Emma Bonino, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Letta government, took over the post this morning at the Farnesina Palace from Mario Monti.
Read morePrime Minister and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti sent the following message to Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mrs. Signora Dipu Moni: “It is with deep distress that I learned of the tragic incident that has taken the lives of hundreds of persons in the capital Dhaka. I wish to extend my own personal and […]
Read moreProspects for new partnerships between Italy and Angola are opening up in all economic sectors, reported Luigi Marras, Director General for Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was interviewed during an international meeting organized to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Angolan independence. Read more, In Italian.
Read moreThe City of Oslo paid tribute to Italian film director Luchino Visconti in a 2-day series of conferences with professors and experts on Italian cinema. The event was sponsored by the CineCittà Luce Institute and the Foreign Ministry, and was the last in a series that began with a tribute to Federico Fellini in 2011, […]
Read moreRome and Addis Ababa unite in “Heart to Heart”, an exhibition that brings together 5 Italian and 6 Ethiopian artists in a friendly dialogue embracing painting, drawing, photography and video to explore contemporary interdependence and globalisation themes. Curated by Meskerem Assegued, the show is hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa and runs […]
Read moreThe opening of the exhibition “Leonardo, portrait of a genius”, an exhibit of works from the Ambrosiana Library of Milan shown for the first time in Japan, was a great success. 109 paintings, drawings, manuscripts and books The exhibition, mounted by at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, includes 109 paintings, drawings, manuscripts and books from the […]
Read moreThe second edition of the new Italian Cinema Festival, organized in collaboration with the CineCittà Luce Institute in Warsaw, Lodz and Gdansk was a major public and critical success. Read more, in Italian.
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Read moreMichelangelo Pistoletto, one of the leaders of the Arte Povera movement, and to whom the Louvre will open its doors through 3 September, donated a piece of his “Terzo Paradiso” to the gardens of the Italian Embassy in Paris, where an evening in honour of the sculptor was hosted on 23 April by Ambassador Giandomenico […]
Read moreItalian jewelry was showcased at Jewelry Fair Korea 2013, in an exhibition curated by the ICE-Agency Office in Seoul in which the four main Italian jewelry producing districts (Valenza, Arezzo-Firenze, Vicenza and Caserta-Napoli) were represented. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreWorks from the Farnesina Collection of Contemporary Art were displayed in an exhibition in Torun, Poland entitled “Artisti della collezione Farnesina – Carla Accardi – Smarrire i fili della voce”: 30 pieces by the Sicilian artist in various periods of her development. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBrand new vehicles and a fundamental instrument for radio communication to lead the population of Puntland toward a future of renewed development: a ceremony was held in Garowe, the capital of the North East region of Somalia, on 21 April for the official presentation of 15 Toyota 4x4s to the local police and of a […]
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