Over the centuries, Istanbul was the capital of various empires, from the Byzantine to the Ottoman. That it is a city symbolic of the encounter of East and West, as well as a hub for culture (and was European Capital of Culture in 2010), is something that Rome’s historic Russo Art Gallery has well understood. […]
Read more“You have to find the right words, words are so important”, says Michele – aka Nanni Moretti in his celebrated 1989 film “Palombella rossa”. In one of the Italian director’s most famous and quoted lines, he urges us to reflect on the importance of language and the fact that it is necessary to say the […]
Read moreThe ceremony for the award of the Suga Atsuko prize for translation will be held at 18:30 on 13 November in the Umberto Agnelli auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, which has organised the event. The prize for the translation of Italian works into Japanese was instituted this year and is dedicated to […]
Read moreA press conference will be held at 10:30 on 10 November 2014 at the Farnesina for the presentation of the Year of Italy in Latin America 2015 in the presence of the diplomatic corps accredited in Italy. The Year of Italy in Latin America will feature a calendar of more than one thousand events, including […]
Read moreThe “ADI Design Index” exhibition, to run in Rome from 17 to 26 November, will be presented at the Farnesina in the presence of the diplomatic corps at 11:00 on 12 November 2014. The ADI (Industrial Design Association) is the largest Italian association of industrial design firms, designers and researchers and mounts this jury-selected annual […]
Read moreMalaysia: upcoming call for tenders for Kuala Lumpur ATMS The Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation announced the call within the next two months for tenders by the Ministry of Transport for the supply of a new air traffic management system (ATMS) that is an integral part of the modernisation plans for the Kuala Lumpur International […]
Read moreA press conference will be held at 10:30 on 10 November 2014 at the Farnesina for the presentation of the Year of Italy in Latin America 2015 in the presence of the diplomatic corps accredited in Italy. The Year of Italy in Latin America will feature a calendar of more than one thousand events, including […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni condemned the brutal burning alive of two Christians in Pakistan. “A shameful act that provokes deep indignation”, asserted Gentiloni, who urged the Pakistani government to do everything possible to bring the guilty to justice. “What has happened in Pakistan is the latest unacceptable aggression against Christians, […]
Read more Director Andrei Konchalovsky, recent winner of Venice’s Silver Lion with his film “The Postman’s White Nights”, was invited to the Embassy of Italy in Moscow to speak at a public event aimed at underscoring the intensity of Italo-Russian cultural relations. The Russian director chose “The culture of civilisations” as the theme of a speech […]
Read moreThe exhibition “The New Italian Design”, curated by Milan’s Triennale Design Museum, brought Italian innovation and creativity to Cape Town’s Water Front. Designers, collectors and journalists, tourists and residents and a large number of secondary school and university students were among the visitors. A cycle of seminars with Italian architects was run simultaneously, while the […]
Read moreCopenhagen’s prestigious Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum was the setting for a concert by soloists of Italian opera, who performed traditional selections, particularly from Verdi, in a musical offering that was the centrepiece of the local events planned in honour of the Italian EU Presidency. Nearly 500 guests included members of the accredited diplomatic corps, local […]
Read moreThe international conference “No Justice without life”, organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio with the participation of the Embassy of Italy, was recently held in the city of Manila. The event, following up on a conference on the same topic in Tokyo, aimed to raise awareness of the cause in the countries of Asia using […]
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