design of a biomass energy production plant for the the Dipartimento Beni. The 420,000 USD contract is the third assigned to the Italian firm operating in Bolivia, after a 1.62 million USD contract in July through the Administradora Boliviana […]

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Gaiani new Director General for Global Affairs

Massimo Gaiani is the Director General for Global Issues and for Asia, Sub Saharian Africa, Latin America at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as of 20 October 2015. He previously served as Ambassador of Italy to Albania (since December 2011). He entered the diplomatic service in 1982. Since then, he has […]

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Gentiloni: Conversation with Netanyahu, call for de-escalation

This morning the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Minister expressed Italy’s concern over the recent rise in episodes of violence, particularly in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Gentiloni renewed the call for all the parties to contribute to a […]

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Ankara – Conferences, poetry and concerts: Turkey celebrates the Italian language

Turkey has a full calendar of events planned for the 15th edition of Italian Language in the World Week, whose theme this year is the relationship between the Italian language and music. The events, which include conferences, poetry recitals and musical performances, have been organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ankara with the High […]

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Berlin – “Depicting a city”, Staino on the German capital

Sia Saino is one of Italy’s best known and loved satiric artists, whose most famous character – Bobo – has been known to the Italian public since the early 1970s as the artist’s alter-ego appeared for the first time on the pages of “Linus”. The artist will be a guest at the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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