Prague – Great lyrical music in the heart of Bohemia

The most beautiful of Verdi’s arias will take centre stage in Prague in a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at 19:30 in the city’s Smetana Hall featuring Bass baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, who returns to the capital nearly two years after his sell-out success at the Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall. The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted […]

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Minsk – Italy a top participant in the 22nd International Book Fair ‎

The 22nd Minsk International Book Fair opens on 11 February, and Italy will be participating with a stand arranged by the Embassy showcasing two Italian publishing houses specialised in didactic literature – Alma Edizioni and Edilingua – as well as the many opportunities to study the Italian language in Belarus. Visitors to the stand will […]

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Shanghai – 2015 the year of rebalanced trade

The year 2015 will be one to adjust the trade balance between Italy and China, which currently places the Asian giant well ahead of our country. This is the goal of the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai for the year of the Milan EXPO. “All the components of our country system”, Italian Consul General […]

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EU: Gentiloni at Foreign Affairs Council, Agenda centred on Ukraine crisis

The Ukraine crisis is at the centre of the agenda of a foreign ministers council meeting, where Minister Paolo Gentiloni is participating. A negotiated settlement to Ukraine crisis  The European foreign ministers meeting begins a week that promises to be a demanding one for European and international diplomats seeking a negotiated solution to the Ukraine […]

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Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States

The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn all acts of violence within Libya, including the February 3 attack carried out by forces operating under the Alshuruq Operation in the Oil Crescent area. These attacks undermine the efforts of Libyans who are working to bring peace and […]

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Munich Conference: Gentiloni cites negotiation as route to settling Ukraine crisis

Negotiation continues to be the only viable route to settling the crisis in Ukraine. “Imagining a military solution as a contribution would be unjustifiably hazardous”, said Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who attended the international security conference in Munich, as he commented on Italy’s stance. Gentiloni, who also held a bilateral meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei […]

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Madrid – Photography – Fontana’s colours in Spain

“Photography must make the invisible visible, not simply reproduce the visible”. These are the words of photographer Franco Fontana, whose work on colour will be on display in Madrid in a personal exhibition entitled “Color” at the Mondo Galería. Running from 20 February to 4 April 2015, the exhibition is organised by the Italian Cultural […]

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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. For Italy, a traditional battle for civility, says Gentiloni. Important events today at the UN in New York and Geneva

“For many years now, Italy has been in the front line in combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and has been taking this campaign forward within Italy too, with very advanced legislation”. This was part of the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, to mark the International Day of […]

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Mexico – Italian machinery and industrial products

Seven Italian companies from four regions (Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna) represented Italy at Expomanufactura 2015, Mexico’s most important manufacturing fair. The Italian pavilion was organised jointly by the Ministry for Economic Development and the Italian Trade Agency-ICE, with support from the Italian Embassy in Mexico City. Mexico is an important market for technology “Made […]

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Hanoi – Italian architecture with “Small Utopias”

The exhibition entitled “Small Utopias: Italian architecture in the third millennium between history, research and innovation” opens tomorrow, 7 February 2015, in Hanoi. The initiative was organised by the Italian Embassy in Vietnam, headed by Ambassador Lorenzo Angeloni, as part of the Y-Viet 2015 programme. Hosted by Casa Italia, the exhibition consists of 10 panels […]

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Hamburg – Focus on Calabria, with events at the Italian Cultural Institute

Calabria is in the limelight in Hamburg, where the Italian Cultural Institute has organised a programme of events illustrating the region. Calabrian musician Peppe Voltarelli presented his first book, “Il caciocavallo di Bronzo”, while Calabria in film features in screenings of “Un ragazzo di Calabria”, directed by Luigi Comencini, and “Il Sud è niente”, by […]

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Great Britain – Ambassador visits Cambridge research institutes

To support the growing scientific collaboration between Italy and the United Kingdom, the Italian Ambassador, Pasquale Terracciano, visited the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) at the University of Cambridge today, 6 February 2015. During his visit the Ambassador met Professor Graziano Pesole, director of the Institute of Biomembrane and Bioenergetics (IBBE), to discuss Italy’s participation in […]

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