Russia – Director Konchalovsky guest of the Italian embassy

‎ 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 […]

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Cape Town – ‘The New Italian Design’

The 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 […]

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Copenhagen – Italian opera soloists in concert

Copenhagen’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 […]

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Manila – Death penalty, ‘No justice without life’ conference concludes

The 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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London – Expo 2015 comes to the World Travel Market

EXPO Milano 2015 arrived at the World Travel Market, under way through Thursday at London’s ExCel Centre. More than 6 million tickets already sold Speaking at a conference organised in the offices of ENIT, EXPO ticketing director Giancarlo Perrella reported to an audience of tour operators and investors from around the world that “more than […]

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Gentiloni speaks with foreign ministers of principal EU partners, Ukraine and Serbia

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni had an exchange of views today with the foreign ministers of Spain, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on topics ranging from the stabilisation of the Mediterranean basin, and particularly Libya, to the crisis in the Middle East, migration flows and recent developments in Ukraine. The discussions […]

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Ue: Della Vedova presiede la prima riunione del Gruppo di lavoro sui crimini d’odio

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova chaired the first meeting of the Work Group on Hate Crimes today at the Farnesina in Rome within the framework of the Italian EU Presidency. “Hate crimes”, Della Vedova said, “damage the social fabric at all levels. There needs to be a cultural leap of quality in addition […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Morocco: Italcementi opens solar heating plant

Morocco: Italcementi opens solar heating plant Italcementi recently opened a solar heating plant in Morocco that will help run the grinding plant of the Ait Baha cement works. It consists of three modules with a total surface of 6,000 square metres and maximum 3,800 KW of power, equivalent to approximately 1,000 MW of electrical power […]

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Gentiloni: congratulazioni a Fabiola Gianotti nuovo DG dell’Organizzazione Europea per la Ricerca Nucleare

“A great victory for scientific progress and for Italy”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni upon hearing of the appointment of physicist Fabiola Gianotti as Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and leader of CERN’s Higgs boson research team.“Fabiola Gianotti has my warmest congratulations for this exceptional […]

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Geneva – “Italian stories”, seven experiences

Seven notable Italians told the story of their lives and their work as “Storie Italiane” returned to Geneva in its second edition, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the support of the Italian Consulate General. Read more, in Italian.

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Oman – First Italian language course in Mascate

The first Italian language course was successfully launched at Oman’s Sultan Qaboos University in Mascate, the country’s largest. Two course sections were needed to accommodate the enthusiastic student response, with a total of 58 enrolling just a week after the course was announced. Italian ambassador Paola Amadei commented that “it is legitimate to presume that […]

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China – Italian architects on display at Shanghai Design Week

An exhibit of the work of 16 Italian architecture studios in China was recently held in Shanghai and eastern China within the framework of the Italian EU presidency. Hosted by Shanghai Design Week, an annual trade fair that attracts thousands of visitors, the show was inaugurated by deputy mayor of Florence Cristina Giachi and head […]

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