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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Los Angeles – TaorminaFilmFest to launch in the USA

In the run-up to the 61st TaorminaFilmFest, which will run from 12 to 20 June 2015, the organisers have announced an important new development for 2016: the Festival will be extended to Los Angeles. Thanks to an agreement with the Italian Cultural Institute, our Consulate General and the Italian Trade Agency-ICE, the city will host […]

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Warsaw: an Italian graphic novel tells the story of the man who discovered the holocaust

Jan Karski was a Polish resistance fighter who escaped the Warsaw ghetto and in 1943 told Churchill and Roosevelt of the horrors of the Shoah. Two Italian illustrators, Marco Rizzo and Lelio Bonaccorso have now told his story, in graphic novel form. Their book, “Jan Karski. L’uomo che scoprì l’olocausto”, will be presented on Monday […]

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Accreditation notice: “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Milan Charter” (Milan, 7 February 2015)

On Saturday 7 February at 14.15, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, will hold a press conference during the event entitled “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Charter of Milan”. The event itself will run from 10.00 to 17.30 at the Bicocca Hangar, Sala delle Torri (via Chiese […]

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Accreditation notice: “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Milan Charter” (Milan, 7 February 2015)

On Saturday 7 February at 14.15, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, will hold a press conference during the event entitled “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Charter of Milan”. The event itself will run from 10.00 to 17.30 at the Bicocca Hangar, Sala delle Torri (via Chiese […]

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Accreditation notice: “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Milan Charter” (Milan, 7 February 2015)

On Saturday 7 February at 14.15, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, will hold a press conference during the event entitled “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Charter of Milan”. The event itself will run from 10.00 to 17.30 at the Bicocca Hangar, Sala delle Torri (via Chiese […]

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Accreditation notice: “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Milan Charter” (Milan, 7 February 2015)

On Saturday 7 February at 14.15, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, will hold a press conference during the event entitled “The Ideas of EXPO 2015 – Towards the Charter of Milan”. The event itself will run from 10.00 to 17.30 at the Bicocca Hangar, Sala delle Torri (via Chiese […]

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USA – Our Embassy in a mission to promote cooperation

Claudio Bisogniero, the Italian Ambassador to the United States, has been on a mission to Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky to meet state authorities and promote economic, cultural and scientific relations with Italy. Another goal was to underscore the importance of EXPO Milan 2015 and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Bisogniero’s programme also […]

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Nice – Exhibition features Italy’s UNESCO sites, with the focus on Piedmont

All eyes on Piedmont at the opening of the exhibition on “Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites: a journey in 50 Images”, organised by the Italian Consulate General in Nice, the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille and the association for Italian World Heritage assets. The recently included Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato took pride […]

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Beatification of Mons. Romero a strong signal from Pope Francis, says Under-Secretary Giro

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with delegated authority for Latin America, Mario Giro, has expressed his satisfaction and emotion over the Holy Father’s decision to proceed with the beatification process for the Archbishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Romero. The Archbishop was the victim of a barbaric assassination in 1980, while he was […]

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