15th Italian Language Week – Andrea Pagani Trio in Kampala for concerts and workshop

Ambassador to Kampala Domenico Fornara opens his residence on Wednesday for a concert by the Andrea Pagani Trio. The group is in the Ugandan capital to present its instrumental project “Songs without voices”, which offers jazz versions of both original and well known Italian songs. Guests will include members of the Ugandan authorities, the Italian […]

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Marseille – Photography, in search of little Naples

The Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille will host an exhibition of postcards picturing what is known as the “Little Naples” of Marseille in an exhibition that runs from 5 to 15 November, and has been organised in collaboration with the collectors of Club Cartofilo, whose director Albert Leibovitch will be on hand for the 5 […]

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Guatemala City – “Associazione delle Dame Italiane” presents new art calendar

Carmen Contreras Colón, Cristine Varadi, Fabián Hernández and Susy Tabush are the artists whose works are featured on the 2016 calendar of the “Associazione delle Dame Italiane” in Guatemala. The works are mounted for viewing at the Italian Cultural Institute of Guatemala City, and the project’s special focus is birds. The association presents books, concerts, […]

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Tirana – Literature and emigration, a meeting with Carmine Abate

Calabrian-born writer Carmine Abate emigrated to Germany to then return to Trentino, where she has been living for more than 10 years now. The author spoke about literature and emigration in Tirana on Saturday 31 October in a conversation with Albanian journalist Ben Blushi during the Tirana International Literature Festival (TILF). Read more, in Italian

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Minister Gentiloni in Algiers and Sofia

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni is in Algiers for the third bilateral meeting on Libya with his Egyptian counterpart and Minister Messahel. The meeting is taking place in parallel with a crucial day in the intra-Libyan dialogue that will name a new Deputy Prime Minister, a figure who could facilitate the […]

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Egypt – ”MS Africa” gets under way in Cairo

With its inauguration in the presence of Egyptian Minister for Industry and Trade Tarek Qabil and Ambassador of Italy to Egypt Maurizio Massari, the second edition of The International Trade Fair for Stone, Design, Technology, Earthmoving and Building Machinery (MS Africa) got under way in Cairo. The project has been developed by Verona Fiere in collaboration […]

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“Sport and diplomacy” is the topic of the 46th instalment of “Diplomazia e dintorni” to be aired by Radio LUISS on Tuesday 3 November

The pairing of sport and diplomacy immediately brings to mind the Olympics and other events in recent history by which sport has provided an especially effective tool for facilitating the process of relieving tensions between governments. Sports practices today are a factor in national identity and an effective promotional instrument for every country in the […]

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Farnesina condemns profanation of Italian cemetery in Tripoli

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation condemned the latest barbarous act of profanation at the Hammangi Italian Catholic cemetery in Tripoli by unidentified persons. The profanation of a holy place is a deeply hateful and uncivil act of intolerance, all the more serious on this particular date, when in Italy and many other […]

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Gentiloni: Lessons of Rabin alive 20 years on (Il Messaggero)

Amid terrible days in the Middle East, the 20th anniversary of the murder of Rabin Yitzhak Rabin: beloved Israeli leader and Nobel laureate, whose image remains inextricably linked with that of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose hand Rabin shook on the White House lawn under the gaze of Bill Clinton. It was precisely that Israeli-Palestinian […]

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Somalia, Gentiloni: terrorists will not prevail

“I wish to express the profound condolences and solidarity of the Italian government and people to the citizens and institutions of Somalia for a cruel act of terrorism that has cost the lives of at least 13 persons. The terrorists will not prevail and will not achieve any objective”. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Sidney – Cinema, “Umberto D.” closes the “Masters of Neo-Realism” series

The “Masters of Neo-Realism: Roberto Rossellini e Vittorio De Sica” film series, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, presents its seventh and final screening at the Casula Powerhouse on 5 November at 19:30. The film shown will be “Umberto D.”, written and staged by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica in […]

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Conclusion of European campaign on work-related stress

The MFAIC received acknowledgement for its participation in the “Together for the prevention and management of work-related stress” campaign and in the European best practices award. The foreign ministry joined others at the ceremony for the conclusion of the 2014-2015 European Occupational Safety and Health Administration (EU-OSHA)campaign “Together for the prevention and management of work-related […]

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