Italy-Malta – Earthquake response exercises by civil protection teams

Earthquake response exercises were conducted by civil protection teams in Malta from 3 to 6 September 2015 as part of the SIMIT strategic project funded by the Italy-Malta Operations Programme for 2014-2020. The exercises were organised by Malta’s Civil Protection department in collaboration with the Civil Protection Department of Sicily Region, with the involvement of […]

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Moscow – Caravaggio on display at Italian Embassy

Caravaggio’s “Boy Bitten by a Lizard” is being displayed at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, with a presentation by Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini and the director of the Pushkin Museum, Marina Loshak. The painting will then be shown at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts from 15 September to 10 January 2016, as part […]

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Syrian Crisis. Humanitarian intervention by the Italian Cooperation

Italy has approved a one-million-EUR emergency contribution for humanitarian interventions in Syria. The contribution falls within the overall 18-million-EURO  response to the Syrian crisis Italy announced for 2015. The funds will be used to sustain a World Food Program project entitled “Emergency Food Assistance to People Affected by Unrest in Syria” within the framework of […]

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Gentiloni: “The Mediterranean is our treasure ” (L’Espresso)

The apocalypse of the migrants and the stabilisation of Libya; Europe’s egotism and the never-ending war in Syria; the fight against terrorism and Italy’s return to Africa, as well as the bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. In this conversation with “l’Espresso” Paolo Gentiloni discusses the challenges Italy is up against […]

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New York – Dissonanzen Ensemble pays homage to “Assunta Spina”

The Italian Cultural Institute of  New York has organised an event for Monday 14 September dedicated to the Italian silent film masterpiece “Assunta Spinta” at 100 years from its production, with the Ensemble Dissonanzen providing the live soundtrack of the film directed and starring, among others, silent film diva Francesca Bertini, and produced a full […]

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Oslo – Italian ambassador speaks on Dante and Ibsen

Italian ambassador in Oslo Giorgio Novello will hold a conference on 16 September in which he will discuss Dante and Ibsen, drawing a comparison on the basis of a series of common aspects. The conference will be held at the Ibsen museum in Skein, birthplace of the renowned Norwegian author. Read more, in Italian.

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San Francisco – Cinema marathon of 4 De Sica films

San Francisco pays tribute to director Vittorio De Sica on 26 September, a day to be dedicated entirely to his Neo-Realist masterpieces at the historic Castro cinema, where a four-film marathon will begin at 11:30 in the morning. The series has been organized in association with the Ministry of Culture under the patronage of the […]

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Udine and Farnesina – Donate laboratory to Kurdistan museum

The University of Udine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated the Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk museum’s first archaeological restoration laboratory within the framework of the “Terra di Ninive” training project funded by the Task Force Iraq of the Farnesina and conducted by the University of Udine under the direction of Daniele Morandi Bonacossi. Read more, […]

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Global security and immigration challenges – Gentiloni at the Forum Ambrosetti and Gymnich

Global security and its implications for business and persons will be the topic of Minister Gentiloni’s speech at the 41st edition of the Forum Ambrosetti this morning at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio. Other themes will include the Middle East peace process and implementation of the Iran nuclear accord and its impact on EU-Iran and regional […]

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

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 sessions. The event, jointly promoted by the NGO network AOI, CINI, LINK2007, the Crisis Unit and the Directorate General for Development Cooperation, […]

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Stockholm – Climate soil and landscape: a lecture by Luca Mercalli

The wider public knows him as TV’s “weatherman with the butterfly”, but he is much more: Luca Mercalli is, in fact, an internationally renowned climatologist who will present a lecture on 7 September (at 18:00) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm entitled “Climate, soil, landscape: how to stop the race to the edge of […]

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Prague – Traditions and notes: the polyphonic songs of Sardinia

The traditional polyphonic songs of Sardinia, as well as those of Corsica, will be featured in a concert by the world famous Mediterranean polyphonic group “Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei” on Tuesday 15 September (at 20:00) at Prague’s Hlahol (Masarykovo nábřeží 16), promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. Read more, in Italian.

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