JOINT NOTICE BY MAECI AND MINISTRY OF DEFENCE – Afghanistan: Ministry of Defence and MAECI. A plane landed from Kabul with Italian Embassy staff, civilian nationals and some Afghan collaborators on board

The Italian Air Force’s KC 767 plane has just landed at Fiumicino airport with about 70 people on board, including diplomatic staff and former Afghan collaborators. The flight, which took off yesterday, is part of the plan to bring Italian embassy staff back home and of the Aquila Omnia Operation to bring former Afghan collaborators and their […]

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Belgrade, the 40 Fingers quartet at the Guitar Art Summer Fest

‘Il nuovo viaggio’ (The New Journey) is the name of the 15th edition of the Guitar Art Summer Fest, which takes place from 15 to 20 August 2021 at the Kanli Kula Fortress in Herceg Novi (Montenegro), in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade.     Ad inaugurare il festival, domenica 15 agosto, sarà […]

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Brazil: “L’Attesa”, a monologue about Anita Garibaldi on stage

On the occasion of the bicentenary of Anita Garibaldi’s birth, the Italian Cultural Institutes of Rio de Janeiro and San Paolo present “L’Attesa” (The Waiting), a monologue by Valeria Magrini, in two different versions: in Italian, performed by the young talent from Ravenna Asia Galeotti directed by Emanuele Montagna, and in Portuguese, performed by the […]

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Buenos Aires, the Italian film festival continues

The “Incontro con il nuovo cinema italiano” continues. This is the title of a series of online film screenings organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires and the Ministry of Culture through the Theatre Complex of Buenos Aires and the Cinemateca Argentina Foundation.On the platform of the Ministry of Culture and the website of the Buenos Aires […]

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Debate in Sydney on Italy’s role in the aftermath of the pandemic

A debate on Italy after COVID-19 pandemic. This is the theme of the webinar organised for 21 September by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney entitled ‘After the pandemic: Italy’s place in the world’. Dr. Ric. Gabriele Abbondanza will speak, interviewed by the Australian researcher in Italian studies, Talia Walker. Gabriele Abbondanza will explain how the […]

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Afghanistan:Italian Foreign Ministry in close contact with the US State Department

In light of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan, the Italian Foreign Ministry is maintaining the closest contact with the US State Department. Just yesterday, Italy’s General Secretary Ettore Sequi spoke with the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman. They agreed to further strengthen coordination between the embassies of all the allied countries in Kabul, […]

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Måneskin in the Czech Republic with the Italian Cultural Istitute of Prague

Prague, 13 August 2021. The highlight of the 26th edition of Rock for People, one of the biggest rock festivals in the Czech Republic, is scheduled for tonight with a performance in the Hradec Králové park by Måneskin, the sensational Italian musical group that won the Eurovision Song Contest and the Sanremo festival, with their […]

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Tirana: the new edition of YouthTrail begins

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is working with Italy and Greece to support young people in Albania. For International Youth Day, which the UN celebrates on August 12 to underline the fundamental role that young people must play in the common struggle to build a better world for all, Italy and […]

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Shanghai: Italian artists from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century

Five centuries of art are represented in Shanghai in the exhibition “Masters. From the Renaissance to the nineteenth century”. The initiative has the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in China, the Consulate General in Shanghai, and the Municipality of Bergamo, as well as the support of the Italian Cultural Institute and the ICE Office […]

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Tirana: Piccola Banda Ikona in concert

A fascinating journey through the sounds and cultures of the Mediterranean, in search of a musical and lyrical language that unites the many different peoples who look out on the same sea: that is the idea that animates the Piccola Banda Ikona. Created by Stefano Saletti (the founder of Novalia) it consists of Barbara Eramo, […]

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Tehran exhibition: “Gholamreza Takhti – Portraits of a Champion “

The exhibition “Gholamreza Takhti – Portraits of a Champion” was inaugurated today in the gardens of the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, with a ceremony during which the historic Italian victories at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2020 European Football Championships were celebrated. Consisting of 29 works by 4 different Iranian […]

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Mexico: inauguration of the Cablebus2 urban cable car constructed by Leitner

On Sunday 8 August the Cablebus2 cable car, constructed by the Italian company Leitner, one of the world leaders in cableways, was inaugurated in Mexico City. Working with its local partner Alfa (Aristos group), it has completed the longest urban cableway in Latin America, which is also one of the most significant recent urban mobility […]

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