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Press Releases
17 September 2012
Italy will protect Canadian interests in Iran

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi announced today that Italy has decided to accept Canada’s request to represent their interests in Iran following the closure of the Canadian Embassy in Tehran. The decision was based on Italy’s historic relationship with a country that is an important friend and ally.Italy will take over the protection of Canadian interests […]

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14 September 2012
New York: The evolution of dance

DisCorDanza (an Italian wordplay on “conversation, heart, and dance”, meaning “discordance”) is a multi-faceted, interactive project that aims to immerse the public in the evolution of dance. The event will be staged by choreographer Marco Pelle on 25 September 2012 at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Read more, in Italian.  

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14 September 2012
LOS ANGELES: photography exhibition on Pompeii and Herculaneum

The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles is hosting an exhibition entitled “Inside out: Pompeian interiors exposed”, which runs from 14 September to 2 November 2012. The exhibition includes historic and contemporary photos, drawings, maps and videos that illustrate the process of recovering, displaying, documenting and preserving the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Read […]

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13 September 2012
Libya – attack on US Consulate – We must go on supporting moderate democracies, says Terzi

“We must go on supporting the consolidation of democracy in countries such as Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, which have chosen moderate leaderships”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi in the wake of the killing, in Benghazi, of the American Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. Consolidating democracy is a priority “Extremists have been […]

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13 September 2012
In New York, opera speaks Italian again

In New York, opera is speaking Italian again. For the entire 2012-13 season, all of the operas staged at the Metropolitan Opera House will have sub-titles in Italian. The audience will be able to read these on video-screens installed on the backs of seats, and will thus be able to follow the original words. The […]

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4 September 2012
Los Angeles: italian and american animated cinema meet

Italian animated cinema meets its American counterpart during a special evening organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles in collaboration with the Animation Department of the California Art Institute of Los Angeles and Cinema Without Borders magazine. A series of Italian shorts, showing the most recent advances in our production, will be screened […]

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31 August 2012
HOUSTON : Bertolucci retrospective in Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH) continues its tribute to Italian filmmakers – exploring the work of greats such as Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pupi Avati and Marco Bellocchio – with a retrospective dedicated to Bernardo Bertolucci that will include a dozen of his films to be screened over four weekends beginning on […]

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Press Releases
29 August 2012
Minister Terzi sends condolences to the family of Reginald Bartholomew

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi sent his condolences to the family of Reginald Bartholomew in which he expressed his “deep esteem and sincere affection” for the American diplomat who passed away yesterday, the news of which Minister Terzi received “with deep sorrow”. “Bartholomew”, Terzi wrote, “was in the forefront of American diplomacy and a […]

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