Osaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings

Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]

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Caracas – Italy celebrates the month of the Oscars

The Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas is celebrating the month of the Oscars with the screening of four Italian films that have won the famed Academy Award over the years: Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 “New Cinema Paradiso”, Gabriele Salvatores’ 1991 “Mediterraneo”, “Roberto Benigni’s 1998 “Life is Beautiful” and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 “The Great Beauty”, to be […]

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Miami – All’s ready for Simply Italian Great Wines

The 5th edition of the event “Simply Italian Great Wines” will take place on 11 February in Miami, and is one of the world’s most important wine tasting events. Italy will be represented by no less than 40 stands that will feature tastings, conferences and workshops. The initiative have been organised by International Exhibition Management […]

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Brussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon ‎

The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched A predicted exponential increase in air traffic through the Ethiopian capital (flows of 18-25 million passengers annually by 2025, compared with a current 5-6 million), and its goal to make Addis Ababa the undisputed hub of African air industry, has led the government of Ethiopia to […]

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Marseilles – Pompei and Europe, nature and history

Art historian and CNRS(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) researcher Maria Teresa Caracciolo, expert on European painting of the 18th and 19th centuries and Franco-Italian relations during the Revolution and the Empire, will hold a conference entitled “Pompei and Europe. Nature and History”, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseilles on 10 February. The conference […]

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Athens – Conference on “Extermination of Jews in Greece”

On Thursday, 29 January, a conference will be held in Athens entitled, “From Salonika to Athens. The extermination of the Jews in Greece”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event is part of the international Holocaust Remembrance initiatives and commemorates, in particular, Italy’s attempt to save as many Jews as possible – including non-Italians […]

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Moscow – IE Presents the ‘Architects of Expo 2015’

An event organised by the Moscow ICE will centre on the presentation of the Italian and Russian EXPO 2015 pavilions in two brief seminars held by the architects that designed them, respectively Micheles Molé of Nemesis and Serghei Choban of Speech. The event is intended to promote the upcoming MADE Expo (Milan, 18-21 March) by […]

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Cooperation – Emergency contribution for people of Eastern Ukraine

In light of the serious humanitarian crisis resulting from clashes in Eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has earmarked an overall contribution 200,000 euro for emergency humanitarian interventions by the International Red Cross Committee (IRCC). Emergency assistance activities in concert with Ukraine Red Cross and local authoritiesA 100,000-euro contribution to the IRCC will go toward emergency […]

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Cooperation – Emergency contribution for people of Eastern Ukraine

In light of the serious humanitarian crisis resulting from clashes in Eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has earmarked an overall contribution 200,000 euro for emergency humanitarian interventions by the International Red Cross Committee (IRCC). Emergency assistance activities in concert with Ukraine Red Cross and local authoritiesA 100,000-euro contribution to the IRCC will go toward emergency […]

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GB – Italian ambassador opens innovative hospital unit

Ambassador of Italy to London Pasquale Terracciano opened an innovative medical laboratory at the hospital in Leicester that will make possible greater precision in the administration of pharmaceuticals and large savings for that National Health Service facility. The laboratory is the fruit of collaboration between the Service and the Italian firm Ingegneria Biomedica Santa Lucia […]

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Gentiloni urges stop to violence and military action in southern Lebanon. Phone calls with Commander Portolano and Minister Margallo

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni spoke by telephone with UNIFIL Commander General Luciano Portolano. Minister Gentiloni received updated information on the clashes that had continued since late morning in the eastern section of the UNIFIL mission’s operating area, and during which one Spanish Blue Helmet lost his life. “In expressing its […]

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