“A Focus on Italian Heritage” in Doha
The best of Italian classical architecture, painting and sculpture is reflected in the images of three great Italian photographers in the “A Focus on Italian Heritage” exhibition that opened in Doha today at the exhibition space of the Katara Cultural Village. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Qatar and curated by the Spazio Nuovo-Roma art […]
Read moreThe film on the life of Bud Spencer screened in Budapest
After having been dedicated a bronze statue in the heart of Budapest, a documentary now consolidates the special bond that exists between Bud Spencer, born Carlo Pedersoli, and Hungary. Tomorrow evening the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will screen the world premiere of ‘Sulle tracce di Piedone”, the bio pic containing the interviews of 45 […]
Read moreThe best Italian cinema takes centre stage in Seoul
For six days, Italian cinema will take centre stage in Seoul. For the seventh consecutive year, the ‘Venice in Seoul’ festival will offer the Korean public the best Italian films presented at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The event, which will screen 18 films, will kick off on 22 January and run until 27 January, […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute holds a New Year’s Concert in Budapest
The Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest organised a New Year’s concert to welcome in the New Year. For the occasion, the MÁV Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Claudio Morbo – who has often performed in Hungary, also collaborating with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra – performed pieces by Ottorino Respighi and Giuseppe Tartini. The concert also featured […]
Read moreA homeless shelter in Tirana thanks to the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme
Italian Ambassador, Alberto Cutillo and the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, inaugurated a homeless shelter in the Albanian capital city. The centre forms part of the “Tirana Shelter for Homeless” project, which is managed by the Municipality of Tirana and supported by the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme. The Italian government is waiving repayment of […]
Read moreItaly trains the restorers of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The three-year restoration training project by the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione (ISCR) for the technical staff of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina wound up with a seminar on the outcome of the project. The project was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and each year focused on the […]
Read moreFarnesina “plastic free”
As part of the “Farnesina Verde” (“Green Farnesina”) project which sees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and its diplomatic and consular network committed to promoting environmental sustainability, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, and the Secretary General of the MAECI, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, today presented the new […]
Read moreFarnesina “plastic free”
Nel quadro del progetto “Farnesina Verde”, che vede il MAECI e la rete diplomatico-consolare impegnati per la sostenibilità ambientale, il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Manlio Di Stefano, e il Segretario Generale del MAECI, Ambasciatore Elisabetta Belloni, hanno oggi presentato al personale del Ministero i nuovi erogatori di acqua potabile installati […]
Read moreCollaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI
RAI (the Italian broadcasting company) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) have launched a new project to showcase young emerging talents of Italian modern music as part of a cultural promotion of Italy throughout the world. A global tour will be organised in March with six young performers who are taking […]
Read more‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Mimmo Jodice in Rabat
The ‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Neapolitan artist Mimmo Jodice was opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat. The photographs on display are the fruit of the artist’s long research and years of travelling across the two shores of the Mediterranean: Naples and the South of Italy, Greece, Spain and France but also Turkey, Syria, […]
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