Vincenzo Amendola, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, wound up a two-day diplomatic mission to Cyprus today

Vincenzo Amendola, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, wound up a two-day diplomatic mission to Cyprus today. The representative of the Italian Government has been in the capital, Nicosia, since yesterday, where he met with the Minister of Health, George Pamboridis, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides. Bilateral relations and migration issues […]

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Australia – the Lavazza Italian Film Festival starts tomorrow in Melbourne

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival (LIFF) kicks off in Melbourne tomorrow. This film festival has been bringing the best of Italian film production to Australia since 2000. Opening the festival will be the film “Let yourself go!” (“Lasciati andare”), directed by Francesco Amato and starring Tony Servillo. Other films to be screened include “Indivisible” (“Indivisibili”) […]

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Japan – Exhibitions, the “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) live again in the works of Laura Galvagno

 The exhibition “Voices and colours of nature” (“Voci e colori della natura”) includes 20 abstract works of art which take their inspiration from the world of nature and were created by Laura Galvagno between 2014 and 2017. The Artistic Area of the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka will host the exhibit, which opens on 15 September […]

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France – Open day at the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseilles on Saturday

Next Saturday, there will be an open day at the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseilles.  The Institute is organising a “Casa d’Italia” tour as part of the 2017 European Heritage Days and the IV Biennial on immigration organised by the  RHMIT network (history and memory of immigration and territories network), dealing with history, recollections, heritage […]

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The exhibition in Paris: “Sempre libera. Maria Callas at La Scala”​

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has teamed up with the Accademia Teatro alla Scala to organise an exhibition marking the fortieth anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. To mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Maria Callas, which occurred in Paris on 16 September 1977, the Italian Cultural Institute has teamed up […]

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Alfano: “Italy supports the WFP’s school canteen programme in Mali”

“Through the Italian Cooperation service, I have arranged for an immediate half-million-euro contribution to the World Food Program to fund a school canteen programme in Mali,” announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He continued: “The programmes promoting school canteens represent an important educational instrument by enabling minors to have at […]

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Hurricane Irma – The Foreign Ministry’s actions (update)

GENERAL FRAMEWORKHurricane Irma has moved out of the state of Florida. Damage has been reported to the power lines, telephone lines and hydroelectric power plants. The hurricane has currently been reclassified to a tropical storm. In the meantime, Hurricane José has definitively turned away from the island states of the Caribbean.The Italian Consulate General in […]

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Seminar on visas issued in favour of students and researchers

Professor Elda Morlicchio,  Rector of the Università Orientale of Naples, extended an invitation to the officers of the Farnesina’s Visa Centre to participate in a seminar. The event, entitled “Facilitare  l’emissione di visti d’ingresso in Italia in favore di studenti, ricercatori e docenti internazionali” [“Facilitating  the issuance of entry visas to Italy in favour of […]

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Belgium – Sottsass on show in Brussels marking 100th anniversary of his birth

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ettore Sottsass, one of the major Italian designers of the 20th century, will launch the exhibit “Ettore Sottsass.  Smalti 1958” [Ettore Sottsass, Enamels 1958], curated by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, great collectors and founders of the Museo Casa […]

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Russian Federation – Saint Petersburg hosts Gianrico Carofiglio

The Italian Cultural Institute in Saint Petersburg has organised a reading with writer Gianrico Carofiglio on 27 September. Over the years, the former magistrate-turned-writer has become one of the best loved Italian authors. His books have been translated into 28 different languages. During the event, which will be hosted at the Aleksandrinsky Theatre, excerpts from […]

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Jordan – The Jordanian Italian Forum for Cooperation (JIFCO) is founded

A ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman marked the official opening of the Jordanian Italian Forum for Cooperation (JIFCO), the new association bringing together the Italian and Jordanian business communities. The association is under the guidance of the President of the Forum, Omar M.H. Al Jazy. Arianna Barilaro, executive director and the […]

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Giacomelli’s photography at Moscow’s MAMM

Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) will host the exhibition of Mario Giacomelli’s photography entitled  “Mario Giacomelli. La poetica del paesaggio” [“Mario Giacomelli. The poetry of landscapes”], curated by Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, on 16 September. The launching ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 September and will be attended by Maurizio Mangialardi, Mayor of the the […]

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