International Criminal Justice Day – Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni’s message

Today, 17 July, we celebrate the International Day of Criminal Justice in memory of a cardinal moment in the development of the rules for defending fundamental rights and punishing crimes that offend the very conscience of humankind. Indeed, the Statute adopted in Rome on 17 July 1998  made it possible to develop those instruments that […]

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Dei – Norway: Prysmian awarded contract for Uk-Norway electrical trunkline

Cable manufacturer Prysmian was awarded a 550 million EUR contract for the construction of two-thirds of an undersea electrical trunkline connecting the UK and Norway. The cable will be the world’s longest at an overall 730 kilometres, and is slated for completion in 2021. Commissioning the work are Norway’s Statnett and Britain’s National Grid.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Presentation of the Statistical Yearbook for 2015 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in figures (Farnesina, 21.07.2015)

“The Farnesina: numbers and facts”. That will be the key theme of the presentation of the Statistical Yearbook for 2015 at the Farnesina on Tuesday 21 July 2015. The event will open at 12.00 with an address by the Secretary General, Michele Valensise. Now in its 16th edition, the publication provides a statistical snapshot of […]

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Stuttgart – Wine label design competition for students in Germany

Designing the label for a bottle of Italian wine: that’s the idea behind a competition for students at the universities of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The initiative was launched by the Italian Cultural Institute in Stuttgart and the University for Foreigners in Siena. Candidates have until 4 September 2015 to submit their designs for […]

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Tel Aviv – Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared

Contemporary art will take centre stage at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv with an event entitled “Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared”. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with Art Tribune, the event will include a presentation of issue “0” of Artribune Israel, whose editor in chief, Giorgia Calò, will be […]

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Lyons festival – Ludovico Einaudi to perform at Festival Le Nuits de Fourviere

Lyons will have a chance this evening, 16 July 2015, to enjoy the music of film composer Ludovico Einaudi at a concert at the Grand Theatre as part of the “Festival Le Nuits de Fourviere”. He will be accompanied by Federico Mecozzi on violin, Marco Decimo and Redi Hasa on cello, Alberto Fabris on bass, […]

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Santiago – Music: Performances in Chile by the Sargas Duo

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago, in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile, is organising a series of concerts featuring the Sargas Duo (Italian musicians Massimiliano Girardi on saxophone and Luca Lavuri on piano). The programme will include pieces by composers ranging from Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone to Mario Pagotto and Danilo Lorenzini. Concerts […]

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Gentiloni and Poletti illustrate the Jobs Act to diplomatic representatives of G20 member countries

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister for Employment and Social Policies, Giuliano Poletti, chaired a meeting at the Farnesina today, 15 July 2015, with the diplomatic representatives of the G20 member countries. The aim of the meeting was to illustrate the labour market reforms introduced by the Jobs […]

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Post cards from the other Italy: the assistant manager who dreams of New Zealand

She arrived in London to sign her long-awaited permanent employment contract. Before that, however, she had visited Australia and in future hopes to move to New Zealand. Thirty-year-old Chiara Chiusolo, originally from Rome, has been working in the customer service sector for 6 years and is the perfect embodiment of today’s young emigrant. She has […]

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Italy-Russia – Cooperation through art

“Venice Art Biennale: Pros and Cons” was the title of an evening hosted by the Italian Embassy in Moscow as part of a cycle of events with personalities from the Italian and Russian cultural communities. The key topic of the evening was a brief history of the Biennale and the outlook for the future, as […]

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Los Angeles – Boxing on Film series at the Italian Cultural Institute

A film series dedicated to boxing opens this evening in Los Angeles. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to coincide with the “Power and Pathos: bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic world” exhibition at the Getty Centre and the loan of the “Boxer at Rest” sculpture from Rome. Read more, in Italian

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Brazil – Bahia hosts “As Strong As Paper” exhibition

The Museum of Modern Art in Bahia and the Italian Cultural Institute in Rio de Janeiro are working together on an exhibition entitled “As Strong As Paper”. The event, which runs from 16 July to 13 September 2015, will illustrate the importance of paper in Italian design and illustration, with exhibits such as letters, photos, […]

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