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11 November 2015

Arte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio

This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair.  Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]

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11 November 2015

Afghanistan – Support for the international community against the growing threat posed by Da’esh, says Gentiloni

The international community’s commitment in Afghanistan should be aiming to “close the last chapters of a story that has gone on for 12-13 years. It should also be aiming to tackle a threat that in part is new, most notably the growth of Da’esh, and to manage migration, given that this year Afghanistan has become […]

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10 November 2015

Tokyo – Dante in Japan: a linguistic and cultural divide?

Dante Alighieri, and the way his work was “imported” to Japan during the Meiji era, will be the topic of a lecture by Professor Iwakura Tomotada at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on Wednesday 11 November 2015. The lecture will discuss linguistic and ideological aspects of the “heroic” poet’s work, and its translation and […]

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6 November 2015

Italy-China: Resumption of diplomatic relations 45 years ago

This 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and China, “ahead of the 50th anniversary in 2020, provides further stimulus to deepen and broaden bilateral dialogue and cooperation and, with a view to the reciprocal benefits, to make a pro-active contribution to strengthening international prosperity, stability, peace and security”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s in […]

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Press Releases

5 November 2015

ASEM: Della Vedova in Luxembourg for 12th Ministerial

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova is in Luxembourg today representing the Italian government at the 12th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting, chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. “Working together for a sustainable and secure future” is the theme of the summit, which follows upon […]

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3 November 2015

Osaka – At the ready for the “Study in Italy Salon”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka, in collaboration with Turkish Airlines, has organised and promoted this year’s “Study in Italy Salon”, an annual event aimed at encouraging direct contact and information exchanges between Italy enthusiasts in Japan and the representatives of language, cooking and design schools in Italy. The event will take place on Thursday […]

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3 November 2015

Hanoi – Italian gastronomical excellence wins

Vietnam’s best Italian restaurants and food shops joined forces on an Italian Food Festival, organised by the Italian business community in that Asian country with the patronage of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Icham). The event offered the best in Italian culinary and gastronomical excellence from pizza to […]

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30 October 2015

Sidney – Cinema, “Umberto D.” closes the “Masters of Neo-Realism” series

The “Masters of Neo-Realism: Roberto Rossellini e Vittorio De Sica” film series, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, presents its seventh and final screening at the Casula Powerhouse on 5 November at 19:30. The film shown will be “Umberto D.”, written and staged by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica in […]

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28 October 2015

Earthquake on Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Italian development cooperation earmarks emergency funding of 500,000 euro for International Red Cross.

Roma – Italian development cooperation has decided to allocate multilateral emergency funding of 500,000 euro to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help the communities hit by the earthquake in the vast region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 300 died in the earthquake and over 2000 people were injured. The Italian cooperation […]

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28 October 2015

Beijing – European Union Film Festival opens its doors

The 8th European Union Film Festival, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, has opened. Films being screened range from “Happy Together” by the Czech director, Sasha Dlouhy, to “Kung Fury” by Sweden’s David Sandberg. The festival director is Peter Sallade, while the films were selected by Gianluigi Perrone. Read more, in Italian.

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27 October 2015

DEI – Indonesia: Government approves reforms to revitalise the economy

The Indonesian government has announced a reform package drawn up in coordination with the central bank, the Financial Services Authority and the Minister Coordinator for the Economy. Its aim is to boost domestic consumption and revitalise the economy. The first tranche of measures includes the adoption of measures to increase certainty in economic activity and […]

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27 October 2015

Astana – Year of Italian Culture in Kazakhstan

A documentary on Marco Polo, a joint production of a Kazakh opera, exchanges of history and art exhibitions, and archive research projects. These are just some of the initiatives planned for the Year of Italian Culture in Kazakhstan, which will run until October 2016. The “Year” was presented by the Italian Ambassador in Astana, Stefano […]

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