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29 October 2015
Italian cuisine master class hosted by Embassy

The kitchens of the Italian Embassy in London will be hosting a master class by the Federazione Italiana Cuochi (Italian Federation of Chefs). The class will be held by Francesco Mazzei, President of the Federation’s British delegation and chef at the Sartoria restaurant; Danilo Cortellini, Deputy President and chef at the Embassy; and Guglielmo Arnulfo, […]

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29 October 2015
Tirana – Cinema: an Albanian showcase for Italian short films

The 13th International Film Festival, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, is taking place in the Albanian capital and runs until 5 November 2015. This year the event includes a programme of Italian short films curated by the Italian Short Film Centre, featuring some of the most successful Italian shorts from 2014 and […]

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29 October 2015
La Scala’s String Quartet performs at the Glyptotek

Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum provided a splendid setting for a performance by the string quartet of La Scala theatre in Milan. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Copenhagen Metro Team, the event featured music by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Petr Ilic Tschaikovsky. The performers were Francesco Manara and Daniele Pascoletti […]

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Press Releases
28 October 2015
European Observatory, Paranal: no cut in financial support from Italian Government

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to respond to an article that appeared today in the press concerning alleged cuts in funding for the European Southern Observatory at Paranal, in Chile. The Ministry can confirm that there has been no cut whatsoever in the Italian Government’s financial support for the Observatory, which […]

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28 October 2015
Triennale di Milano will support economic recovery, says Gentiloni

The 21st International Exposition of the Triennale di Milano “will be a way to support the recovery of our economy. It will also help us recover confidence in our ability to attract foreign investment, in our export system, and in the possibility that the country, its businesses, its institutions, its reforms and its civil society […]

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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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28 October 2015
Prague – Cecchi Paone is special guest at Italian Language Week

Television journalist Alessandro Cecchi Paone was the special guest at the events held in the Czech Republic to celebrate the 15th Italian Language in the World Week. Cecchi Paone gave a lecture on “Radiotelevisione, allaricerca del servizio pubblico perduto” and held a class at the Charles University in Prague, on “Tradizione e vantaggi della lingua […]

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27 October 2015
Lisbon – Italy in the Great War – centenary celebrated in Portugal

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon is hosting events to mark the 100th anniversary of Italy entering the First World War. Tuesday 27 October 2015 will see a screening of the film “Uomini contro” by Francesco Rosi, with a presentation by researcher Carmine Cassino. On Tuesday 3 November, historian Giuseppe Monsagrati will give a lecture […]

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27 October 2015
Italy and Austria – Remembering Alcide De Gasperi

The Italian Embassy in Vienna organised an event in memory of Alcide De Gasperi, with the participation of the great statesman’s daughter, Maria Romana. Participants also included Prof. Paolo Magagnotti, president of the Alcide de Gasperi Centre for European Studies at the West University of Timișoara and the European Journalists Association; the chair of the […]

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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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