UNESCO. Under-Secretary Giro hails UNESCO ruling on Italian proposal of cultural areas protected from conflict

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro expressed great satisfaction with the unanimous adoption by the UNESCO executive committee of a ruling — presented by Italy — establishing “protected cultural areas”. The ruling’s aim is to protect cultural treasures in areas of conflict, particularly as regards the deliberate destruction of heritage sites, plundering and illegal trafficking […]

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Bratislava – Language labs for learning to “Cook with pronouns”

Learning English in a fun and unusual way, mixing grammar with flavours, rules and traditions. This is what the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava is offering, free of charge to students and lovers of the Italian language and culture in its new constructive and interesting language labs. The next lab – “Cooking with pronouns” – […]

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Nato: Conference at the Farnesina “The Shaping of Eastern Europe – Alternative priorities and outcomes”, 18 and 19 May

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will open the conference organised by the NATO Defence College for 18 and 19 May with a policy statement. The conference has been organised in collaboration with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the Latvian EU President, the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the UN Mission […]

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Budapest – Full calendar of events at Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest has a full calendar of events planned from 18 to 21 May that will include a concert by the Trio di Parma and poetry readings celebrating the works of Frederic II, Iacopo da Lentini, Pier dalla Vigna, Odo delle Colonne, Dino Frescobaldi, Immanuel Romano, Chiaro Davanzati, Guido Guinizelli, Francesco […]

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London – Fascists and Anti-Fascists in Little Italy, an exhibition

Tales of Fascists and Anti-Fascists in London’s “Little Italy” are the focus of an exhibition entitled “Dangerous characters in London’s Little Italy: fascists, anti-fascists, suffragettes and spies” curated by Alfio Bernabei, former London correspondent for daily newspaper Unità and slated to open at the Holborn Library on 19 May. Read more, in Italian.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – RECALL – Italy-Africa Conference: What strategic role for the diaspora (15 May 2015 – Sala Conferenze Internazionali)

The Farnesina will host the conference “Italy-Africa Conference: What strategic role for the diaspora” at 9:30 on Friday 15 May. The conference has been organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Centre for International Policy Studies. Speakers will include MAECI Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli, Head of the Security Division of […]

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Russia: Saipem notified of revoked suspension of South Stream

Saipem was notified by Gazprom, through its South Stream subsidiary, of the revocation of the suspension of work and of the request to resume operations on the construction of an offshore gas pipeline in the Black Sea. Russia will begin construction on the first tract of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline alternative to South Stream, […]

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Nepal: Italian Cooperation pursues humanitarian efforts

A flight carrying a load of 16 tonnes of emergency supplies (valued at 160,000 EUR) from the Italian Cooperation arrived in Kathmandu today. The dispatch, arranged in collaboration with the UN logistical base in Brindisi (UNHRD) and INTERSOS on behalf of a consortium of Italian NGOs known as AGIRE, is part of a broader Italian […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Event dedicated to the New Development Agenda (Milano, Palazzo Castiglioni, 14 e 15 maggio 2015)

The Farnesina’s Directorate general for Development Cooperation, in collaboration with the Institute for International Policy Studies (ISPI), FAR, the World Food Programme (WFP) the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the UN Organization for Industrial Development (UNIDO) Thursday 14 and Friday 15 May 2015 has organized an event dedicated to the new post-2015 Development […]

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Ecuador – Presentation of projects financed by the Italo-Ecuadoran Fund

In celebration of a decade of activity in Ecuador, the Italo-Ecuadoran Fund (FIE) presented the results of an independent assessment of 115 projects in 23 Ecuadoran provinces financed by the bilateral debt conversion programme. Attendees at the presentation included Italian ambassador to Ecuador Gianni Piccato, La Paz UTL Director Felice Longobardi and FIE co-directors Carlo […]

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Shanghai – A journey across Italy on display

A series of portraits by 21 photographers will offer a unique way to explore Italy to visitors in Shanghai. The itinerant exhibition “Discover Italy”, as explained by its creator Lorenza Scalisi, “came from the idea of uniting our points of tourism excellence for the first time ever with images of some of the well known […]

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Italy-Serbia – “Il teatro romano di Aosta” screened in Leskovac

A series of exhibitions, conferences and film reviews is running from 9-18 May in celebration of the Victory over Fascism Day and Europe Day. The Italian Cultural Institute is participating with two documentaries, the first of which is Benni Piazza’s “Il teatro romano di Aosta (Italy, 2012)”, which focuses on the ancient Roman theatre of […]

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