Singapore: the best of Italian cinema

The Italian Film Festival is running in Singapore until 26 September. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, it presents the best of our contemporary cinema. The programme includes the movies that have been most successful in recent months, in their original language with English subtitles. The Italian Film Festival is considered to be one of the longest-running […]

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Tehran: a video describing the capital of Iran in the 1950s

Produced by the Italian Embassy in Iran and the ICE Office in Tehran in collaboration with the historic Milanese magazine Domus and presented yesterday at the Ambassador’s Residence, Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone introduced Episode 9 of the 10-part video series “Domus Eyes on Iran”, describing the development of 1950s modern architecture in Tehran in a number […]

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Tanzania: Ambassador Lombardi visits the Southern Highlands

The Ambassador of Italy in Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, together with the Heads of the Missions of Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Poland and the European Union, visited the cities of Mbeya, Njombe and Iringa, the main towns in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, for the purpose of visiting the European and Italian projects under […]

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Brisbane: an evening dedicated to premium quality specialties from Lombardy

Lombardy and Queensland are closer after the evening event organised by the Italian Consul in Brisbane (Queensland), Salvatore Napolitano, as part of the ‘Tour of Italy through Queensland’ initiative to celebrate the roots and success stories of the Italian community in Queensland. Partnerships in the institutional, economic, cultural and sporting fields were also discussed at the event. With regard to […]

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Algiers: meeting with the writer Samir Toumi

The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers are organising a video conference, on Wednesday, 22 September, at 17:00 local time (18:00 Italian time), with the writer Samir Toumi, to present the Italian translation of his short story “Algiers, the cry” (Barzakh, 2013), edited by Astarte Edizioni. Besides the author, the conference will […]

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UN: VM Sereni attends 76th General Assembly

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, will be part of the restricted delegation, led by Minister Luigi Di Maio, who will attend the high-level week of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, from 20 to 25 September. The Vice Minister will attend the main events promoted […]

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UN: VM Sereni attends 76th General Assembly

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, will be part of the restricted delegation, led by Minister Luigi Di Maio, who will attend the high-level week of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, from 20 to 25 September. The Vice Minister will attend the main events promoted […]

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Brazil – Stevanato Group wins a new contract to produce anti-Covid vaccine vials

The Italian pharmaceutical group Stevanato, through its subsidiary Ompi do Brasil, which owns a production plant in Sete Lagoas, in the State of Minas Gerais, has won a €2 million contract for the production, in 2022, of 46 million glass vials (4ml) for the Covid vaccine from Fiocruz (Astrazeneca), a scientific institution linked to the Brazilian Ministry […]

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Malaga: the Italian Film Festival kicks off

The Italian Film Festival (FCI) of Malaga has opened in Spain. This year’s theme is ”The Family”, in honour of Ettore Scola, author of the 1987 film with the same title and name starring Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli and Fanny Ardant. ”The Family” will be screened during the Festival, sponsored by the Italian Embassy and […]

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Tehran: the movie “Radiography of a Family” was presented

The documentary film “Radiography of a Family”, by award-winning Italian-trained Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani, was previewed at the Italian Ambassador’s residence in Tehran, where some scenes were shot.   The movie – an Iranian, Norwegian, and Swiss co-production, created with the support of the Italian Embassy – revisits the main events that Iran went through […]

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Berlin: an exhibition of works by Italian and German artists

On the Berlin Art Week occasion, the Italian Embassy in Berlin will host the exhibition “OUTSIGHT_LANDSCAPES I” from 16 to 21 September. The exhibition will display the works of 10 German and Italian artists living in Berlin, among the most representative of the contemporary scene, who have been working on the landscape theme for years. […]

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Brussels: an all-female exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels opens an all-female exhibition on 21 September. With the exhibition “Una citta’, quattro regine (One city, four queens)”, the artist Carla Chiusano returns to Brussels with four large-format triptychs to tell the stories of four extraordinary women whose lives are intertwined with the history of the city of Ravenna. These […]

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