Zagreb: four choreographies for the MicroDanze performance
The Italian Cultural Institute of Zagreb took the “MicroDanze” performance, a creation by Italia Danza, to the capital of Croatia on Monday 4 December at the Plesni Centar. The show had already been to Prague and Brussels and, after Zagreb, is scheduled to be performed in Stockholm and London, before landing in Africa, in Dakar. […]
Read moreKosovo’s TV speaks Italian: on air films and series produced by RAI
Two TV series, four films and six documentaries produced by Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI) will be aired next year on Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), in the original language and with subtitles in the local languages. This is made possible thanks to a special project promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Directorate […]
Read morePuebla, inauguration of the exhibition ‘Marble. Carving the Future’
The inauguration of the exhibition ‘MARBLE. CARVING THE FUTURE” is scheduled for 5 December at the Baroque Museum in Puebla. It is a project promoted and organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with Confindustria Marmomacchine and ITA Italian Trade Agency under the creative direction of Magister Art. Through a […]
Read moreItalian cinema returns to Prague with MittleCinemaFest
The Italian Embassy in Prague, together with the Italian Cultural Institute, has launched the Central European festival of contemporary Italian cinema MittelCinemaFest, now in its 11th edition in the Czech Republic, with a series of films on screen from 30 November to 6 December. Italian Ambassador Mauro Marsili remarked on the networking capacity of the […]
Read moreCanada, CDP Business Matching digital platform launched
The Italian Embassy in Ottawa has organised, in collaboration with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, the “Italy Meets Canada” event to launch in the Canadian market the CDP Business Matching digital platform, an innovative tool to connect Italian and Canadian companies. During the event, Italian Ambassador Andrea Ferrari expressed full confidence in the platform’s potential to […]
Read moreAmbassador D’Alessandro visits the ITER site
The Italian Ambassador to Paris, Emanuela D’Alessandro, recently visited ITER, near Cadarache (Aix-en-Provence), the world’s leading experimental site for thermonuclear fusion, whose primary objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing energy in a sustainable, potentially inexhaustible manner. Welcomed by the Director-General, Pietro Barabaschi, the Ambassador visited the site and met the 100 or so […]
Read more#OrangeTheWorld, initiatives by the diplomatic-consular network in Argentina
The Italian diplomatic-consular network in Argentina was among those promoting targeted initiatives on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and within the framework of the “Orange The World” awareness campaign promoted by the United Nations and joined by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its network abroad […]
Read moreBeirut, a concert to celebrate Maria Callas
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut is organising, together with the Italian Embassy in Lebanon, a concert to celebrate the centenary of Maria Callas’ birth. The event, organised in collaboration with the Beirut Chants Festival, will be held on 3 December at the Assembly Hall. Commemorating the legendary Diva, paying homage to her artistic legacy, […]
Read moreRiccardo Muti awarded honorary citizenship of Sarajevo
The ceremony to award honorary citizenship of the city of Sarajevo to Maestro Riccardo Muti, granted in recognition of his high commitment to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, took place in the Sarajevo City Hall (known as Vijećnica), coinciding with the Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Italian Ambassador Marco Di Ruzza stressed how the […]
Read moreStuttgart: Ambassador Varricchio inaugurates the exhibition on Modigliani
The Ambassador of Italy to Germany, Armando Varricchio, inaugurated the exhibition Modigliani: Modern Gazes, organized by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Barberini Museum of Potsdam, under the Embassy’s patronage. The Minister of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Petra Olschowski, and the Consul General in Stuttgart, Massimiliano Lagi, were also present at the opening ceremony. This is the first exhibition […]
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