Amsterdam, an International Event on Italian Studies in the World

 “Italian studies in Italy and abroad. Reflections on research and teaching” is the title of an international event to be held in Amsterdam on 15 September at the Italian Cultural Institute. The event, which was jointly organised with the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden, will be attended by the Italian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Giorgio […]

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Villa Vigoni, “Young Voices” call for applications

The German-Italian centre for European Dialogue Villa Vigoni presents a new intercultural political project, aimed to promote youth participation in the European elections. Villa Vigoni issued the “German-Italian Young Voices active in the electoral campaign for the European Parliament” call for applications seeking for young applicants aged from 18 to 30 from Italy and Germany to […]

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Visit by Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani, to China and Kazakhstan (3-5 September)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is on an official mission to China and Kazakhstan. The visit starts today, Sunday 3 September, and ends on Tuesday 5 September. The first part of the mission is devoted to numerous cultural events, testifying to the crucial role of this aspect […]

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Prague, Italy and the Czech Republic together in concert

The Italian Cultural Institute of Prague presents two concerts consecrated to the friendship between Italy and the Czech Republic, featuring the InArte Youth Orchestra and the folk ensemble Kolíček performing together. The concerts will be held on Wednesday 6 September in the Assembly Hall of the New Town Hall and on Thursday 7 September in the […]

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LoveITDetroit celebrates the sustainability of Italian design

After the success of the 2022 edition, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan are taking the second edition of their “LoveITDetroit” project to the Detroit Month of Design. This year, the project won the first “City of Italian Creativity in the World” call for tenders from the Ministry […]

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Voices from the Farnesina – Avamposti (Outposts). Italy in frontier places: Australia

Italy has 129 embassies in the world, many of which represent our country in geographically distant and, for various aspects, little-known contexts. “Avamposti”, the new podcast series produced in collaboration with the AGI news agency, has selected some of them to describe their different facets and also analyse them in the light of their relations […]

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Mission of Italian Undersecretary Silli to the Dominican Republic (30-31 August)

Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, went on a diplomatic mission to the Dominican Republic to co-chair together with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, José Julio Gomez, the second session of the Political Dialogue Mechanism – the main forum for consultation between Rome and […]

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“Golden Age”: the Italian design on show in New York

On the occasion of the Art Week New York, from 5 to 10 September, the Italian Cultural Institute presents “Golden Age”, the exhibition featuring works of art and design objects, realised by Officina della Scala to outline the virtuosity of Made in Italy’s handicraft and the sustainability it represents worldwide. The exhibited works will include pieces made with precious materials […]

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Italy at the forefront for the reconstruction of Odessa and its cathedral

TOLEDO – The President of MAXXI, Alessandro Giuli, and the President of the Triennale di Milano, Stefano Boeri, will be in Odessa on 6-7 September to hold talks with the local authorities and survey the destroyed sites, starting with the Transfiguration Cathedral. They will be joined by UNESCO’s Representative to Ukraine, Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, and […]

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Copenhagen: an exhibition on Italian inspiration in Danish theatre

The Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen presents a new version of the exhibition “Tre secoli di ispirazione italiana nel teatro danese. Da Ludvig Holberg a Dario Fo” (“Three Centuries of Italian Inspiration in Danish Theatre. From Ludvig Holberg to Dario Fo”), already on display last spring at the National Library in Rome. Transferred to the […]

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Italian jazz stars at Detroit Festival

As part of the 2023 edition of the Detroit Jazz Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago is presenting a performance by the quartet made up of the Milan-based group “Hurricane Trio” – Roberto Mattei on bass, Lorenzo Blardone on piano and Massimiliano Salina on drums – together with Detroit saxophonist Chris Collins, who is […]

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Mission of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, to Toledo to attend the Gymnich meeting

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Toledo today and tomorrow, 30-31 August, to attend the Informal Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich). The meeting will focus on the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the crisis in Niger, as well as its […]

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