Ambassador Formosa’s meeting with the Portugal – Italy Parliamentary Group of Friendship
The Italian Ambassador to Portugal, Carlo Formosa, met today – at the Palace of São Bento, seat of the Parliament of the Portuguese Republic – with the members of the Portugal-Italy Friendship Parliamentary Group, chaired by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) MP, Andreia Neto, assisted by the two vice-Presidents, Jorge Botelho and João Torres, both […]
Read moreAthens: Italy guest of honour at the Comics Festival
The famous Comicdom CON Athens 2023 comics festival has chosen Italy as guest of honour for its 17th edition, to be held from 12 to 14 May. Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens, will organise two exhibitions. The first, entitled “Calvino Immaginario – I mondi immaginari di Italo Calvino” (The Imaginary […]
Read morePrague, exceptional tribute to Farinelli by Cecilia Bartoli
A long round of applause, three encores and four standing ovations greeted the tribute to Farinelli by mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival and conductor of Opéra de Monte-Carlo, at Prague’s Obecni dum on Sunday 7 May. The concert, which was sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Prague, was organised by Nachtigall […]
Read moreZagreb: event on blue economy and bilateral cooperation
The Italian Embassy in Zagreb has scheduled a high-level event on the topic of the blue economy for tomorrow morning, in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy. The event will focus on possible bilateral cooperation geared towards achieving mutual benefits in the use of sea-related resources; on the one hand, it will delve into […]
Read moreIn Brussels the women who made Europe
On 12 may the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels proposes a meeting with the authors of the book “Pioniere. Le donne che hanno fatto l’Europa” (Pioneers. The women who made Europe). It recounts the lives of eleven women who, with ideas and actions, contributed to building Europe. Their biographies speak of the desire for a […]
Read moreItaly joins Ireland’s Bike Week with “Giro d’Italia Ride Green”
The Embassy of Italy, together with other official partners representing Italy in Ireland, is joining the Irish Bike Week 2023 with its own Italian bike ride, “Giro d’Italia Ride Green”. The ride will take place on the morning of Sunday, 14th May 2023 from the western point of Phoenix Park and will end after 8 […]
Read moreEnzo Avitabile’s concert “Acoustic World” held in Tripoli
A concert by Italian singer-songwriter and saxophonist Enzo Avitabile, one of the leading interpreters of “World Music”, was organised on 6 May by the Italian Embassy in Tripoli in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Libya (DoA). The concert, “Acoustic World”, took place in the splendid setting of Tripoli’s Red Castle and presented the […]
Read moreThe first stage of the “Fashion Panorama” exhibition in Tirana
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana, together with the Centre for Openness and Dialogue (COD), presents the first international stage of the exhibition “Fashion Panorama – The Italian New Wave”, a project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, curated by Vogue Italia. The Director of the Institute, Alessandro Ruggera, said: “The decision […]
Read morePoland, Ambassador Franchetti Pardo at the commemoration of the Risorgimento hero, Francesco Nullo
On 6 May the Ambassador of Italy in Warsaw, Luca Franchetti Pardo, took part – in various Polish locations – in the commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Krzykawka in which the Risorgimento hero from Bergamo, Francesco Nullo, lost his life in 1863. The latter, at the head of the Garibaldi Legion, […]
Read more“Italia Inclusiva” exhibition opens in Hamburg
The photographic video exhibition “Italia Inclusiva” (Inclusive Italy), an original project of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation designed to recount the wealth of experiences and skills developed by the Italian Third Sector abroad, opens today at the Italian Cultural Institute of Hamburg. The “Italia Inclusiva” initiative is part of the broader […]
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