Los Angeles: the Creativity Award IIC goes to Preziosi and Cucinotta
Alessandro Preziosi and Maria Grazia Cucinotta are this year’s winners of the Los Angeles Creativity Award organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC). The presentation of the award took place at the end of the ‘Los Angeles Italia – Film Fashion and Art Fest’, which is celebrated every year in the week preceding the Oscars. […]
Read moreChina: Holocaust Remembrance Day in Chongqing and Chengdu
The Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi were celebrated with two events at the White Elephant 303 City Theatre in Chongqing and at the Yunduan Theatre Tianfu Concert Hall in Chengdu, organised by the Italian Consulate General in Chongching, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel in […]
Read moreItaly-Netherlands: 2019 dense billboard of events paying homage to Vanvitelli
A dense programme of cultural, economic and scientific events has been organised for 2019 by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in the Netherlands. The events underpin the close bilateral relationship between the two Countries in the wake of having shared the seat on the UN Security Council for 2017-2018, and within the framework of […]
Read moreLondon: fifth meeting of Italy4innovation
Italy4innovation, the series of meetings promoted by the Italian Embassy in London to assist bilateral collaborations and promote the image of our Country, has reached its fifth appointment. The focus this time was on the scaling up of start-ups with great potential that need capital injections to expand in international markets. This sector in the […]
Read moreChicago: Muti holds a concert to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre
The 75th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre was commemorated in Chicago with a number of initiatives promoted by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti, in partnership with the Italian Consulate General and Cultural Institute. On 21 February, Muti conducted Symphony N. 9 by American composer and Pulitzer prize winner William Howard Schuman, […]
Read moreSanremo Junior, finalists selected for Prague and Bratislava
Aneta Kalertova and Lenka Berkesova will represent the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Sanremo’s Ariston Theatre at the finale of Sanremo Junior, one of the most prestigious international contests for solo singers between 6 and 15 years of age. The two young singers, respectively 13 and 12 years old, were the stars of a special event […]
Read moreNATO: Ambassador Bisogniero meets Italian parliamentarians
The main themes on the NATO agenda, with a particular focus on dialogue with Russia and the ability of the Atlantic alliance to address the challenges from the South, were discussed at a meeting in Brussels between the Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and some members of the Italian delegation to the NATO […]
Read moreKampala: Smiling Toys against childhood cancer
The distribution of toys, collected in Italy, to the young patients atf the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala concluded the initiative with which the Embassy of Italy celebrated the International Childhood Cancer Day. The event was attended by Ambassador Domenico Fornara, Deputy Health Minister Joyce Moriku Kaducu and a delegation from the Italian association AFRON […]
Read moreMoscow showcases the 75th Venice International Film Festival
A selection of films screened at the 75th Venice International Film Festival will be shown at the Karo cinema theatres in Moscow. The initiative is the fruit of the cooperation between the Venice Biennale and the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow. The screenings will run from 20 to 24 February and will show the latest releases […]
Read moreJerusalem: Palestine as it used to be – in the photographs by Luciano Morpurgo
A permanent photographic exhibition at the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem tells the story of 1927 Palestine. The pictures of daily life in this land during the British Mandate are the work of the great photographer, Luciano Morpurgo, whose collection ‘Palestine 1927’ comprises over 200 photos. Morpurgo, born in Split from an ancient Jewish […]
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