The 2015 edition of “Romun” came to a close today at the Italian foreign ministry in Rome. This youth-oriented simulation of the workings of the UN was promoted by the SIOI and the diplomatic missions of the United States in Italy and to the UN in Rome. More than 500 young people participated in five […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni followed the UN Secretary General’s visit to EXPO for World Food Day by welcoming U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Food security and climate change at the heart of EXPO and Cooperation pledges “Our presence here confirms the importance of food security and climate change, which […]
Read moreDopo la visita del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite di ieri in occasione del World Food Day, oggi è stata la volta del Segretario di Stato statunitense John Kerry, accolto ad Expo dal Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni. Sicurezza alimentare e cambiamenti climatici al cuore di Expo e degli impegni […]
Read more“The Most Beautiful Italian Film Soundtracks” is the title of an event promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and Carlton University. The event will take place on Saturday 24 October at the university’s Kailash Mital Theatre. The evening will feature live performances by Enzo De […]
Read moreThe exhibition “La luce del Sud Italia Dipinti della Scuola Napoletana del XIX secolo”, hosted through 5 November by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York offers a journey through the South of Italy, the Mediterranean and its colours, from the excavations of Pompei to the majesty of Vesuvius, the jagged coastline and the charm […]
Read moreIn the course of the 15th Italian Language Week, the National Arts Centre of Ottawa hosted a performance of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville”, performed by the local “Opera Lyra” Company conducted by Giuseppe Pietraroia under the direction of Dennis Garnhum. The same centre also hosted the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra’s season opening concert entitled “Carnevale Romano”. […]
Read moreOltre cento opere, per la prima retrospettiva di Alberto Burri in oltre 35 anni e la più completa mai allestita negli Stati Uniti sull’artista italiano. Dal 9 ottobre al 6 gennaio il Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum di New York ospiterà “The Trauma of Painting”: esplorando la bellezza e la complessità del processo creativo che sta […]
Read moreThe ties between Philadelphia and Italy are many, as explained by “Ciao Philadelphia”, a month of over 60 events organised by the Consulate General under the guidance of Andrea Canepari, in collaboration with other major cultural institutions and organisations of the Delaware Valley, a region that boasts one of the largest Italo-Italian communities in the […]
Read moreAlgerian-born Italian author Amara Lakhous, whose critically acclaimed novel “Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio”, from which a film was also made, will be lecturing from 30 September to 4 October in Montreal and Quebec. The lectures have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal in collaboration with other institutions. […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni took part in a ministerial meeting on Afghanistan co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah. The meeting offered an opportunity to highlight the progress made in that […]
Read moreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two new final rules on the preventive checks and controls that companies will be required to carry out on human and animal food. The new rules will enter into force on 16 November 2015. They are intended to up-date the FDA standards governing prevention systems and introduce […]
Read moreSan Francisco’s Castro Theatre is hosting a film event dedicated to Vittorio De Sica, one of the fathers of neo-realism, on Saturday 26 September 2015. The event is promoted by Cinema Italia SF, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco (in collaboration with the Leonardo da Vinci Society, the Italian […]
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