Seoul: Venice Film Festival arrives
The Venice Film Festival comes to Seoul: through 6 January screenings of the films presented at the 69th edition of the celebrated festival will be held around the Korean capital, In an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the Venice Biennale and The Korean Association of Cinematheques.
Read moreWarsaw: Maglietta performs Morante
During a conference on Elsa Morante organised by the Italian studies department of the University of Warsaw, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Centro Studi Famiglia Capponi of Florence, Italian actress Licia Maglietta gave an enchanting performance of a chapter of the novel “L’isola di Arturo” for which the author received the Strega Award in […]
Read moreArmenia: Italian Cinema Week launched
The third edition of Italian Cinema Week in Armenia was launched at the Hamazgayin State Theatre in the capital of Yerevan, to a large audience. The presentation of the events calendar of the festival, dedicated this year to the theme of “the expression of the soul in Italian cinema”, was followed by a musical performance […]
Read moreItaly-Malta: Terzi calls for strengthened coordination on sea rescues
Italy and Malta intend to “strengthen coordination” on efforts to rescue illegal immigrants at sea, because “saving lives is our highest priority”. This was the statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Maltese colleague Zammit Dimech. Terzi described the meeting […]
Read moreWashington: a “Palazzo on the Potomac”
The English edition of the book “Palazzo on the Potomac – Embassy of Italy in Washington” was launched at the Italian Embassy in the American capital. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, in the US for the opening of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, attended the event. Italo-US relations The meeting […]
Read morePoland: Wratislavia Cantans festival celebrates Italy
To be held from 6 to 15 September 2013, the 48th edition of the Wratislavia Cantans International Baroque Music Festival, one of Poland’s most important and prestigious events, will be dedicated to a “Journey through Italy”. A press conference for its presentation was held at the Warsaw Italian Cultural Institute, where Italian ambassador to Poland […]
Read moreBelarus: made in Italy showcased a Minsk
The excellence of the Made in Italy label was showcased at an eno-gastronomic event organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Minsk, in which over 15 Italian firms participated, representing the wares of north, south and central Italy. The event was organized in collaboration with the Italo-Belarus Chamber of Commerce. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSenegal: Italy’s contribution to demining
Lands declared “free of mines” in the Senegalese region of Casamance were restored to the local communities thanks to a project coordinated by UNDP to which Italy made a contribution of €300,000. Funds were used for expert surveys and demining training. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly-Russia: Terzi in Moscow – EU-Russia partnership in growth, encourage SME dynamism
A partnership in continuous development, with new economic opportunities linked with Moscow’s new membership in the WTO and the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union, against a backdrop of EU cooperation and an Euro-Asian Union project to create a common economic and human area “from the Atlantic to the Pacific”: this, in brief, was the sense of the […]
Read more9th Conference of Ambassadors (20-21 December)
“Putting public finances back in order and regenerating growth will contribute to strengthening Italy’s position in Europe and, more in general, our foreign policy”. This orientation, taken from a speech by Prime Minister Mario Monti to the Parliament, has underpinned Minister Terzi’s and the Foreign Ministry’s agenda over the past six months and will, in […]
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