​From vinyl to social media. Italian pop songs in the new millennium

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels hosted a lecture by Ernesto Assante on 15 October to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World. A journalist and a music critic. Assante writes for dailies and magazines –  La Repubblica, L’Espresso and Rolling Stones. His lecture, which was entitled “Dal 45 giri ai […]

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“Speaking, writing, inventing”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has set up a rich programme of events to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the world.   The event organized on 15 October and entitled “Parlare, scrivere, inventare: la lingua italiana tra YouTube e letteratura” (Speaking, writing, inventing: the Italian language between YouTube and Literature)  […]

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Seminar on social media and the promotion of fashion and style

The Miami Marangoni Institute, with the support of the Consulate, hosted a seminar on 17 October, which focused on the impact of social media in promoting Made in Italy fashion and style. The event was divided into three parts: the first part started from changes in our language due to the influence of the Internet as […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy, 19 October: Latest global news

Democratic Republic of Congo: three Italian construction companies to build agri-food processing platforms Work has recently started on the construction of three agri-food processing platforms in the city of Lukula, in the Bas Fleuve district in Kongo Central Province, on the border with the Kabinda Angolan enclave, entirely built by three Italian companies: Societa’ Italiana di […]

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“Campiello al Fairmont”

On 12 October, to kick off the 18th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Embassy in Munich held the Campiello Literary Prize, a contemporary Italian novel-writing contest organised by the Fondazione II Campiello-Confindustria Veneto. The speaker on behalf of the authors was Francesco Targhetta who won the second prize with his “Le […]

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“Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies”

On 15 October, the Round Table on “Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies” was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Beijing and held at its Auditorium. The initiative offered a forum for the exchange of experiences and opinions by Italian and Chinese teachers and experts and to debate the new MOOC (Massive […]

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“My story continues…”, collective writing attempts

A meeting was held on 17 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin to present the online collective writing project “Continua la mia storia…”, [My story continues], marking the 18th edition of the Italian Language in the World. The event was held in association with the Berlin Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society and […]

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Press accreditation notice – Italy-Africa Ministerial Conferenza (Farnesina, 25 October 2018)

On Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference, which will convene in Rome more than 40 delegations from African Countries, the top executives of the African Union and high-ranking representatives of Regional Agencies and of major International Organizations of the UN System.    The President of the Republic, Sergio […]

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REMINDER ​Press accreditation notice – Conference: “Combatting Intolerance and Discrimination, with a Focus on Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: Towards a Comprehensive Response in the OSCE Region” (Farnesina, 22 October 2018

Within the framework of the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, on 22 October 2018 at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Conference “Combatting Intolerance and Discrimination, with a Focus on Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: Towards a Comprehensive Response in the OSCE Region”, co-organised by the ODIHR (OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) […]

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Minister Moavero meets with EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met with the European Commissioner for economic and financial affairs, Pierre Moscovici, today in Rome. The meeting offered the opportunity to reaffirm the common will to continue the dialogue on the draft budgetary plan sent to Brussels by the Government last 15 October […]

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In Prague ‘L’Arminuta’ kicks off the Week of Italian Language in the World

In Prague, the Week of the Italian Language in the World kicked off with a novel that is rooted in Abruzzo, a land rich in popular traditions.  Donatella Di Pietrantonio presented her ‘L’arminuta’, the winner of last year’s Campiello Prize, at the Kavarna Retezova Literary Café in Prague, as part of the events promoted by […]

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THE DANTE ALIGHIERI OPENS AN OFFICE IN RAMALLAH

The Palestine Committee of the “Dante Alighieri” Society was officially inaugurated in Ramallah under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General in Jerusalem. The inauguration ceremony was held as part of the events organised by the Italian Consulate for the 18thWeek of the Italian Language in the World. The ceremony was attended by the Consul […]

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