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20 April 2016
Undersecretary of State Della Vedova on mission to Canada

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, will be on an official visit to Canada from 20 to 22 April. In Ottawa, the Undersecretary will meet Stéphane Dion, the Foreign Minister of the government led by Justin Trudeau, to acknowledge the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, also […]

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18 April 2016
New York – Italy in front line in fighting climate change

Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has taken a new initiative in the fight against climate change. It recently ran a special event on the issue at the UN as part of the initiatives in support of the Security Council’s campaign. The historic achievements of 2015, primarily the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris […]

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15 April 2016
Toronto – “Public Ambitions” architecture show focuses on public space

Public space is the focus of the architecture exhibition “Public Ambitions” held at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Toronto. Ten major works by Italian architecture firms on the theme of public space are on show for the occasion. The firms are: ABDR (Rome) with Rome’s Annibaliano metro station; Baukuh (Milan) with the “Casa […]

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5 April 2016
Los Angeles – Focus on a development project exhibition by the Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised, in partnership with the Agenzia Contrasto, a photographic exhibition called “4 Development Projects”, which will open today at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Los Angeles and which is scheduled to run through the summer. “The show – reads a presentation note by the […]

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31 March 2016
Minister Gentiloni in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit taking place today and tomorrow. The Summit – the fourth after Washington (2010), Seoul (2012), The Hague (2014) and the last, furthering the process launched by President Barack Obama in his historic speech in Prague in 2009 – aims at promoting worldwide […]

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30 March 2016
Toronto – Jazz pianist Giovanni Guidi closes ‘Sounds of Italy’

The “Sounds of Italy” series of concerts hosted by the Jazz Bistro in Toronto closed with a recital by pianist Giovanni Guidi. The project is the fruit of a partnership between the Italian Institute of Culture, the Consulate General of Italy in Toronto and Jazz.Fm91 radio station, Canada’s main jazz broadcaster with approximately 500,000 listeners […]

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29 March 2016
Washington –The music of Ferruccio Busoni 150 years from his birth

A musical event will commemorate Italian composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni at 150 years from his birth. Gianluca Luisi will perform a piano concert on Thursday, 31 March, at the Italian Embassy in Washington, organised in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Culture. International reviews (Potsdamer Nachrichten, Fanfare, the New York Concert reviews at Carnegie […]

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23 March 2016
Washington – Visitors flock to ancient Greek bronzes

The exhibition of bronze statues from ancient Greece in Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art has successfully attracted more than 165,000 visitors. The exhibition entitled “Power and Pathos”, which opened on Dec. 10 and closed yesterday, recorded an average of 1,700 visitors a day. On display were 50 rare bronze masterpieces from various countries around […]

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21 March 2016
La Ricerca – Cooperazione scientifica, Italia e Usa in un progetto bilaterale

Gli accordi di collaborazione tra Italia e Usa passano anche per la ricerca scientifica. Il progetto bilaterale “Sviluppo di metallacrowns porosi e magnetici per applicazioni sensoristiche”, coordinato da Matteo Tegoni, del dipartimento di Chimica dell’Università di Parma, è stato selezionato dal ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale come “Progetto bilaterale di grande rilevanza” […]

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17 March 2016
Dei – Usa: 1-2 giugno CEM7 a San Francisco su energia pulita

Si terra’ a San Francisco i prossimi 1 e 2 giugno la settima edizione del Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7), l’appuntamento annuale dei Ministri dell’Energia e di altri rappresentanti di alto livello della Commissione Europea e dei 23 Paesi aderenti al CEM. A sei mesi dall’accordo sul clima di Parigi, l’evento costituirà un’opportunità per le principali […]

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16 March 2016
San Francisco – A journey to discover the power and magic of Italian gestures

Pointing the finger, invoking the skies, shaking ones fists: everyone knows that Italians are particularly fond of gestures. Italians are known not only for their excellent coffee, ice cream, pizza and fashion, but also for their fascinating gestures. An event on Italian gestures, their meaning and how to use them is to be held on Thursday, […]

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