Stockholm, packed calendar for the Cuisine Week
The 8th edition of the “Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World” – entitled “Dining with the Italian cuisine: well-being with taste” – will kick off in Sweden on 13 November with an event featuring Cilento and its cuisine as a protagonist. For the occasion, the Swedish book “Den Goda Maten” (The Good Food) […]
Read moreStrasbourg: Sardinia photographed by Sander on display
The Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg is hosting – from 9 November 2023 to 7 February 2024 – the traveling photographic exhibition “Sander Sardinia 1927,” curated by Florent To Lay as part of a project bringing together the Italian Cultural Institutes of Hamburg, Cologne, Montreal and Strasbourg. In 1927, when German photographer August Sander travelled […]
Read moreSarajevo, presentation of the “Ars Aevi” museum project designed by architect Renzo Piano
The Italian Embassy in Sarajevo, together with the relevant Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), has organised the second conference “A Vision Becomes Reality”, dedicated to the project of the “Ars Aevi” Museum of Contemporary Art. The conference was held in Sarajevo at the prestigious Vijećnica building, seat of the city municipality. […]
Read moreUkraine, Ambassador Zazo inaugurates Honorary Consulate in Dnipro
Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo visited the city of Dnipro, in south-east Ukraine, accompanied by a delegation from the Embassy. In talks with Governor Serhiy Lysak and Mayor Borys Filatov, the Ambassador recalled the Italian government’s all-round commitment to Ukraine, highlighting in particular the attention paid to the Dnipropetrovsk region, an area brimming with assets of […]
Read moreIstanbul, conference on the work of Pietro Canonica
The Italian Cultural Institute of Istanbul is organising a Study Day on the work of sculptor Pietro Canonica in the early years of the Republic of Türkiye for 3 November. The Italian Ambassador, Giorgio Marrapodi, the Director of the Institute, Salvatore Schirmo, the Councillor for Culture of the Municipality of Rome, Miguel Gotor, and important […]
Read moreIndia, the new Consulate General opens in Bengaluru
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riccardo Guariglia, the Italian Ambassador to India, Vincenzo de Luca, and the Consul General, Alfonso Tagliaferri, – attended the opening of the new Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru. The new Italian diplomatic venue will have consular jurisdiction in the Southeastern region of India. It will […]
Read moreAmbassador Varricchio attended the opening of the “Venezia 500” exhibition
The Ambassador of Italy to Germany, Armando Varricchio, held a speech at the opening of the exhibition “Venezia 500. Die sanfte Revolution der venezianischen Malerei” organised at the Alte Pinakothek of Munich. The show, sponsored by the Italian Embassy and Generali, focuses on the revolutionary innovation of Venetian painting in the Renaissance period. It includes […]
Read moreConference and exhibition “Calvino qui e altrove” for the Week of the Italian Language in the World in Ottawa
On the occasion of the 23rd edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World – this year on the theme of sustainability – and the centenary of Italo Calvino’s birth, the Italian Embassy in Canada organised a conference dedicated to the famous Italian writer. The conference, organised by Professor Paolo Granata of […]
Read moreZagreb, Week of the Italian Language closes with Calvino
To close the 23rd Week of the Italian Language in the World, which this year focused on the theme “Italian and sustainability”, the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb organised a concert-reading dedicated to Italo Calvino. The event, entitled “Sul far del giorno”, proposed — through the music of composer and saxophonist Marco Castelli and the […]
Read moreIraq: the new Nineveh Archaeological Park is born
The Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, Maurizio Greganti, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the Nineveh Archaeological Park, the first Archaeological Park in Federal Iraq. The ceremony was attended by Adnan Ibrahim, Presidential Advisor, Najim al-Jubouri, Governor of Nineveh, Abdelsitar Habo, Mayor of Mosul, and Nicolò Marchetti of the University of Bologna, Director of the Iraqi-Italian […]
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