Cyprus launches first Antenna of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network
Eighteeen months after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation established the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, (MWMN), the project’s first local group was created today in Cyprus. The public launching event of the Antenna was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel in Nicosia’s demilitarised area, set up by the United Nations. “It is a […]
Read more‘Italia, Italia’ is launched at Vancouver’s Documentary Festival
Over one thousand people attended the section devoted to Italy at Vancouver’s Doxa Documentary Film Festival. The event takes place every year to celebrate the importance of the documentary film genre, which describes the complexity of present time starting from the director’s viewpoint. This year’s edition of the Festival featured for the first time ‘Italia,Italia’, a programme of auteur-driven documentaries, […]
Read moreLisbon, ‘Reflections’: photos by Gea Casolaro
The identity that forms through relationships, places, cultures and dialogue is the theme chosen by Gea Casolaro for her exhibition ‘Reflections’ that opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The exhibition displays some of the most significant works of the artist who, through photography, videos, installations and writings, has been exploring our relationship with […]
Read moreArgentina, Literary Café for Italian authoresses of the 1900s
Yesterday, 14 May, the Italian Consulate General in Bahia Blanca opened the 2019 edition of the Literary Café titled “Lives and Stories in the Feminine. A look at the work of great Italian authoresses of the 1900s”. The event schedules monthly meetings at the Consulate to discuss – in Italian – some of the texts […]
Read moreBrasilia: ‘Studiare in Italia’ showcases the training courses offered
‘Studiare in Italia’, the initiative organised by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, showcases all the opportunities offered to foreign students by the Italian university system. Thanks to the initiative, young Brazilians who look at our Country with great interest, will be able to obtain all the practical information in order to initiate their studies in […]
Read moreBratislava: Ambassador Meucci welcomes the National Hockey Team
The Italian national Hockey team was hosted in Bratislava by Italian Ambassador Gabriele Meucci on the occasion of their participation in the World Ice Hockey Championship which is being held in Slovakia this year. In welcoming the team, Ambassador Meucci underlined how Italian athletes who participate in sports events abroad, contribute to the promotion of […]
Read moreBeijing: a children’s painting contest dedicated to Leonardo
The fifth edition of the national children’s painting contest organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing is dedicated to the anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. The ‘Paint Italy Prize’ proposes to young contestants the theme of the figure of the Italian genius in his attempt to transmit to children “that insatiable yearning […]
Read moreCracow: series of concerts for the ‘Maggio musicale italiano’
An intense music festival to disseminate Italy’s musical heritage in Poland has kicked off in Cracow at the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute. Now at its second edition, the ‘Maggio musicale italiano’, co-organized with Polish music partners including ‘Cracovia Andante’, the ‘Cracow Philharmonic’ and ‘Cappella Cracoviensis’, and hosted at the Boleslaw, Rzeszow and Bielsko-Biala concert halls, opened […]
Read moreAlbania in the ’20s-’30s in the photos of the Quaronis
A rare and unique look at the political and social life of Albania in the ‘20s and ‘30s is presented in the exhibition entitled ‘The Photographic Archive of Pietro and Larissa Quaroni – Albania 1928-1931’. The exhibition displays 85 photographs, most of which are unpublished, and taken by the diplomat and his wife during their […]
Read moreItalian companies attend the International Agricultural Fair in Serbia
The International Agricultural Fair opened in Novi Sad its 86th edition of which Italy is the Partner Country. The event marks the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations and 10 years of strategic partnership between Rome and Belgrade. The Italian Pavilion, which was inaugurated by the Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food, Forestry Policies and Tourism, Franco Manzato, […]
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