Messaggio del Sottosegretario Mario Giro relativo al percorso preparatorio degli “Stati generali lingua nel mondo” (in translation)

Cari amici, a tutti i partecipanti ai lavori preparatori degli Stati Generali della lingua italiana nel mondo, davanti a voi avete quasi tre mesi di lavoro per produrre brevi documenti che possano essere illustrati alle plenarie degli Stati Generali, animando le discussioni dei gruppi di lavoro di quei due giorni d’ottobre. La qualità del dibattito […]

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#Farnesina – “Photographing Cooperation”

“The meeting during the night with refugees just over the border who have been waiting for days to get into Jordan…these are situations and faces that terrify you. You don’t even need to ask what their stories are, it’s in their eyes”. The recollection is still fresh in the mind of Annalisa Vandelli, journalist, photographer […]

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Albania – Young Voices for Italy prizes awarded

Young Albanian singers performing new compositions in Italian were awarded prizes in Valona, the coastal city that hosted the “Young Voices for Italy” competition sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy. Read more, in Italian

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Cologne – Italian music from Baroque to Contemporary

Conductor Alessandro Quarta was recently invited by the Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne to hold a series of 10 lectures from 10 to 19 May, followed by a performance by the Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz Koeln of music from the Roman Renaissance to Baroque. Two concerts were also offered by flautist Roberto Fabbriciani. Read […]

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Romania – Italian food, fashion and design Festival

Over 100 design, fashion and food brands from the BelPaese will bring the best of Made in Italy to the Romanian public where “Italian Festival”, running through 17 June, will involve more than 500 shops and restaurants, along with major supermarket chains, in a series of samplings, culinary demonstrations and literary events. Read more, in […]

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Dubai – Italy prominent at “Index” Furniture Fair

The International Design Exhibition, Index, tobe held in Dubai on 22 May, is one of the interior design and furnishings sector’s key events.Over 100 Italian firms will participate, making Italy the top presence at the event, as Italian ambassador Giorgio Starace was pleased to underscore. Read more, in Italian.

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Cultural Promotion – States-General on the Italian language get under way

Preparatory sessions got under way on Wednesday at the foreign ministry in Rome for the States-General on the Italian Language in the World, an initiative to be held in October in collaboration with the Ministries of Education and Culture. Strategies for the dissemination of the Italian language The States-General will offer an opportunity to examine […]

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Sud Sudan: Italia stanzia altri 3,5 mln di euro per interventi emergenza

Italy announced at a conference of South Sudan donors in Oslo that it would earmark an additional 3.5 million euro, as per a decision by Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. The funds will go to emergency interventions as follows: 1.5 million to Italian NGOs and 2 million to multilateral Unite National agencies operating in […]

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Mogherini a riunione euromediterranea a Lisbona. Incontra omologo libico

The Libyan crisis, stability, migrations and development in the Mediterranean will be the topics of the ministerial meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue (5+5) in Lisbon that Minister Mogherini is scheduled to attend. Seated at the same table will be the European heads of diplomacy of Italy, Portugal, Spain, France and Malta, along with those of […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 21 May: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Bolivia: President Morales OKs petrochemical project (Tecnimont) During the 4th international congress on hydro-carbons organised by Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolvianos (YPFB), Bolivian president Morales announced his government’s decision to go forward on the construction of a petrochemical hub in the Tarija Department for the production of ethylene-polyethylene and propylene-polypropylene with an initial investment of 1.8 […]

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Libreville – ‘Muccino’s ‘Baciami ancora’ opens Gabon Film Festival

Italian director Gabriele Muccino’s “Baciami ancora” opened the “La Semaine du Cinema Europeen” in the capital of Gabon, a film festival organised by the Italian embassy in Libreville together with the French, German and Spanish diplomatic missions and the EU delegation. Read more, in Italian.

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London – “The invention of Italy” a great success

“The invention of Italy”, a cycle of history lessons held in London and organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the collaboration of the Laterza publishing house and the support of ENI and Intesa Sanpaolo scored a big success. The organisers are now planning another cycle of nine lessons for the autumn, to coincide with […]

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