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America Settentrionale

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1 April 2015
Italy-USA Mutual recognition by airworthiness authorities

Lieutenant General Francesco Langella (Director of DAAA – Air Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate) has signed an agreement with his U.S counterpart, Brig. Gen. Timothy Gowen, on the mutual recognition of authorities between their respective military agencies. Lieutenant General Langella was acting in his capacity of national director for the airworthiness of all military aircraft and […]

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Press Releases
30 March 2015
Directors appointed at Italian Cultural Institutes in London, Moscow and New York

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has appointed new directors at three key Italian Cultural Institutes abroad. The appointment procedure took into account candidates’ renown and repute, and was based on the work of a commission that included representatives from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry for […]

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30 March 2015
Montreal – Cinema, i classici italiani pronti a incantare il Canada

Da Pietro Germi a Francesco Rosi, da Bernardo Bertolucci a Mario Monicelli: al Festival Cinéma du Monde di Sherbrooke, in Canada, sarà presente una selezione di film italiani dal titolo Classique du Cinéma Italienne (9-12 aprile), grazie alla collaborazione tra gli organizzatori del Festival e l’Istituto italiano di cultura di Montréal. Nell’ambito della manifestazione, che […]

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20 March 2015
Washington – Italian food traditions take centre stage

Ahead of opening of the 2015 Milan EXPO, the Embassy of Italy in the United States organised two conferences in Washington for celebrated Italian food history and cuisine expert Francine Segan: one at the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library, where Segan will speak about traditions and innovations in Italian gastronomy. The other will […]

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17 March 2015
USA – The Italian embassy is “Chasing Ice”

The Italian embassy will host a screening on 19 March of the award-winning documentary “Chasing Ice” for the “Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital” to be held in Washington from 17 to 29 March. Speaker Tommaso Valente, himself a filmmaker, will introduce the film discuss whether or not we should be worried. “This documentary […]

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16 March 2015
Montreal – Italy at the Festival International du Film sur l’Art ‎

Italy will take part in the 33th edition of the Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) taking place in Montreal from 19 to 29 March, which will feature three documentaries by as many Italian directors: “Castle of Postignano, Spontaneous Architecture from Abandonment to Recovery” by Paolo Barone, “Piero Manzoni, Artista” by Andre Bettinetti and […]

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Press Releases
13 March 2015
Gentiloni meets with General John Allen – Italy confirms commitment to countering Daesh

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received General John Allen, President of the United States’ Special Envoy for the Anti-Daesh Coalition. General Allen updated Minister Gentiloni on recent developments in the military situation, with particular reference to the areas of Tikrit and northern Iraq. Gentiloni confirmed Italy’s commitment which, in addition to […]

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11 March 2015
USA – Cooperation comes to California and Oregon

Bilateral relations, political, economic and cultural ties, EXPO Milano 2015, negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States make up the principal focus of Italian ambassador Claudio Bisogniero’s visit to California and Oregon. The ambassador will be in Los Angeles until 10 March (having arrived on […]

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9 March 2015
Montreal – The role of music in the Risorgimento, reflections in Canada

What better means than music to spread new ideas of freedom, independence and love of country? The operas written by Giuseppe Verdi between 1842 and 1849 had a strong patriotic component and were received enthusiastically by the public. Offering an occasion for reflection on the subject will be a conference entitled “Music and the reawakening […]

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6 March 2015
Usa – Historical and archaeological artefacts returned to Italy

Twenty-three historical and archaeological artefacts that illegally entered U.S. territory have been returned to Italian authorities. The invaluable pieces include a marble sarcophagus from the Roman period depicting sleeping Ariadne, frescoes of the excavations of Pompeii from the first century AD, an Etruscan bronze statuette of Herakles dating to the sixth or fifth century B.C, […]

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5 March 2015
Montreal – Alberto Mario Delogou and his book “Ballate per seppellire un fucile”

Alberto Mario Delogou – a Sardinian-born agronomist, economist, journalist, actor and writer – will present his multilingual book “Ballate per seppellire un fucile” at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal (1200, Avenue du Dr. Penfield) at 18.30 on Thursday 12 March 2015. The Institute is promoting the event with the patronage of Performigations: People are […]

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