19th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World
The 19th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World was presented today at the headquarters of the Dante Alighieri Society in Rome. This year the event will be dedicated to “the Italian language on stage”. From 21 to 27 October, the Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes will promote the study and […]
Read moreRecruitment of a new Legal Affairs Officer
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has initiated the recruitment procedure for appointing the new Legal Affairs Officer with the Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU in Brussels. Candidates can send their applications by no later than October 18, 16.00 hours. More information is available at this link: https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/trasparenza_comunicazioni_legali/bandi-gara-contratti/atti-amministrazioni-aggiudicatrici/ric_gare_ultimiins?id=1898
Read moreTunis: The “Atlantic Code” Exhibition by Corrado Veneziano
The pictorial work with which Corrado Veneziano reinvented the Atlantic Code by Leonardo da Vinci, the largest collection of drawings and writings of the Italian genius, arrives in Tunis, guest of the Italian Cultural Institute. The exhibition celebrates the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death. After the inauguration in Amboise and after the exhibition at […]
Read moreDel Re at the presentation of the European humanitarian corridors project
The project of European humanitarian corridors represents “a challenge” for Italy and the government will work to make it a “mechanism that will fully embody European values”. This statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, as she spoke today at the press conference to present the […]
Read moreMadrid celebrates the world of Mario Merz
An installation by Mario Merz on display at the Italian Embassy in Madrid inaugurates the “Contemporary Day”. The work, exhibited at the Palacio de Amboage, headquarters of the Embassy, is the ‘overturned bottle’ made available courtesy of the Mario Merz Foundation on the occasion of the retrospective “El tiempo es mudo”, which the Reina Sofía […]
Read moreArgentina: the Italian Pavilion at the Tourism Fair in Buenos Aires
The tourism fair that opened in Buenos Aires, the most important trade fair in Latin America, hosts an Italian pavilion dedicated to ‘root tourism’ which is addressed to the 20 million descendants of Italians living in Argentina. Inaugurated by the Ambassador of Italy in Argentina, Giuseppe Manzo, the pavilion with its 300 square meters of […]
Read moreOpen Doors at the Farnesina to mark Contemporary Art Day
An Open Doors Day will be held at the Farnesina on 12 October for the annual edition of Contemporary Art Day, the event now at its 15th edition organised to celebrate and disseminate Italian contemporary art. Promoted by the Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums (AMACI) with the support of the MiBACT, the Day will see all […]
Read moreHanoi: Italian-Vietnamese Forum on Higher Education
Hanoi hosted the Italian-Vietnamese Forum on Higher Education. The event, organised by the Italian Embassy and by the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, in association with Uni-Italia Vietnam and Van Lang University, tackled themes relative to the mobility of students, researchers and professors, joint research projects, financing options, visa-related issues, and the creation of […]
Read moreLondon: The Italian Embassy joins the Frieze Art Fair with ‘Italy at Frieze’
Italian contemporary art took centre stage at “Italy at Frieze”, an exhibition-event hosted at the Italian Embassy in London in the evening of Thursday, 3 October. For the first time ever, an embassy hosted an event that is part of the programme of the “Frieze” art fair which every year attracts to London collectors and […]
Read moreConference for the 60th anniversary of Italian Studies at the University of Skopje
The organization of an international conference entitled “Italian studies in the new millennium: new challenges in linguistics, literature and cultural research” was the result of a fruitful cooperation between the Italian Embassy in Skopje and the Department of Italian Language and Literature of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. The conference, which took place on 27 and […]
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