Jordan: Nasser Judeh tells Gentiloni Da’esh is taking Islam hostage. Mission to Amman to meet Judeh and King Abdullah. Visit to Azraq refugee camp on border with Syria

Da’esh “is trying to take Islam hostage and distort its image. That is why the battle against terrorism and extremism is a battle within Islam: it’s our battle”. Those were the words of the Jordanian foreign minister, Nasser Judeh, in a press statement after his meeting with his Italian colleague Paolo Gentiloni. Minister Gentiloni was […]

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Dei – Turkish Airlines: Istanbul-Bari route operational from 28 April 2015

Turkish Airlines will be launching its Istanbul-Bari route on 28 April 2015, with 4 flights per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Bari is the 10th Italian destination for the Turkish national carrier, after Rome, Venice, Milan, Turin, Naples, Bologna, Genoa, Catania and Pisa. In 2015, the airline also plans to increase the frequency of […]

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São Paulo – Italian film, a homage to director Carlo Mazzacurati

The Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo is paying homage to Italian film director and screenwriter Carlo Mazzacurati, who died in January 2015 aged 57. The Institute will be screening his last work, “La sedia della felicità”, at 19.00 on Wednesday 15 April at its premises in Av. Higienópolis, 436, with a presentation by Prof. […]

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Donor conference on the Syrian crisis. Italy announces 18 million in new humanitarian aid for the civilian population

The 3rd international Donors’ Conference for the humanitarian crisis in Syria took place yesterday, 31 March 2015, in Kuwait City. The Conference was called by the United Nations to finance aid initiatives for the civilian population in Syria and in the other countries of the region. In response to the appeal by the UN Secretary […]

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Uruguay – Italian films feature in Montevideo

Uruguay’s International Film Festival, now in its 33rd edition, begins today, 1 April and runs until 12 April 2015. Italy will be taking part with a number of films including “L’intervallo”, by Leonardo Di Costanzo (2012) and “Gli equilibristi” by Ivano De Matteo (2012). Also featured will be “Il gesto delle mani” (2015) by Francesco […]

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Italy-USA Mutual recognition by airworthiness authorities

Lieutenant General Francesco Langella (Director of DAAA – Air Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate) has signed an agreement with his U.S counterpart, Brig. Gen. Timothy Gowen, on the mutual recognition of authorities between their respective military agencies. Lieutenant General Langella was acting in his capacity of national director for the airworthiness of all military aircraft and […]

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Italy–Serbia: EU should open negotiating chapters within the year. “We cannot keep such a significant process at a standstill”

“Italy is utterly convinced that Serbia’s European integration must make progress, with the opening of negotiating chapters by the end of 2015”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment at the press conference in Belgrade with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. “We cannot keep such a significant process for the EU at a standstill. Serbia has […]

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Argentina – La Plata – promoting the Italian language through song

Autumn 2015 will see the first edition of the Festival of Italian Song in La Plata, an event that will run from 7 to 8 October at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá. The official presentation was attended by festival coordinator Nicolás Moretti; the Italian Consul General, Iacopo Foti; the Director General of Entidades y Colectividades, Mauricio […]

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Prague – Costanzo Rovati exhibition entitled “Un percorso nella materia”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has organised a new exhibition entitled “Costanzo Rovati. Un percorso nella materia”. The Milanese artist works with traditional materials such as stone, marble, wood, ceramic and bronze, but also draws on more unusual sources such as plastic, nylon and industrial waste. Read more, in Italian. 

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Budapest – I-Talents 2015 musical review featuring Beatrice Rana

Young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana will be appearing in the I-Talents 2015 musical review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest in collaboration with the city’s Spring Festival. The recital, featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin and Maurice Ravel, will take place at 19.00 on 13 April 2015, at the Institute’s […]

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Accreditation Notice: Joint press point with Minister Gentiloni and his Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz (Farnesina, 7 April 2015)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting his Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz, at 15.30 on Tuesday 7 April 2015. A joint press is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should: –       complete the interactive form […]

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Under-Secretary Della Vedova visiting the Principality of Monaco today

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, is visiting the Principality of Monaco today, 31 March 2015. Della Vedova will have meetings with representatives of key institutions, including the Minister of State, Michel Roger; the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Gilles Tonelli; the Minister for Finance, Jean Castellini; the Minister […]

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