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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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2 March 2015
Montreal – Italian video-art seeks to win over Canada

An Italian video-art review will be held at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal on Wednesdays 4 and 11 March (19:00), where the Italian Cultural Institute of that city will present “Archetypes of Contemporary Italian Video-Art”. The project is part of the broader “Création Vidéo: Trois temps, trois lieu”, and grew out of a desire to […]

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Accreditation Notices
23 February 2015
NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Un nuovo Piano Marshall USA-UE per il Mediterraneo ed il Medio Oriente: sviluppo economico e politiche di cooperazione (Roma, 26 febbraio 2015)

Giovedì 26 febbraio, a partire dalle ore 15:30, alla Farnesina, si terrà l’evento “Un nuovo Piano Marshall USA-UE per il Mediterraneo ed il Medio Oriente: sviluppo economico e politiche di cooperazione”. Il convegno, promosso dall’Associazione Prospettive Mediterranee in collaborazione con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, la Fondazione Ebert (FES-Italia), l’EURISPES, l’Università […]

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23 February 2015
Washington – Great names of the Italian Renaissance on show in the USA

Renaissance Florence will soon take centre stage in the panorama of cultural events in New York thanks with the exhibition “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance masterpieces from Florence Cathedral”. The exhibition opens on 20 February 2015 at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA). Organized in collaboration with the Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria […]

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20 February 2015
Washington – Great names of the Italian Renaissance on show in the USA

Renaissance Florence will soon take centre stage in the panorama of cultural events in New York thanks with the exhibition “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance masterpieces from Florence Cathedral”. The exhibition opens on 20 February 2015 at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA). Organized in collaboration with the Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria […]

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