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12 May 2015
Melbourne – Performances by Adele Ceraudo enchant Australia

Calabrian artist Adele Ceraudo was hailed in Australia for her experimental artworks on the theme of the female body, where a solo show held in Melbourne with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy drew a large and appreciative audience. Read more, in Italy.

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12 May 2015
Singapore – Venice Film Festival on the road

Italian cinema was hailed in Southeast Asia at a screening of eight of films at “Venice Film Festival to Singapore”. The review, now in its second edition, offered an important selection of Italian and Asian entries at the 71st edition of the Venice Festival. Read more, in Italian

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8 May 2015
Baku – Italy-Azerbaijan friendship union

“Friendship between Italy and Azerbaijan is strategic in all sectors: in the economy, in business but also in the agri-food sector and in culture”. These were the words of the Italian Ambassador in Baku, Giampaolo Cutillo, as he inaugurated the Italy-Azerbaijan Union for Friendship and Cooperation. The Union is an initiative promoted by Dundar Kesapli, a journalist of […]

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5 May 2015
Shanghai – display of masterpieces by Renzo Piano

The Auditorium of Rome, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Osaka’s Kansai airport, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the New York Times Building and London Bridge Tower: these are just some of the masterpieces of architectural design by Renzo Piano on display in Shanghai. The exhibition “Piece by Piece, Renzo Piano Building Workshop”, at the Power […]

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Press Releases
1 May 2015
Nepal earthquake: Italians’ arrival at Pratica di Mare airport

A group of Italian nationals is expected to arrive this afternoon from Nepal on a military flight arranged by the Farnesina Crisis Unit and the Interforces Operational Command. The flight will also be carrying over 30 EU citizens whose transport was arranged within the context of collaboration with the Crisis Units of various other nations […]

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30 April 2015
Kyoto – Fosco Maraini exhibition “Ama” staged

An exhibition was staged in Japan of a photographic series by Fosco Maraini entitled “Ama”, which grew out of an anthropological study conducted in the 1950s on the community of underwater fisherwomen of the islands of Hegurajima and Mikuriyajima. Speakers at the event, one of the headliners of “Kyotographie”, included consul general of Italy in […]

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29 April 2015
Nepal earthquake: Crisis Unit continues efforts to repatriate Italians

Efforts continue by the Farnesina Crisis Unit to repatriate Italian nationals by any means possible, including military ones, thanks to the collaboration of the Interforces Operational Command, and commercial flights out of Kathmandu. The first group are expected to arrive on a commercial flight to Milan in the early hours of tomorrow; another two flights […]

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28 April 2015
Nepal earthquake: contact made with many Italians who had been cut off

In recent hours, thanks to the partial restoration of mobile telecommunications and the fact that rescue teams have managed to reach several remote areas of Nepal, the Farnesina Crisis Unit has been able to establish contact with many Italian nationals that it was unable to reach before, bringing the number of those it is still […]

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28 April 2015
Islamabad – Italy co-sponsor of Literature Festival

Italy continues to flank Pakistan in the promotion of culture by co-sponsoring the Islamabad Literature Festival. The event draws Pakistani writers, professors, artists and readers, and is the third of its kind after those of Karachi and Lahore. The festival’s aim is to promote culture as a factor in peace, development and growth, a conviction […]

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28 April 2015
Jakarta – Asian tour for Stefano Bollani, tomorrow Jakarta

Renowned and eclectic musician Stefano Bollani’s Asian tour, which began in the context of New Age Productions’ “Suoni Italiani” project, includes four stops. After performing in Kyoto and Tokyo in Japan, he will be in Hong Kong this evening and go on to Jakarta tomorrow. The Indonesian event, organised by the Italian embassy and cultural […]

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