Toronto – The genius of Michelangelo on display

The genius of Michelangelo will be showcased in Canada until January 2015, with the “Michelangelo Quest for Genius” exhibition hosted by the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto. The exhibition was organised by Casa Buonarroti, in Florence, and the MetaMorfosi Association. The initiative was presented by the gallery’s director, Matthew Teitelbaum, and by Pietro Folena […]

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Paraguay – Emilio Salgari stars in Italian Language Week

The 14th Italian Language Week was a resounding success in Asunción, capital city of Paraguay. The exhibition entitled “Emilio Salgari. La fabbrica dei sogni: dalla Malesia al Paraguay”, which was opened in the presence of two of Paraguay’s ministers,Mabel Causarano (culture) and Anna Baiardi (gender issues), attracted especially keen interest. Read more, in Italian.

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Ucraina: Mogherini sente Poroshenko, avanti con riforme e preservare accordi minsk

The elections in Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements were the focus of a phone call today, 29 October 2014, between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko. Mogherini congratulated Poroshenko on the outcome of the vote on Sunday 27 October. The two discussed the reforms that will be taken […]

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My 8 months at the Farnesina

These have been 8 intense months. Before 2014 the world, and our region in particular, had perhaps never seen so many crises all occurring at once and all of exceptional gravity: from Ukraine to Libya, from Gaza to ISIL, from Syria to Iraq to the drama of Ebola. The “balance sheet” we have drawn up […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: New railway line planned for Melbourne area

The State of Victoria will probably be building a new railway line in the region north of Melbourne. The initiative is included in the election manifestos of the 2 main parties taking part in the local government elections taking place in late November. The new line would start at South Morang station, where the metropolitan […]

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Social Impact Investment Task Force meets at the Farnesina

Dialogue between representatives of the institutions and key actors from global social impact financing sector After Washington, London, Paris and Berlin, the latest meeting of the Social Impact Investment Task Force (SIIT) has taken place in Rome, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The SIIT was set up in 2013 under the […]

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Middle East: Joint Israeli-Italian Commission selects projects – Industrial, scientific and technological cooperation

The Joint Israeli-Italian Commission set up under the Bilateral Agreement for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation met on 22 October 2014 in Tel Aviv. The aim of the meeting was to select joint research and development projects in both the industrial and academic spheres to be funded in 2014. Another aim was to establish the […]

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Cameroon – Music and the Made in Italy brand for “Italian Language Week”

The Italian Embassy in Yaoundé has organised a number of events to mark the 14th “Italian Language in the World Week”. Initiatives include concerts by the Caronte group in Douala and Yaoundé, organised with support from Pirelli, Alpicam and UTA, with the collaboration of Brussels Airlines and the Institut Français in Cameroon. Other initiatives include […]

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Brazil – A book tells the story of a “Neapolitan empress in the tropics”

A book entitled “Teresa Cristina di Bourbon: un’imperatrice napoletana ai tropici” will be launched on Thursday 6 November in São Paulo, in Brazil. The book will be presented by Aniello Angelo Avella, professor at the Università di Roma Tor Vergata and author of numerous works on Italian-Brazilian cultural relations. Read more, in Italian

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“Ferite a morte” – a performance for Italian Language Week

The initiatives organised by the Italian Embassy to mark Italian Language in the World Week will close with a performance of “Ferite a morte”, written by Serena Dandini and Maura Misiti to highlight the problems of victims of domestic violence. Other “Italian Language” events include the exhibition entitled “Georgia-Italia: il dialogo culturale nei manoscritti”, a […]

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Angola – “A modern country in the heart of Africa” recounted by Giuseppe Mistretta

“A modern country in the heart of Africa”: that is how former ambassador to Angola, Giuseppe Mistretta, describes the country in the guide book, Italian title “Un Paese moderno nel centro dell’Africa”, that he has written with Federica Polselli. Published by Polaris, the book is the only guide to Angola in Italian. It includes a […]

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Genoa – Science Festival, the Farnesina organises 3 round tables

The 12th Science Festival – one of the Ligurian regional capital’s most important international events – will run in Genoa from 24 October to 2 November 2014. “Time” – in all its forms, from the evolution of the species to physics to climate – will be the Festival theme. The event will include interactive science […]

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