Duress: Italian music duo at the International Guitar Festival

The viola and guitar music duo formed by Simone Gramaglia and Luigi Attademo, performed in Duress within the framework of the third edition of the International Guitar Festival of Tirana through the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The programme offered by the well-established instrumental duo that often performs both in Italy and abroad, raising […]

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​Lisbon: Italy participates in the European Literature Night

Actor Enrico Ianniello will represent Italy at the European Literature Night held in Lisbon. The event – which is organised by the Embassies and Institutes of Culture that are members of the EUNIC network in Portugal, including the Italian Cultural Institute – will involve fourteen spaces on the Colina de Santana which will host the reading […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 6 June: latest news from the world

China: Shanghai ‘s cultural development plan kicks off In 2017, the city of  Shanghai launched an extensive urban renovation plan focused on the rehabilitation and conservation of historical buildings and the construction of major cultural centres in reconverted industrial spaces.Among the projects which are being implemented there is the new building of the Shanghai Museum, […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 5 June: latest news from the world

Sparkle launches a new cross-border optical fiber link between Ljubljiana and Milan Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, and Telekom Slovenije, leading comprehensive communications service provider in Slovenia, announce the launch of a new cross border optical fiber link directly connecting Ljubljana with Milan. The new link […]

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REMINDER Media accreditation notice: “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales” (Farnesina, 10 June 2019)

On Monday, 10 June 2019, at 5 p.m., the Farnesina will host the presentation of the online platform “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales”. The project – implemented with the contribution of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Foreign Ministry – involves a selection of the most significant testimonies collected in […]

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Celebrating Italy’s Republic Day in the Miami design district

Miami is one of the most international American cities with 15 million cruise tourists and 45 million airport passengers. A world center of design and contemporary art, Miami has received a great contribution in its development by the Italian community, which today is estimated to count over 30 thousand people. Italy’s 2019 Republic Day celebrates […]

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Meetings of Minister Moavero with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and with Akira Amari, President of the Italy-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a meeting today in Tokyo with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. It was an opportunity to reaffirm the numerous synergies between Italy and Japan in foreign policy scenarios. Indeed, as Minister Moavero pointed out, “Italy and Japan are firmly united by the […]

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Algeria: Celebrations for Republic Day

The Italian Embassy in Algiers celebrated Republic Day by inviting the members of the Italian community and numerous representatives of Algerian institutions and civil society to the Ambassador’s Residence at Villa Hesperia. In his welcome remarks and at the presence of the Algerian Ministers of Commerce and Education, Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara recalled the historical moment […]

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The “Unexpected Italy: a celebration of Italian culture” Festival

The “Unexpected Italy: a celebration of Italian culture” Festival organised by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. closed its programme of events on 1 June with “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” by Sergei Rachmaninoff,  “Antiche arie e danze Suite n.2” by Ottorino […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 4 June: latest news from the world

OICE – Training Workshop on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with a focus on service procurement   The OICE, in partnership with the ICE Agency, organises in the Rome premises of the Agency, a technical and operational training workshop on the activities of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), on 17 June, 2019.   The workshop will […]

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London 2 June: Video promoting the Italian language

Sweet, seductive, musical, useful for students and researchers, artists and managers: these are the qualities of the Italian language focused on by the video made by the School Office of the Consulate General in London to promote the study of the Italian language. The one-minute 45-second spot by director and producer Luca Vullo was presented […]

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Meeting of Minister Moavero with the Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a long and thorough meeting today in Tokyo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono. This is the fifth meeting between the two Ministers over the last twelve months, testifying to a friendship and very close collaboration, underpinned by regular […]

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