Italy admitted as Observer to Arctic Council

The news that Italy had been admitted to the Arctic Council with Observer status was received with great satisfaction and gratitude to the Council members and the Swedish Presidency that championed the move. Recognising both our country’s longtime participation in research and studies on the Arctic, as well as the interest of Italian firms in […]

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Bonino in Parliament – Foreign Ministry to contribute to Italy’s rebound

Promotion of the country’s productive system, strengthening of the European Union, the Middle East peace process, the Syrian crisis, Libya and the solution to the case of the marines held in India were some of the foreign ministry’s main planning concerns outlined by Minister Emma Bonino in her report before the Upper and Lower Houses […]

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Bonino in Parliament, planning report – Foreign Ministry to contribute to country’s rebound

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends “to contribute to the economic recovery and consolidation” of the country, which is the government’s top “priority”, and to do so, first and foremost, through the “internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises”, a mission that will be shared with the Ministries of Economic Development and of Foreign Trade, announced […]

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SLOVACCHIA – In arrivo festival italiano ‘Dolce Vitaj’ (in translation)

Mancano poche settimane al via per il Festival italiano in Slovacchia ‘Dolce vitaj’, organizzato dall’Istituto italiano di cultura di Bratislava in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata italiana e la Camera di commercio italo-slovacca. Un nome, un programma per una rassegna che richiama la nota espressione italiana, evocando allo stesso tempo la parola ‘benvenuto’ (vitaj) in slovacco.Quest’anno sara’ […]

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SERBIA – All’ambasciatore Varricchio premio “Europeo dell’anno 2012” (in translation)

E’ andato anche al nostro ambasciatore a Belgrado, Armando Varricchio, il premio “Europeo dell’anno 2012”, assegnato ogni anno a sei personalita’ del mondo della politica, dell’economia, della diplomazia, della cultura, dell’imprenditoria e della scienza. Il vicepremier Aleksandar Vucic, nel corso della cerimonia, ha ringraziato l’Italia per il continuo sostegno al percorso di integrazione europea della […]

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WASHINGTON – Inaugurata mostra dedicata a Bice Lazzarri (in translation)

Si e’ aperta al National Museum of Women in the Arts (Nmwa) di Washington la mostra dal titolo “Bice Lazzari: Signature Line”. L’esposizione, che il pubblico potra’ visitare fino al 22 settembre prossimo, e’ dedicata all’artista Bice Lazzari, figura simbolo della pittura astratta in Italia negli anni Venti e Trenta. Organizzata in collaborazione con l’Archivio […]

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BUDAPEST – Seminar on italian restoriation

A seminar entitled “The future of our past: avant-garde technologies for conservation and restoration”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, will be held tomorrow in Budapest during a day dedicated to Italian and Hungarian experiences conservation and restoration of monuments and cultural patrimony in general, a sector of deep mutual interest. Read more, in Italian.

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VALONA – Award of the ‘Giovani sguardi su Italia’ prize

With the prize for the three best short films, the Italian Consulate General’s competition “Giovani sguardi sull’Italia” for young Albanian students of Italian in Valona, came to an end. The project allowed the students to work with young Italian filmmakers Niki Dell’Anno and Nadia Bianco. Twelve films were presented, all of which developed the theme […]

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Bonino to deliver planning report in Parliamen – Wednesday 15 May before joint Senate-Chamber Foreign Commissions

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is scheduled to deliver a planning report to the joint Senate and Chamber Foreign Affairs Commissions on Wednesday 15 May. The report will be broadcast live on web TV, satellite TV and the Senate Youtube channel.

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PRAGA – Between the Tiber and Moldava

The intertwined histories and personalities of Bohemia, Moldavia and the unified Italy form the theme of the new book “”L’unita’ d’Italia. Un intreccio di storia tra Tevere e Moldava?”, to be launched on Thursday at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague. The book is a collection of interviews by a group of Italian and Czech […]

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Minister Emma Bonino sends condolences to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Aziz

Following yesterday’s attack in Benghazi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino send this message of condolences to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Aziz: “I was deeply shocked and distressed at the news yesterday of the cruel attack in the city of Benghazi that took the lives of so many innocent victims that spared not even the […]

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FRANCE – Italian pianist Campaner gives Paris concert

The Italian Cultural Institute of Paris will offer a concert today by young Italian pianist Gloria Campaner who will perform the music of Chopin, Wagner, Verdi and Liszt and conclude with Franck’s Sonata for Piano, accompanied by violinist Constance Ronzatti and Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble Intercontemporain. The event is part of the “Promise of Art” programme […]

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