Stockholm – Poet Valerio Magrelli ready to enchant the Swedish public

Roman poet, translator and literary critic Valerio Magrelli, noted for his irony and humour, will he the guest Saturday of World Poetry Day in Malmö in a group of eight poets from various countries around the world. On Tuesday 24 March he will participate in an encounter at 18:00 at the Stockholm Italian Cultural Institute. […]

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Bratislava – The Goblins of ‘Profondo Rosso’

The Italian cult band “Goblins”, famous for their soundtracks for Dario Argento’s best known films, made a stop in the Slovakian capital. The concert was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute where the Italian group was fronted by Slovak rock band “Persona Grata”. Read more, in Italian.

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Washington – Italian food traditions take centre stage

Ahead of opening of the 2015 Milan EXPO, the Embassy of Italy in the United States organised two conferences in Washington for celebrated Italian food history and cuisine expert Francine Segan: one at the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library, where Segan will speak about traditions and innovations in Italian gastronomy. The other will […]

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Panama – Italian unification celebrated in music

The Embassy of Italy in Panama and the Italian Cultural Institute celebrated the 154th anniversary of the Italian unification with a concert held in the parliament building. The event, which was a great success, was a first for an Italo-Panamanian orchestra that was set up within the framework of a bilateral cultural accord consisting of […]

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Gentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)

As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]

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Gentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)

As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]

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From the World to the Farnesina: the coexistence of differences

The Farnesina sent a strong message against racial discrimination by joining the “Switch on your mind, shut off your prejudices” campaign organised by the national anti-racial discrimination office (UNAR) of the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which the MFAIC joined through its Comitato Unico di Garanzia (joint assurance […]

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Zagreb – The art of Riccardo Dalisi

The Italian CulturalInstitute of Zagreb will host an exhibition from 17 March to 10 April of the work of architect Riccardo Dalisi, professor in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Naples, as well as world-renowned designer and two-time winner of the Golden Compass award, the latest of which in 2014 was for “social […]

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Italy – Austria: Valensise – Linhart meeting

Stability along the European Union’s eastern borders, political solutions to the Syrian and Libyan crises and the gradual European integration of the Balkan countries are important sectors for cooperation between Italy and Austria. This was what emerged from meetings in Rome between the delegations led by Farnesina Secretary General Michele Valensise and his Austrian opposite […]

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Tirana – Drones Made in Italy fly over Hadrianopolis archaeological area

The use in drones in land observation and management is booming. Italy’s architects and engineers, along with geologists and archaeologists, are flocking to the use of these new flying machines in their work. And the University of Macerata knows that only too well. Indeed, studying archaeological sites with radio-controlled drones is exactly what the Italo-Albanian […]

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Monaco – International Made in Italy Forum: 2nd edition ahead of EXPO

At little more than a month to the opening of EXPO 2015, the universal exposition will be precisely the main theme of the International Made in Italy Forum (10-12 April) at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco. The event, in keeping with the Italian government’s strategic objectives, is being promoted by the Embassy […]

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Budapest – “From the purest source”, Hungary presents its EXPO pavilion

The countdown has begun for the 2015 Milan EXPO (from May 1st to 31 October). Hungary, one of the 145 participants in the event, will present its pavilion at the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest at 16:00 on Monday 23 March. Hungarian EXPO Commissioner General Géza Szőcs will be on hand. “From the purest source” […]

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