Shanghai Consulate: “xiao bangongshucai” inaugurated
The Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai is tinged with green: today Consul General Michele Cecchi unveiled the “xiao bangongshucai” (small office garden) with which one of the founding principles of sustainability is also adopted in the Consulate, so everyone must do their part. COVID-19 pandemic has shown how much our individual behaviour, our daily […]
Read moreIIC Copenhagen: “Io è un altro”, Masbedo’s video art
The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen presents the new video art project of the Italian duo MASBEDO, a commission designed to be disseminated via the Instagram profile of the Institute. The project comes from the desire expressed by the Italian Cultural Institute to help keep the fundamental relationship that art has with life open, using […]
Read moreEmbassy in Washington: meeting with Italian companies
Today, the Italian Embassy in Washington organised a second virtual meeting with the main Italian companies’ top management for investment and turnover operating in the US. The meeting, chaired by Ambassador Varricchio and organised by the Economic-Commercial Bureau of the Embassy with the participation of the coordinator at ICE Bureaus in the US and of […]
Read moreCovid-19: Del Re, Italy has guaranteed refugee accommodation
“Despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic emergency, Italy has continued to ensure the protection of asylum seekers, taking all necessary measures to guarantee that restrictions on the movement of the entire population were compatible with international obligations”. This was underlined by the Vice Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re at the virtual press conference presenting […]
Read moreItalian Cultural Institute of Valletta “Through Landscapes” – photographic exhibition by Stefano Amantini
Italian Cultural Institute of Valletta “Through Landscapes” – photographic exhibition by Stefano Amantini. Fully online exhibition: from 22 June to 5 July, a photo is published every day on the Institute’s Facebook and Instagram pages. The photographer’s world is not very crowded. In his vision, only few travelers will cross it, a human presence that is […]
Read moreIC Rio: “Migrazioni e intolleranza” (Migration and Intolerance) by Umberto Eco
The vision expressed by Umberto Eco in the four papers collected in the book Migrazioni e Intolleranza (Migrations and Intolerance), is the theme of the meeting organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Rio de Janeiro on June 23rd, as part of the series Dialoghi Italo-Brasiliani (Italo-Brazilan dialogues), which aims to bring together writers, intellectuals, […]
Read moreIIC Buenos Aires: meeting with writer Claudia Durastanti
The Italian Cultural Institute resumes its cycle of meetings with writers Quadrante Sud. Nuove rotte letterarie Italia-Argentina (New literary routes Italy-Argentina). The Quadrante Sud project was born in 2019 in cooperation with the Turin International Book Fair, with the aim of promoting meetings, circulation and translation of contemporary Italian literature in Argentina, and vice versa, […]
Read moreMed Dialogues: dialogue with the UN Special Envoy Syria
The Med Virtual Dialogues initiative proposes today at 3:00pm a dialogue between Paolo Magri, Director of Ispi, and the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen. Mr. Pedersen has been appointed as Special Envoy for Syria in October 2018. He takes this position after decades of political and diplomatic experience, having served both the […]
Read moreIIC Jakarta: a webinar on the works of Filippo Sciascia
As part of the new cultural program #vivilitaliainindonesia, following the health emergency from Covid-19, the Italian Cultural Institute of Jakarta on Saturday, June 20 presents Points of intersection, a webinar dedicated to the Italian artist Filippo Sciascia and his works. A conversation about science, anthropology, and culture through Sciascia’s artistic creations. Filippo Sciascia, born […]
Read moreEthiopia: a guide to Italian military cemeteries
The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa has published online a guide to the four Italian military cemeteries in Ethiopia. The initiative, carried out in close coordination with the Office of the Defence Officer, has the objective of facilitating research on individual casualties and on the places where their remains are kept.The guide examines the Military […]
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