Jordan: Nasser Judeh tells Gentiloni Da’esh is taking Islam hostage. Mission to Amman to meet Judeh and King Abdullah. Visit to Azraq refugee camp on border with Syria
Da’esh “is trying to take Islam hostage and distort its image. That is why the battle against terrorism and extremism is a battle within Islam: it’s our battle”. Those were the words of the Jordanian foreign minister, Nasser Judeh, in a press statement after his meeting with his Italian colleague Paolo Gentiloni. Minister Gentiloni was […]
Read moreDei – Turkish Airlines: Istanbul-Bari route operational from 28 April 2015
Turkish Airlines will be launching its Istanbul-Bari route on 28 April 2015, with 4 flights per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Bari is the 10th Italian destination for the Turkish national carrier, after Rome, Venice, Milan, Turin, Naples, Bologna, Genoa, Catania and Pisa. In 2015, the airline also plans to increase the frequency of […]
Read moreSão Paulo – Italian film, a homage to director Carlo Mazzacurati
The Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo is paying homage to Italian film director and screenwriter Carlo Mazzacurati, who died in January 2015 aged 57. The Institute will be screening his last work, “La sedia della felicità”, at 19.00 on Wednesday 15 April at its premises in Av. Higienópolis, 436, with a presentation by Prof. […]
Read moreUruguay – Italian films feature in Montevideo
Uruguay’s International Film Festival, now in its 33rd edition, begins today, 1 April and runs until 12 April 2015. Italy will be taking part with a number of films including “L’intervallo”, by Leonardo Di Costanzo (2012) and “Gli equilibristi” by Ivano De Matteo (2012). Also featured will be “Il gesto delle mani” (2015) by Francesco […]
Read moreItaly-USA Mutual recognition by airworthiness authorities
Lieutenant General Francesco Langella (Director of DAAA – Air Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate) has signed an agreement with his U.S counterpart, Brig. Gen. Timothy Gowen, on the mutual recognition of authorities between their respective military agencies. Lieutenant General Langella was acting in his capacity of national director for the airworthiness of all military aircraft and […]
Read moreItaly–Serbia: EU should open negotiating chapters within the year. “We cannot keep such a significant process at a standstill”
“Italy is utterly convinced that Serbia’s European integration must make progress, with the opening of negotiating chapters by the end of 2015”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment at the press conference in Belgrade with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. “We cannot keep such a significant process for the EU at a standstill. Serbia has […]
Read moreArgentina – La Plata – promoting the Italian language through song
Autumn 2015 will see the first edition of the Festival of Italian Song in La Plata, an event that will run from 7 to 8 October at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá. The official presentation was attended by festival coordinator Nicolás Moretti; the Italian Consul General, Iacopo Foti; the Director General of Entidades y Colectividades, Mauricio […]
Read morePrague – Costanzo Rovati exhibition entitled “Un percorso nella materia”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has organised a new exhibition entitled “Costanzo Rovati. Un percorso nella materia”. The Milanese artist works with traditional materials such as stone, marble, wood, ceramic and bronze, but also draws on more unusual sources such as plastic, nylon and industrial waste. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBudapest – I-Talents 2015 musical review featuring Beatrice Rana
Young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana will be appearing in the I-Talents 2015 musical review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest in collaboration with the city’s Spring Festival. The recital, featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin and Maurice Ravel, will take place at 19.00 on 13 April 2015, at the Institute’s […]
Read morePrague – Alba Rohrwacher captivates Prague audiences at FebioFest
Alba Rohrwacher has captivated Prague audiences at FebioFest, now in its 22nd edition. The festival paid tribute to the Italian actress with screenings of “La solitudine dei numeri primi”, by Saverio Costanzo, “Il comandante e la cicogna”, by Silvio Soldini and “Le meraviglie”, by Alice Rohrwacher. Her latest films, “Hungry Hearts” and “Vergine Giurata”, will […]
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