Diplomazia Culturale

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17 June 2015

Madrid – Association of Italian Researchers in Spain set up

The Association of Italian Researchers in Spain (ARIS) has been set up in Madrid with the aim of promoting communication between the Italian and Spanish academic and scientific communities. The association was an initiative of Teodosio Libondi, science attaché at the Italian Embassy in Madrid until June 2014. It won strong support from the Italian […]

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17 June 2015

Ottawa – Gladiators are their lives, and deaths, are featured in a new exhibition

An overview of the life of gladiators, from what they ate to where they lived and died, is the subject of the exhibition entitled “Gladiators and the Colosseum – Death and Glory” just opened at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum. Fruit of the collaboration between the museum and two Italian companies, Contemporanea Progetti and Expona, the […]

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Press Releases

16 June 2015

Farnesina: Agreement with SIOI on training opportunities abroad for students

Training in an international sphere is the subject of an agreement signed at the Farnesina by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Society for International Organization (Italian initials SIOI). The convention was signed by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michele Valensise, and the President of the SIOI, Franco Frattini. […]

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16 June 2015

Beijing – Encounters with Italian Opera – Giuseppe Cuccia illustrates “L’elisir d’amore”

Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” will be performed at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing from 9 to 12 July 2015. On 29 June, Giuseppe Cuccia will give a presentation on the opera at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the “Encounters with Italian Opera” events organised by the Institute. Cuccia is a consultant […]

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16 June 2015

New York – The “Rome School” of flute: lesson-concert in the Big Apple

“The flute in Contemporary Music: The Italian experience and the ‘Rome School’”.That is the title of the lesson-concert that flautist Gianni Trovalusci will be giving at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York at 6pm on Wednesday 24 June. Read more, in Italian

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16 June 2015

Maputo – A week of Italian culture

Italian Culture Week is under way in Maputo and will run until 20 June. The initiative includes piano concerts Hwith performances by DuoKeira, with Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo. The “Festa do cinema italiano”, with films by directors such as Ettore Scola, Paolo Virzi’, Carlo Mazzacurati and Rocco Papaleo, will also include screenings […]

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15 June 2015

Asunción – “L’Italia del futuro” arrives in Paraguay

An exhibition entitled “Italia del futuro” has opened at the Catholic University of Asunción and will run until 11 June 2015. The initiative was organised by the Farnesina and by the National Research Council (CNR) in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna […]

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15 June 2015

Jakarta – Artemis Danza performs “Traviata”

Artemis Danza will perform “Traviata” in Jakarta, as the first chapter in its “Giuseppe Verdi” project. The performance will be hosted by the theatre at the Ciputra Artpreneur cultural centre to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Italy and Indonesia. The centre has organised the initiative in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in […]

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12 June 2015

Second ‘IBAC Italy’ Day at the Farnesina: growing business interest in investing in Italy

International businesses are increasingly interested in investing in Italy, as emerged from the 5th edition of “IBAC-ITALY”, an event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Promoting the attraction of investments in Italy The goal of the initiative, being held for the second time at the Farnesina, […]

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12 June 2015

Peru – Exhibition “Tesori Di Cusco: L’impronta Di Raimondi”

The exhibition “Tesori di Cusco. L’impronta di Antonio Raimondi” will open on 15 June at the Palazzo Tupac Yupanqui in Lima. It has been organized by the Museo Raimondi with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy of Cultural Institute of Lima and local public and private sponsors. Read more, in Italian.

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12 June 2015

Dublin – Italian Institute celebrates Dante

A full calendar of events, both literary and otherwise, have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin in celebration of the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri. The events will include an evening tomorrow dedicated to Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, scholar of Dante and author of several translations of the cantos […]

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12 June 2015

Second IBAC Italy day at the Farnesina – Gentiloni cites reforms to facilitate foreign investments

The Farnesina is hosting the 5th edition of IBAC Italy, and event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini and Minister for Economic Development Federica Guidi opened the first day’s sessions. Knowledge, development […]

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