Washington, virtual meeting with author Edith Bruck

The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington has organised a virtual meeting, on 24 January 2022, with the Hungarian-born, naturalised Italian, author Edith Bruck, a witness of the Shoah. The author will dialogue with Stefania Lucamante, Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Cagliari and Professor of Italian Studies at the Catholic University of America, […]

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Italian nationals returning to Italy and foreigners in Italy

  As of January 2020, the health emergency caused by COVID-19 persists worldwide. All persons intending to travel abroad, regardless of destination or reason for travel, should consider that any journey during this period may involve a health risk. In particular, if molecular or antigenic testing is required for entry into Italy or returning to […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Memorial International

Italy has expressed deep concern about the decision of the Russian Supreme Court to close down the Russian NGO Memorial International, whose work is fundamental to preserving the memory of the past, in line with the principles of fundamental freedoms upheld by the Council of Europe.

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Minister Luigi Di Maio presents Italy’s candidacy to host the 10th World Water Forum

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, and the Mayor of Florence and Chairman of the Promoting Committee, Dario Nardella, will present the candidacy of Florence, Assisi and Rome to host the 10th World Water Forum, an event organised by […]

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Turkey, more and more students choosing Italian universities

The number of students from Turkey choosing to study in Italy is rising significantly. This has emerged from the “Italia chiama Turchia” (Italy calling Turkey) project, which aims to collect useful data for promoting academic relations between Italy and Turkey, with a view both to strengthening relations and cooperation between the universities of the two countries and consolidating the number of academic exchanges between Italian […]

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China: Milano Design Film Festival arrives in Chengdu

On Friday, December 17, the Vice Consul of Italy in Chongqing, Adriana Lori, participated in the ceremony of inauguration of the Milano Design Film Festival at the renowned Zhongxin bookstore in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province. The event was attended by the Vice Director of the Management Committee of the Tianfu New Area, Diao Yi, the Vice General Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the City of Chengdu, Huang Tao and […]

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Beijing hosts a retrospective of film director Vittorio De Sica

The collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing and the China Film Archive continues. Last year’s successful retrospective of the works of Federico Fellini, in fact, will be followed this year by a retrospective dedicated to another great master of Italian cinema, Vittorio De Sica. Opening on 25 December, until 23 January 2022, the […]

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Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on a visit to Tunisia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is visiting Tunis to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Kais Saied, and the Prime Minister, Najla Bouden Romdhan.

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Press accreditation for the launch event relative to Italy’s candidacy to host the 10th edition of the World Water Forum (Farnesina, December 29, 2021, 10 a.m.)

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, the Farnesina will hold a launch event announcing Italy’s candidacy to host the “10th  Edition of the World Water Forum”. The event will be attended by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, and the […]

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Argentina, a webinar for National Space Day

To mark the National Space Day 2021, the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires organised a webinar titled “Italy and Argentina in Space”, held on 16 December. Space technology is a priority sector for scientific collaboration between Italy and Argentina. Most recently, following the launch of the SAOCOM 1B satellite on 30 August 2020, the Italian-Argentinean […]

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Madrid: an exhibition and musical event dedicated to Arrigo Boito

As part of the parallel activities with the Royal Theater of Madrid, on the occasion of the production of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, on stage at the Royal Theater until January 4, 2022, coproduced with the Royal Opera House of London and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and directed by Maestro Nicola Luisotti, the […]

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Bruxelles hosts an exhibition of Nazareno Rocchetti

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels is hosting an exhibition of works by renowned Italian artist Nazareno Rocchetti. Painter, sculptor, ceramist and performer, Nazareno Rocchetti entered the art world in his maturity, but made up for lost time by quickly making a name for himself. Until 1999, in fact, he worked as a masseur for the […]

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