Italian Language Week: Italian and the Opera in Tashkent
Music, and especially opera music, was the key theme chosen by the Italian Embassy in Uzbekistan for the initiatives organised for the Italian Language Week in the World. The central event was the lecture in Tashkent on “Italian on Stage” by Maestro Daniele Agiman, professor of orchestral conducting at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan. In […]
Read moreDel Re: another 2.5 million for Venezuelan refugees
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the Solidarity Conference on the Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Brussels, co-organised by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, the Director General of the IOM, Antonio Vitorino, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo […]
Read moreDay to Fight Counterfeiting: the Foreign Ministry’s commitment to youth
The aim of the “National Student Day to Fight Counterfeiting” is to raise the awareness of youths on the problem of counterfeiting and the international commerce of “Italian sounding” products, as well as to promote the culture of legality in the new generations. The Day was launched on 29 October by the National Council for the […]
Read moreThe Year of Leonardo da Vinci: Medieval music in Bratislava
The music of the Middle Ages is the protagonist of a concert organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava for the year dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, on the 500th anniversary of his death. The “Arco Antiqua Ensemble” will accompany viewers tomorrow in the Church of the Capuchins on a musical journey through the whole […]
Read moreItaly – Spain book forum, focus on the ‘Craft of Writing’
The fourth Italy-Spain book forum will be held tomorrow in Madrid to promote the development of publishing projects and cooperation between the Italian and the Spanish publishing industries. The Italian Cultural Institute organised the event in association with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), Monteverdelegge and the Associazione Forum del Libro as part of a cycle of […]
Read moreLeonardo da Vinci is the guest star in Algiers
The “Leonardo Opera Omnia” exhibition by RAI COM made its first stop in the North Africa-Middle East area in Algiers, in the prestigious venue of the “Palais de la Culture Moufdi Zakaria”, the seat of the Ministry of Culture. Hundreds of visitors had the opportunity to admire 17 high-definition life-size reproductions of the masterpieces of […]
Read moreBangladesh: Di Stefano, intensificare i rapporti economici
Il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Manlio Di Stefano, ha ricevuto alla Farnesina il Ministro degli Esteri del Bangladesh, Abdul Momen. Il Sottosegretario ha innanzitutto riconosciuto il contributo positivo che la diaspora bengalese (140.000 persone, la più numerosa comunità nell’Europa continentale) apporta all’economia e alla società italiane. Di Stefano ha quindi ricordato […]
Read moreBangladesh: Di Stefano: intensify economic relations
The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, received at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Abdul Momen. The Undersecretary firstly recognised the positive contribution made to Italy’s economy and society by the Bangladeshi diaspora (amounting to 140,000 people, the largest community in continental Europe). Di Stefano then recalled […]
Read moreThe Farnesina hosts a meeting on the safety of foreigners in an emergency
The Crisis Unit and the Civil Protection Department, together with Ministry of the Interior, organised a meeting at the Farnesina with the members of the Consular and Diplomatic Corps accredited to Italy to discuss national procedures to manage serious emergencies and to provide assistance to the foreign citizens involved. Taking advantage of the opportunity offered […]
Read moreThe Italian Language Week in the World: Boccaccio’s Decameron in Yangon
To celebrate the Italian Language Week in the World, the Italian Embassy in Yangon staged a theatre performance based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron to honour the theme of this year’s edition “Italian on Stage” and to pay tribute to the father of Italian literature in prose. The re-adaptation of Boccaccio’s masterpiece in a modern key […]
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