Together in life, together in art: in conjunction with the 38th Festival des Film du Monde, held this year in Montreal, the Italian Cultural Institute hosted an encounter in Italian and open to the public with Margaret Mazzantini and Sergio Castellitto. Wife and husband as well as acclaimed filmmaking duo, they were on hand to […]
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Read moreToday’s alarming news once again from Ukraine was the focus of a telephone meeting that Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini held today with her Ukraine colleague Pavel Klimkin. The chief Kiev diplomat voiced his concerns to Mogherini over developments on the ground, despite the hopes sparked for the launch of negotiations after the recent […]
Read moreAccording to Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, approval of the UN Security Council resolution on Libya confirms the central role that the United Nations must play in settling the crisis. “At this dramatic moment so decisive to the country’s destiny, the resolution once again urges all parties to engage in inclusive political dialogue and […]
Read more“Grecia e Magna Grecia” is a photographic exhibition that explores the bonds of friendship and cultural exchange that unite our two countries, as told through the eyes and images of 13 Italian and Greek artists. The exhibit is curated by Iakovos Skiadas and consists of approximately 60 works. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe fourth edition of the international European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM) gets underway on Friday in Helsinki. One of the largest and most important multidisciplinary events regarding the avant-garde and modernism in Europe, scholars from all over the world will be participating in this years’ meeting, which falls under the title “Utopia”. […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institiute of Tokyo will host a conference on September 1st entitled “Hasekura Tsunenaga, cittadino romano di Sendai”. The conference will focus on the facts surrounding the first Japanese diplomatic mission established in Italy 400 years ago by Hasekura, who has become a sort of icon for the ancient relations enjoyed by Italy […]
Read moreMozambique: “Italian Alliance for Ports”In coincidence with the Maputo International Trade Fair currently under way – and to which the nearly one hundred Italian firms participating were accompanied by Deputy Minister for Economic Development Calenda – the foreign ministry sponsored the launch of a work group mission to Mozambique, made up of representatives of companies […]
Read morePrime Minister Matteo Renzi has designated Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova to represent the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union tomorrow, 28 August, at the investiture of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at Cankaya Palace and the delegations of numerous […]
Read moreTurin’s Teatro Regio presented William Tell in concert format at the Edinburgh International Festival. Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, the performance was part of “Suono Italiano”, a series of major musical events promoted in the UK by the Italian embassy in London and the Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh in honour of the Italian EU Presidency. […]
Read moreUn concorso a premi rivolto alle aziende italiane che hanno intenzione di affacciarsi sul mercato giapponese: e’ l’iniziativa lanciata dalla Camera di commercio italiana in Giappone (Iccj), promotrice della prima edizione del concorso “Alessandro Valignano” per la promozione del business italiano in Giappone. Presentazione dell’azienda, del prodotto e della strategia di ingresso Nonostante le potenzialita’, […]
Read moreBerlin is last leg of the itinerant exhibition “Pasolini Roma”, after making stops in Barcelona, Paris and Rome. The German capital will launch an innovative project to celebrate Paolo Pasolini, the 20th century intellectual who, more than any other, succeeded in poetically reinterpreting the image of the city of Rome. Read more, in Italian.
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