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    Diplomatic Network
    28 January 2020
    Lyon: Leonardo Opera Omnia exhibition

    Full-size backlit reproductions of the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci will be on display until February 29th at the Catholic University of Lyon as part of the  ‘Leonardo Opera Omnia’ exhibition organised and designed by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lyon. Using digital technologies, the exhibition enables visitors to rediscover the works of the genius […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    28 January 2020
    Prague: conference on Primo Levi

    The Italian Institute of Culture in Prague dedicated the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, to Primo Levi. The conference on the writer’s work, held by Domenico Scarpa,  who has co-authored with Roberta Mori the […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    28 January 2020
    Bratislava: the Gabriele Coen Trio for Holocaust Memorial Day

    For Holocaust Memorial Day on January 30, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Israeli Embassy in Slovakia, will be presenting “Jewish Experience”, a jazz concert by the Gabriele Coen Trio at the Concert Hall of the Slovak National Radio. Gabriele Coen on soprano saxophone and clarinet, Pietro Lussu […]

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    Events
    28 January 2020
    Open for you: what’s new in 2020 in the Farnesina Collection

    On 31 January the “Open for you” even is back, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy the contemporary art collection of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation every last Friday each month, also thanks to the collaboration with the volunteers of Touring Club Italiano. In 2020, “Open for you” will feature a new […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    28 January 2020
    Italians residing in Spain: meeting-debate with Merlo in Madrid

    Italians residing in Spain have become over 300 thousand, more than doubling the numbers of ten years ago. An articulate and well-integrated community, concentrated in particular areas (Barcelona and Catalonia, Madrid, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Andalusia and the region of Valencia, in this order), with an average age of 40 years and in which second […]

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    Press Releases
    27 January 2020
    Minister Di Maio holds talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif

    The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio spoke today with the Foreign Minister of Iran, Javad Zarif. First and foremost Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy is interested in maintaining and safeguarding its historical and profound bilateral relations with Iran. During the cordial conversation, the two Ministers shared their concerns about […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    27 January 2020
    Belgrade: a recital dedicated to Primo Levi

    On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade, together with the Belgrade Drama Theatre, will present the literary recital ‘Primo’ based on the book ‘If this is a Man’ by Primo Levi. The recital, performed by Swedish-born actor Jacob Olesen, presented on stages in Italy and abroad for over […]

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    In detail
    27 January 2020
    January 27th: Holocaust Memorial Day

    Twenty years after its establishment in Italy, Holocaust Memorial Day reminds us of the moral imperative, well before the legal duty, to honour the victims of the Holocaust and to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again. As President Mattarella last recalled on the occasion of his participation in Jerusalem at the solemn ceremony […]

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    Events
    27 January 2020
    Presentation of the Milan Shoah Memorial project, in Lisbon

    To commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon will organise, on Tuesday, 28 January, a conference on the “Project of a Memorial of the Shoah in Milan”, designed by the architect Guido Morpurgo, with architect Annalisa de Curtis, to be unveiled at the only European site which was involved […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    27 January 2020
    Scalfarotto in Washington: protection of the Made in Italy

    Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto will be visiting Washington on Monday and Tuesday. The mission takes place in the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to increase duties on aluminium and steel products, during discussions on the possible implementation by some European countries of a digital services tax concerning which the United States threatens commercial retaliation and just […]

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    Press Releases
    27 January 2020
    Scalfarotto in Washington: protection of the Made in Italy

    Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto will be visiting Washington on Monday and Tuesday. The mission takes place in the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to increase duties on aluminium and steel products, during discussions on the possible implementation by some European countries of a digital services tax concerning which the United States threatens commercial retaliation and just […]

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