BUENOS AIRES – ‘Verano italiano’ a great success
“Verano Italiano”, which featured cinema, music, opera, art and food/wine all Made in Italy, was held in Buenos Aires between June and July and enjoyed great public success thanks, in particular, to the participation of esteemed cultural personalities such as Franco Battiato, Eugenio Bennato, Uto Ughi and Milan’s La Scala Chamber Orchestra. Read more, in […]
Read moreAUSTRALIA – Symposium on the future of Italian language teaching
On 12 July, the Embassy of Italy in Canberra organised a national convention in Adelaide on the future of the Italian language within the Australian educational curriculum. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly’s commitment to Europe – 2014 Presidency: political union and federalism
With one year to go until our EU Presidency in the second half of 2014, Italy has renewed its commitment to achieving political union in the framework of a “United States of Europe”. Because there is no alternative to a strong “EU project” if the Union wants to go on playing a leading role on […]
Read moreLJUBLJANA – Italian ‘frontier’ art on display
“East/Art/Contamination”, an exhibition featuring the work of a groups of artists from Trieste-based Centro Iniziative Culturali Z04 has opened in Ljubljana. The initiative, which runs until 11 October 2013, was organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in the Slovenian capital and aims to illustrate the richness and diversity of the artistic and cultural […]
Read moreDENMARK : Copenaghen’s new metro will speak italian
Copenhagen’s Metro will speak Italian as well as Danish. The first of the four tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), also known as “moles”, which the Italian “Copenhagen Metro Team” consortium will use for the city’s second metro, has been “christened” 40 metres underground. Read more, in Italian
Read moreFARNESINA – more visas issued – Italy attracting russian and chinese visitors
The number of foreign nationals visiting Italy for tourism or employment reasons is growing, with citizens of Russia, China and Turkey in the lead. The figures from the Statistical Yearbook 2013 show that 1,872,394 were issued in 2012 (up 9% on the previous year). Of these, 47% were issued in non-EU European countries, 29% in […]
Read moreFARNESINA – over 4.6 million italians living abroad
In 2012, the number of Italians living abroad and listed in the Consular network’s Register Office system was 4,662,213 million. 52% were concentrated in just four countries: Argentina (801,425), Germany (688,685), Switzerland (569,120) and Brazil (387,743). These were some of the key figures to emerge at the presentation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical […]
Read moreEU: The United States of Europe is the road to take
The federalist solution “is not too popular in European organisations, indeed in some cases it’s opposed. But I believe that, in spite of that resistance, the United States of Europe are the only road to take”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino as she concluded her presentation at East Forum 2013 on […]
Read moreVILNIUS – “Splendours of the Renaissance” exhibition opens
“Splendours of the Renaissance”, an exhibition of costumes from the Renaissance period, has opened at the Museum of the Radvilas Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. Organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Vilnius in collaboration with the Mantua-based “Invito a Corte” cultural association and the Lithuanian Art Museum, the event will run […]
Read moreThe MFA at work for “System Italy” – Valensise presents the 2013 Yearbook: initiatives and results
“A government department that costs the state very little” but which, in spite of the cuts, is managing to meet the growing demand for services in Italy and throughout the world. This was one of the key features to emerge from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical Yearbook for 2013, edited by Sabrina Ugolini, Head […]
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