Cartoline dall’altra Italia – In Berlin, with thoughts of home

A translator with a start-up company that finds apartments for tourists worldwide, Lorenzo Agostini has lived in Berlin since January 2015. Before that, he lived in Belgium and Turkey. Here, he tells his story to “Cartoline dall’altra Italia”, the web series produced by the 9colonne media agency with support from the Directorate General for Italians […]

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Prague – From the vine to the glass: a course to explore Italian wine

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has organised a wine-tasting course that will run each Monday from 5 October to 7 December 2015. The course, which will be run by Roberto Vinci, a professional sommelier, will include a lesson on food and wine pairings. Hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, at Cappella, Šporkova […]

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Tokyo – “Study in Italy” fair: two days of Italian language and culture

Now in its 9th edition, this year’s “Study in Italy” fair will be held on 6 and 7 November 2015 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with the Italian-Japanese Association and the Italian Tourism Board, the event is intended to promote language, cultural, arts and vocational studies for […]

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Jakarta – Seminar on Indonesian miners’ exposure to mercury

“Assessment of artisanal gold miners’ exposition to elemental mercury vapours – determination by hair composition” is the topic of a seminar in Jakarta organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The seminar focused on the effects of mercury exposure on people living in the mining regions in the west of the island of […]

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Zagreb – Audience of 5000 for Renzo Arbore’s concert at the arena in Pula.

Over 5000 people attended the concert by Renzo Arbore and his “Orchestra Italiana” at the arena in Pula to mark the Italian National Community’s “Days”. The event was organised by the Italian Union and the University of Trieste in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry, the Italian Embassy in Zagreb and our Consulate General in Fiume […]

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New Delhi – Taranto’s troubled steelworks in a theatre production in India

The dramatic story of Taranto’s troubled Ilva steelworks will be told in India by Instabili Vaganti, an Italian theatre company that will be performing in Calcutta on Friday 11 September 2015. “Made in Ilva” is based on the true experience of workers from Europe’s biggest steelworks, with testimony from workers interspersed with poetry by Luigi […]

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Farnesina – The security of cooperation workers abroad

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is opening the conference taking place today, 9 September 2015, at the Farnesina on the security of cooperation workers abroad. Entitled “Security is a serious thing”, the conference will close with an address by the Secretary General at the Farnesina, Michele Valensise. The event has been jointly promoted by the AOI, […]

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DEI – Bolivia: 46 new hospitals by the end of 2017, investment of 1.62 billion dollars

The Bolivian government has approved a project for the construction of 46 new hospitals throughout the country by the end of 2017, with an investment of 1.624 billion dollars. Health Minister Adriana Campero announced the project and explained that the plans include four highly complex (level 4) hospitals in Cochabamba (Oncology), La Paz (Gastroenterology), Santa […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Italian Development Cooperation at EXPO 2015 – Italian cooperation with Iraq (Cascina Triulza, 10 September)

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) is organising a meeting to discuss Italian cooperation with Iraq. Topics include support for agriculture and the protection of the cultural heritage. The meeting, which will take place at the Cascina Triulza on Thursday 10 September 2015, is […]

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Gentiloni attends international conference to relaunch an Action Plan against ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is attending an international conference in Paris on the victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East. The conference is being co-chaired by France and Jordan, with Gentiloni himself chairing a round table on “Facilitating the safe and sustainable repatriation of homeless people and refugees”. The representatives of 60 […]

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Italy-Israel – 16 co-funded science and technology projects approved in Milan for implementation in Italy and Israel

Rome and Tel Aviv have stepped up cooperation in the science and technology field. A meeting of the 14th Italy-Israel mixed commission met recently in Milan, at EXPO 2015, to assess and approve 16 co-financed projects with the themes, this year, of water-treatment, pharmacogenomics and cyber security. The commission meets annually under a Bilateral Scientific […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Conference “Security is a serious thing” (Farnesina, 9 September)

A reminder that the Conference “Security is a serious thing” will take place on Wednesday 9 September from 10:00 to 12:30 at the Farnesina. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will open the conference. The event, jointly promoted by the NGO network AOI, CINI, LINK2007, the Crisis Unit and the Directorate General […]

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