Minister Alfano meets with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg
Minister Alfano met with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in Brussels today. Many were the matters addressed: from the relevance of the Atlantic Alliance for international security to the need to reflect on its role in the face of new challenges. Minister Alfano underscored the centrality of the Mediterranean, the meeting point between […]
Read moreUnited States – Literature, Peter Cameron speaks about his ties with Italy
As it is customary for this series of events, the Italian Cultural Institute(IIC) in New York presented author and novelist, Peter Cameron who talked about his ties with Italy in conversation with Stefano Albertini, Professor of Italian, Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (New York University). The event was hosted at the IIC premises on 7 […]
Read moreGermany – “The New Light of Emigration” becomes a permanent exhibition.
Inclusion, training and the culture of reception are at the core of the artistic project of a monumental 28 sqm work by Morena Antonucci, titled “The New Light of Emigration.” The painting exhibition opened in April 2016 at the Citizens Hall in the Municipality of Wolfsburg, in Germany. The project was hosted and promoted by the […]
Read morePortugal – Lisbon: Lectures of Paper Conservation
The Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon is holding two lectures at the National Library of Portugal on March 9 at 7:30 pm. They form part of a series of lectures on paper and photograph conservation techniques. Barbara Cattaneo and Federcia Delia will give a lecture on: “Paper and photograph conservation between material culture and conservation […]
Read moreItaly-Georgia Business Forum
The Farnesina is hosting an Italy-Georgia Business Forum, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the agency for the internationalisation and promotion abroad of Italian businesses (ICE) and the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. “The objective of the Business Forum,” said Angelino Alfano, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Read more#8March – The Foreign Ministry screens the true story of a Somali migrant woman to celebrate the occasion
For the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised the screening of the film “Desert Flower”, distributed in Italy by the independent producer “Ahora!”. The film tells the true story of Waris Dirie, a Somali migrant woman who became an internationally famous top model in London […]
Read moreSerbia – ‘Concerti in Galleria’ cycle of concerts back in Belgrade
The cycle of ‘Concerts in the Gallery’ has made its comeback in Belgrade and will continue until June. The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, in cooperation with the city’s Cultural Centre (KCB), will host a musical event on a Monday, once a month. The cycle will begin with a piano concert with Kristina Balzic, Petar […]
Read moreTunisia – Non-stop Theatre Festival of Kef
As part of the the “24 heures de theatre non-stop du Kef”, on 26 March 2017 the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis, in partnership with the Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scéniques of Kef, will present ‘Fiesta’, a show by the Teatro Due Mondi theatre company. Preceding the show, on 25 March, from 10 a.m. […]
Read moreArgentina – Dante’s Purgatory at the IIC in Buenos Aires
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Buenos Aires, on Thursday 9 March, will host a ‘Lectura Dantis’ in Italian by Claudia Fernandez, professor of Italian Language at the University of Buenos Aires and of Italian Medieval Literature at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado Joaquín V. González. The reading will be dedicated to the Purgatory as […]
Read moreOpen Administration Week – Open Farnesina. The Web portals at the service of the citizens
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation joins the first edition of the Open Administration Week (Settimana dell’Amministrazione Aperta – SAA, 4-11 March 2017), promoted by the Open Government Forum established within the Public Function Department. A week of initiatives across Italy will promote the culture and practice of transparency, participation and accountability, both […]
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