Italy-Malta – Earthquake response exercises by civil protection teams
Earthquake response exercises were conducted by civil protection teams in Malta from 3 to 6 September 2015 as part of the SIMIT strategic project funded by the Italy-Malta Operations Programme for 2014-2020. The exercises were organised by Malta’s Civil Protection department in collaboration with the Civil Protection Department of Sicily Region, with the involvement of […]
Read moreMoscow – Caravaggio on display at Italian Embassy
Caravaggio’s “Boy Bitten by a Lizard” is being displayed at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, with a presentation by Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini and the director of the Pushkin Museum, Marina Loshak. The painting will then be shown at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts from 15 September to 10 January 2016, as part […]
Read moreNew York – Dissonanzen Ensemble pays homage to “Assunta Spina”
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York has organised an event for Monday 14 September dedicated to the Italian silent film masterpiece “Assunta Spinta” at 100 years from its production, with the Ensemble Dissonanzen providing the live soundtrack of the film directed and starring, among others, silent film diva Francesca Bertini, and produced a full […]
Read moreOslo – Italian ambassador speaks on Dante and Ibsen
Italian ambassador in Oslo Giorgio Novello will hold a conference on 16 September in which he will discuss Dante and Ibsen, drawing a comparison on the basis of a series of common aspects. The conference will be held at the Ibsen museum in Skein, birthplace of the renowned Norwegian author. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSan Francisco – Cinema marathon of 4 De Sica films
San Francisco pays tribute to director Vittorio De Sica on 26 September, a day to be dedicated entirely to his Neo-Realist masterpieces at the historic Castro cinema, where a four-film marathon will begin at 11:30 in the morning. The series has been organized in association with the Ministry of Culture under the patronage of the […]
Read moreUdine and Farnesina – Donate laboratory to Kurdistan museum
The University of Udine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated the Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk museum’s first archaeological restoration laboratory within the framework of the “Terra di Ninive” training project funded by the Task Force Iraq of the Farnesina and conducted by the University of Udine under the direction of Daniele Morandi Bonacossi. Read more, […]
Read moreGlobal security and immigration challenges – Gentiloni at the Forum Ambrosetti and Gymnich
Global security and its implications for business and persons will be the topic of Minister Gentiloni’s speech at the 41st edition of the Forum Ambrosetti this morning at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio. Other themes will include the Middle East peace process and implementation of the Iran nuclear accord and its impact on EU-Iran and regional […]
Read moreStockholm – Climate soil and landscape: a lecture by Luca Mercalli
The wider public knows him as TV’s “weatherman with the butterfly”, but he is much more: Luca Mercalli is, in fact, an internationally renowned climatologist who will present a lecture on 7 September (at 18:00) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm entitled “Climate, soil, landscape: how to stop the race to the edge of […]
Read morePrague – Traditions and notes: the polyphonic songs of Sardinia
The traditional polyphonic songs of Sardinia, as well as those of Corsica, will be featured in a concert by the world famous Mediterranean polyphonic group “Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei” on Tuesday 15 September (at 20:00) at Prague’s Hlahol (Masarykovo nábřeží 16), promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreArgentina – “9×10 Novanta”, Homage to Istituto Luce presented in Rosario
The film “9×10 Novanta” will be presented on 9 September in Rosario, Argentina, and is the original homage to the Istituto Luce produced by nine of the most renown of Italian filmmakers. Shown at the 2014 Venice film festival as a special event, the film will be presented as a non-competing entry at the 22nd […]
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