ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Event “Start City – Metropolitan Cities: the spark for the country’s economic recovery” (Villa Madama, 1st July 2015)

At 14:30 on Wednesday July 1st, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will participate in “Start City – Metropolitan Cities as the spark for the country’s economic recovery” at Villa Madama, organised by the Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani (ANCI) in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti. Start City has the aim […]

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USA – Los Angeles to have museum of cinema thanks to Renzo Piano

Los Angeles will finally have its own museum of cinema thanks to architect Renzo Piano, who is responsible for its newly approved design. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures  will occupy nearly 90,000 sqm and encompass the historic May Company building designed by Albert C. Martin in 1939. The complex will include spaces for the […]

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Finland – A first for Ferragamo shoes

Salvatore Ferragamo creations make their first appearance in Finland in the exhibition “Walking Dream – Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960” at the Milavida Museum in Tampere. The show is dedicated to the shoes that that inspired a generation, from those steel-reinforced heels made famous by Marilyn Monroe to the 1947 sandal that saw the prestigious Neiman Marcus […]

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Cordoba – Focus on contemporary Italian literature

“Reality, words and images in three contemporary Italian literary works”, is a cycle of seven encounters to be held from 29 June to 28 October at the Italian Cultural Institute of Cordoba. The goal of the initiative is to analyse the authors’ various use of language to describe events, and to contribute to the wider […]

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Buthrotum – Archaeologists of Alma Mater at work in Albania

The national council of archaeology of the Albanian Ministry of Culture approved a University of Bologna project for the study an excavation of an important sacred building in the Hellenistic and Roman city of Buthrotum, located in the southern part of the country (ancient Epirus), just a few kilometres from the Greek border. The MFAIC […]

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Bratislava – Everyone to market to discover the best of made in Italy

The “Italian Market of Bratislava”, which opened yesterday and runs through Sunday 28 June in the city’s historic centre, offers the best in the tastes and traditions of Made in Italy, from honey and preserves to salami, fresh produce, olive oil, wine and even herbal products, offering visitors a 5-day full immersion in the Italian […]

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Gentiloni meets with Foreign Minister of Iceland

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iceland Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson today at the Farnesina. The meeting offered an opportunity for an exchange of views on regional crises and other current international concerns. In particular, the two ministers discussed management of the migration emergency, […]

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Gentiloni meets with Foreign Minister of Iceland

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iceland Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson today at the Farnesina. The meeting offered an opportunity for an exchange of views on regional crises and other current international concerns. In particular, the two ministers discussed management of the migration emergency, […]

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Abduction of Minors: Gentiloni, Sara Ammar and her mother finally back in Italy this morning

“Little Sara Ammar and her mother finally arrived in Italy this morning with the assistance of the Ambassador of Italy”, reported Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. His comment concerned the positive settlement of the case of minor child Sara Ammar, who had been abducted by her Egyptian national father in January […]

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St. Petersburg – EXPO Milano leads

Innovation, energy savings, respect for the environment and natural resources – these are the key words for the Milan EXPO to be presented on 30 June in St. Petersburg by Alessandro Mancini, Director of Ticketing e Turismo for EXPO 2015. The event has been organised at the Bulthaup Gallery Russia by the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Moscow – Italian cinema’s memorable music

The final event of a rich season of cultural initiatives inaugurated in May by the Embassy of Italy in Moscow celebrated the greatest scores of Italian cinema and some of our country’s best known contemporary composers. The evening was hosted by Italian ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini in his residence. “Our aim”, the ambassador said, is […]

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Accreditation Notice RECALL – Conference of Cultural Institute Directors (24-25-26 June Perugia and Rome)

A conference of Italian Cultural Institute Directors will take place on 24-25-26 June 2015.   The first day’s sessions, organised in collaboration with the University for Foreigners of Perugia, will begin at 9:30 on Wednesday 24 June in the Aula Magna of Palazzo Galenga, and will be dedicated to the theme “Italian Language and Culture […]

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