Paris – Nicolò Degiorgis’s ‘Eurotunnel’ to open on 10 April
The exhibition ‘Eurotunnel’ will open in Paris on 10 April. The concept of the exhibition was developed in February, during photographer Nicolò Degiorgis’s artist-in-residence stay at the Italian Cultural Institute in the French capital. The artist conceives the Eurotunnel as a space that is at the same time material and symbolic and that serves to […]
Read moreThe G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting opens today in Lucca
Concomitantly to the G7 Meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, has called an extraordinary meeting on Syria at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at Lucca’s Ducal Palace, extended to the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar.
Read moreNational Diplomatic Basketball team challenges ASD Gualdo Mia Basket
On Saturday, 8 April, at 3:30 p.m., the National Diplomatic Basketball Team (Nazionale Diplomatici di Basket) will challenge the “ASD Gualdo Mia Basket team ” at the Palazzetto dello Sport “Carlo Angelo Luzi” , in Gualdo Tadino. It will be a friendly match whose proceeds will be donated to purchase sports gear for the municipal gymnasium […]
Read moreThe Pleasure of Reading in Italian: Great Literature at the Embassy in Brasilia
Thursdays are dedicated to the “pleasure of reading in Italian” at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. Our embassy is holding a series of readings of a number of Italy’s most important authors of contemporary literature. The series began on 13 March with Elena Ferrante’s “L’Amica geniale”. It continues on 27 April with Niccolò Ammaniti’s “Io […]
Read moreStarting from girls. Women’s Forum on inequality and sustainable growth
As part of Italy’s Presidency of the G7, on 7 and 8 April the Farnesina is hosting the International Dialogue Forum, “Starting from girls. Women’s Forum on inequality and sustainable growth,” organized in partnership with WE-Women Empower the World, the Aspen Initiative for Europe, and Valore D. “Strengthening the rights and abilities of young women […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 6 April: latest news from around the world
EU grants Slovakia nearly a billion euros to modernise its railway system The European Union will fund Slovakian railways projects up to a billion euros by 2020. The funds are designed mostly to finance 21 projects regarding train modernisation and the revamping of 250 kilometres of rails, the building of terminals, parking lots and hubs […]
Read morePortugal – Italian Film Festival opens in Lisbon
The very idea of cinema evokes art, emotions and feelings of wonder. But it also conjures up the sparkling image of a festival. “The Italian Film Festival,” Portugal’s most important event dedicated to Italian cinema, will run from April 6 to the 13 in Lisbon, marking its 10th edition. Organized by the ‘Il Sorpasso’ Association […]
Read moreArgentina – Nanni Moretti is a guest of honour at Buenos Aires Film Festival
Nanni Moretti will travel to Argentina to be guest of honour at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film – BAFICI, running from 19 to 30 April in the Argentinian capital. The Festival will also screen the work of Walter Veltroni. The Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires have published the programme […]
Read more7th Edition of the Olympics in the Italian Language
Today marks the end of the 7th edition of the Olympics in the Italian Language, the event targeting secondary school students organised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), which manages the participation of Italian schools abroad. In representation of the latter, […]
Read moreG7 Ministers Meeting in Lucca on 10-11 April
The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union will meet in Lucca on 10 and 11 April under the chairmanship of Minister Angelino Alfano. The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, a meeting traditionally held at least once a year by the seven most industrialised Countries in the world, offers a unique opportunity […]
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