FARNESINA HOSTED THE SECOND “ITALY-AFRICA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE”

54 African Countries, most of them represented at Ministerial level, and 13 International Organizations, including the African Union, for a total of 350 delegates, participated in the second Italy-Africa Conference held at Farnesina on October 25 last. It was a big event that, in the words of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo […]

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Joint Action for the Italian Language in the world

  On Monday, 22 October 2018, Villa Madama will host the 3rd Edition of the Joint Action for the Italian Language in the World. The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research, the Accademia della Crusca and the Embassy […]

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Screening of the docu-film “Italy in a Day”

The Italian Culture and Community Center in Houston is scheduled to host the screening of Gabriele Salvatores’ documentary film “Italy in a Day” (2014) on 25 October.  The film is a puzzle of small pieces of daily life in Italy filmed by ordinary people with their own smartphones.   The documentary film offers a cross-section […]

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Surfing the sweet sounding Italian sea: the Net keeps you afloat

The humanities department of the Rio de Janeiro State University organised a seminar to mark the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World. The event , which ran from 17 to 18 October, was entitled ” Navigando nel dolce mare italiano: la rete ti aiuta a non naufragare” (Surfing the sweet  sounding Italian […]

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​Italian 2.0: how the Net is changing the way we read and write

The Italian Cultural Institute in Zurich hosted a lecture on 18 October, to mark the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World.   Prof. Massimo Palermo of the University for Foreigners of Siena, delivered a lecture entitled “Italiano 2.0: come la rete sta cambiando il nostro modo di leggere e scrivere i testi” […]

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​Mamma mia, what kind of language do Italians speak today?

This is the title of a lecture which the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal organized on 17 October at Montreal University during the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World.   Annamaria Testa, a communication and creativity expert, delivered a lecture that provided the audience with food for thought on a phenomenon which […]

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What social media followers identify as the most popular Italian words

The Italian Consulate General in Canton has launched an online survey on the Wechat platform. The survey, which takes place from 15 to 21 October, is meant to identify what Italian words are the most popular among the followers of the Canton CG social media account. The Consulate’s Wechat and Weibo accounts will host seven […]

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​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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