SHANGHAI – An Italian historic memory tour

A tour for approximately 50 participants, through the places that represent Italy’s historic memory in Shanghai was a success, thanks to the organization of the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai and the Association of Italian Women in Shanghai (ADIS). The tour took its cues from the “Historic Map of Italians in Shanghai from 1608 to […]

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BARCELLONA – An exhibit to explore Pasolini’s relationship with Rome

An exhibition in Barcellona, running from 22 May to 15 September, retraces Pier Paolo Pasolini’s relationship with 1950s Rome, a city that was not only a place but a physical, carnal and passionate element that inspired his writings, poetry and filmmaking. The show will later mounted in Paris, Rome and Berlin. Read more, in Italian.

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ST. PETERSBURG – Italy a leader at Legal forum

A special Russian/English edition of the book “Italian Russia”, by Natan Ejdelman and Julij Krelin was presented at the third International Legal Forum by Russian Deputy Minister of Justice Yuri Lyubimov and Italian Ambassador to Moscow Antonio Zanardi Landi. The book retraces a thousand years of relations between the two nations, illustrating their depth and […]

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BERLIN – Italo-German translation prize

The sixth edition of the Italo-German prize for translation, established in 2008 and awarded alternate years in Germany and Italy to Italian and German translators who contribute to the dissemination of contemporary literature, was held in Berlin. Read more, in Italian.

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Fiume – Exhibit for 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi

The Fiume civic museum is currently hosting the exhibition “Homage to Verdi. Sketches and costumes of the Rome Opera House”, which opened to the public on 16 May and will run through 20 June. The show was organized by the Embassy of Italy in Zagreb in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Fiume […]

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Bonino in Strasbourg – New start for Italy on human rights

A “new start”, “without giving in or compromising”: Italy intends to “invert the trend” after the Court of Human Rights’ ruling on its slowness of justice, lack of respect for the right to a defence and prison conditions. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs’ Emma Bonino’s pledge before the Committee of Ministers of the Council […]

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Green Foreign Ministry

Nearly 20,000 kilos of carbon dioxide, over 250 trees and 23,000KWh in power – these are the results of the energy-saving efforts put in place by the foreign ministry’s Directorate General for Administration, IT and Communications. For more than a year now, the foreign ministry has been applying a “green” energy policy aimed at encouraging […]

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Bonino in Strasbourg for Council of Europe Ministers Committee Meeting

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is in Strasbourg today for a meeting of the Council of Europe Ministers Committee, a meeting dedicated to the reforms the organization must undertake in order to strengthen its efforts in defence of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in its 47 Member countries. After her address, […]

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TOKYO – Meeting on Italo-Japanese space cooperation

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo yesterday hosted the seminar “Italy and Japan: Space Cooperation Frontiers”, centred on the cooperative partnership that has been developing over recent years in the sectors of the use of the International Space Station (ISS), earth observation for monitoring natural disasters and space science. Considering that the two countries are […]

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ANGOLA – italian centre fights bovine disease

Italy goes to work in Angola to fight infectious bovine diseases: The ‘G.Caporale’ Istituto zooprofilattico of Teramo is starting up an ambitious programme for the treatment of sick cattle and improvement of slaughtering conditions. The main goal is to weaken the bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) that seems to be infecting the Angolan provinces of Huila, Cunene […]

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Japan – Over 300,000 visitors for Raphael

Italian exhibitions have been attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors: the Raphael exhibition at Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art, which remains open through 2 June has already drawn 300,000 visitors. Large crowds also for the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum’s showing of Leonardo masterpieces from Milan’s Ambrosiana Library, which has welcomed 55,000 visitors since its […]

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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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