Diary of Ornament by Iacurci enters the Farnesina Collection

The Farnesina Collection has been enriched with a new project: “Diary of Ornament”, by the famous street artist Agostino Iacurci. It consists of a series of paintings inspired by the urban landscape of Brooklyn, where Iacurci has lived: details that he photographed and collected during his journey from home to the studio, later reproduced as […]

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Madrid: the director Giuseppe Piccioni awarded at the Festival of Italian Cinema

Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in Madrid, this year’s Festival of Italian Cinema will be giving this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award to the director Giuseppe Piccioni. Trained at the Gaumont Italia film school that was created and directed by Renzo Rossellini, Piccioni has received numerous international awards, […]

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Italian Cuisine Week in Poland: seminars, tutorials and tastings

The Italian Embassy in Poland has presented an exciting program of initiatives to be held throughout that country on the occasion of the 6th edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. There will be lectures, seminars, practical courses and tastings, open to the public or to experts in the sector, held in […]

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Italian Cuisine Week in Uruguay: a rich programme of events

The Embassy of Italy in Montevideo has organised a series of initiatives for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the ITA Foreign Trade Agency of Buenos Aires and the Italian Academy of Cuisine. Taking part in the conference to present the programme of events were […]

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Dakar: exhibitions, films and theatre on Dante Alighieri

In Senegal, the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar organised a vast programme of exhibitions, films, meetings and theatre on Dante Alighieri, on the occasion of the ”Italian Language Week”. From 11 October to 11 November, the face of Dante Alighieri was visible in the streets of Dakar on ten billboards placed in various districts of […]

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Portugal: the zucchini flower is the symbol of Italian cuisine

On the occasion of the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”, the Italian Embassy in Portugal has organized a series of initiatives, and the emblem chosen for the program is the zucchini flower, a product of agriculture that is highly prized in Italian kitchens but generally discarded in other countries. The celebration opens officially […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on Belarus

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, condemn the Belarus regime’s orchestration of irregular migration across its borders. These callous acts are putting people’s lives at risk. We are united in our solidarity with […]

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In Croatia they’re celebrating the Week of Italian Cuisine

A vast and diversified schedule of events will valorize the sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet. This is the project planned by the Italian Embassy in Croatia to celebrate the 6th Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. The Week will open Monday, November 22 in Zagreb with an exhibition of photography inaugurated by Ambassador […]

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Luxembourg, Italian cuisine gets to the Moon

A conference on Food in Space, entitled “Italian Food in Space: New technologies and traditional quality products for sustainability and nutritional well-being in outer space”. This is the event planned by the Italian Embassy in Luxembourg to celebrate the 6th edition of Italian Food in the World Week, dealing with “Tradition and prospects for Italian cuisine: awareness […]

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The 6th “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”

Today, 18 November, at 11.00, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be speaking at the launch of the 6th edition of the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”. Also in attendance will be Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Deputy Minister of Economic Development; Gian Marco Centinaio, Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food […]

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The 6th “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”

Today, 18 November, at 11.00, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be speaking at the launch of the 6th edition of the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”. Also in attendance will be Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Deputy Minister of Economic Development; Gian Marco Centinaio, Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food […]

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Prague, the MittelCinemaFest 2021 gets under way

Once again this year, the central European festival of contemporary Italian cinema – MittelCinemaFest – now in its 9th edition in the Czech Republic, offers a wide-ranging, variegated review of the new movies and most recent successes of the Italian film season. The selection includes 11 documentaries and movies, works by famous directors and rising […]

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