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Press Releases
21 April 2017
Minister Alfano meets with the Argentinian Foreign Minister, Susana Malcorra

“The fact that over 40% of the Argentinian population is of Italian descent creates a particularly intense relationship with our Country, that stretches to all areas of activity: political, economic, cultural and academic. The swearing in of President Macri opened an intense season of bilateral visits at very high level,” said the Minister of Foreign […]

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21 April 2017
Alfano on Venezuela. Violence can never be the response to the population’s requests

“I am following with deep concern the development of the protests underway and I express my firmest condemnation of the violence witnessed in the past few days,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on the street clashes in Venezuela. “I repeat that violence cannot be the response to the population’s […]

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19 April 2017
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro hosts concert by Venetian duo Gerbasi and Celeghin

The Italian Cultural Institute in Rio will host a Venetian concert by mezzosoprano Francesca Gerbasi and pianist and organist Silvio Celeghin at 12:30 p.m. on 20 April. The programme will include music by Antonio Buzzolla, Charles Gounod, Reynaldo Hahn, Guido Bianchini, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Alfredo Casella and Gioachino Rossini.

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18 April 2017
Buenos Aires – Nanni Moretti attends the BAFICI Independent Film Festival

“I believe in people. But I do not believe in the majority of people…” This is a famous quote by Nanni Moretti from his movie  ‘Caro diario’ (‘Dear Diary’), which will be screened at the BAFICI independent film festival, on Thursday, 20 April ( at  5:10 p.m at Theatre 4, Village Recoleta). The Festival will run from 19 to 30 […]

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7 April 2017
The Pleasure of Reading in Italian: Great Literature at the Embassy in Brasilia

Thursdays are dedicated to the “pleasure of reading in Italian” at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. Our embassy is holding a series of readings of a number of Italy’s most important authors of contemporary literature. The series began on 13 March with Elena Ferrante’s “L’Amica geniale”. It continues on 27 April with Niccolò Ammaniti’s “Io […]

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6 April 2017
​Argentina – Nanni Moretti is a guest of honour at Buenos Aires Film Festival

Nanni Moretti will travel to Argentina to be guest of honour at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film – BAFICI,  running from 19 to 30 April in the Argentinian capital. The Festival will also screen the work of Walter Veltroni. The Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires have published the programme […]

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Press Releases
3 April 2017
Minister Alfano: ” Deep sorrow for the Mocoa victims and personal closeness to the families stricken by this tragedy. To Colombia, a Country which is a friend of Italy, I wish to convey the deep-felt condolences of our Country”

Minister Alfano: “I wish to express our deep sorrow for the Mocoa victims and my personal closeness to the families stricken by this tragedy. To Colombia, a Country which is a friend of Italy, I wish to convey the deep-felt condolences of our Country.”The Farnesina’s Crisis Unit, in close cooperation with the Italian Embassy in […]

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3 April 2017
Mexico City, the Alinari Photo Archive shows 19th century Florence

The Alinari Photographic Archive contains images of Florence in the 19th century, depicting the city’s transformation from Florence as the capital of Italy to Florence the capital of international tourism. This is the theme of the lecture that Stefano Bertocci will hold at 7 p.m., today, 3 April, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico […]

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29 March 2017
Colombia – The Italian Embassy in Bogotà presents the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme

Are you a Colombian student in Engineering-Advanced Technologies, Design-Architecture and Economics-Business Management? Would you like to specialise in Italy and also enjoy the opportunity of acquiring practical experience in an Italian enterprise? The “Invest Your Talent in Italy” Programme – informs a note by the Italian Embassy in Bogotà – offers the possibility of attending […]

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28 March 2017
Peru – Giuseppe Tornatore‎’s “La sconosciuta” screened in Lima

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima will host the screening of Giuseppe Tornatore’s film “La sconosciuta” [The Unknown Woman], with Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini. The film was awarded a David di Donatello prize in 2007 for the best film director. Giuseppe Tornatore created a film based on real incidents in the racket of […]

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27 March 2017
Event at the Teatro Nacional di San José, ​Costa Rica

Our Embassy, together with the Delegation of the European Union, organized an event at the Teatro Nacional San José, the most prestigious cultural institution of the Country, to celebrate 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties. The event was attended by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, accompanied […]

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