Diplomazia Culturale

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11 April 2016

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Hiroshima

The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries have renewed the push for nuclear disarmament and have condemned “in the strongest terms”  North Korea’s tests on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni underlined that North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a cause of concern for East Asian countries and the G7. He emphasized […]

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11 April 2016

Ue – In Argentina focus sul “Manifesto di Ventotene”

Altiero Spinelli, l’ispiratore dell’idea europeista, sara’ protagonista in Argentina. In occasione del 30esimo anniversario della sua morte, si illustrera’ il valore storico, politico e culturale del “Manifesto di Ventotene”, fondamentale documento per la nascita dell’Europa. L’iniziativa e’ organizzata dall’Istituto italiano di cultura (Iic) di Buenos Aires il 18 aprile, nell’ambito delle Giornate Cuia in Argentina […]

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11 April 2016

Londra – L’11 maggio torna “Primo Approdo”

Nel Regno Unito torna “Primo Approdo”, gli incontri di orientamento promossi dal consolato generale d’Italia a Londra e dedicati a tutti i giovani connazionali appena arrivati in Inghilterra. Il prossimo appuntamento si terra’ l’11 maggio presso la sede diplomatica e oltre ad affrontare i temi cari all’iniziativa come la ricerca di un alloggio a Londra, […]

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11 April 2016

Praga – Festival cinema europeo dedica vetrina a Italia

Il festival “Giornate del Cinema Europeo” in Repubblica Ceca dedica una vetrina all’Italia. La kermesse, in corso in questi giorni a Praga prima di trasferirsi a Brno e in altre citta’ del Paese, celebra la cinematografia tricolore con tre pellicole in cartellone. A cominciare dal film ‘Pasolini’ di Abel Ferrara, che sara’ proiettato grazie alla […]

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8 April 2016

Tunisia – Democratic processes and cooperation perspectives

A multi-voiced debate links Tunisia and Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region as a sign of democracy and cooperation. “Democratic processes in Tunisia and cooperation and development perspectives in the Mediterranean Basin” is the title chosen for the forum scheduled on April 9 at the Palazzo della Regione in Trieste as part of the “DevolepMed” project. […]

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8 April 2016

Italy-Mexico – Making an effort to boost cooperation

The Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Alessandro Busacca, is continuing his meetings with the country’s institutions to take stock of multi-sectoral bilateral relations and evaluate how best to implement them. The diplomat attended a meeting with the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress. Chaired by Victor Georgiana, the […]

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8 April 2016

Sydney – Tour of Italy’s wines at Italian Institute in Sydney

A tour of the wines of Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto and Sicily, is being offered to participants comfortably sitting in Sydney. Piero Fonseca, head sommelier at Osteria Balla Manfredi in Sydney will guide a virtual tour in May and June through the four regions that produce Italy’s greatest wines. The events, to be hosted by the […]

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8 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni in Japan

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Tokyo today and tomorrow for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Italy-Japan bilateral relations and to attend the opening of two exhibitions, “Gems and Jewels of the Medicis” and “Renaissance Masterpieces from the Art Galleries of the Venice Academy”. The two exhibitions are […]

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7 April 2016

Lyon – From Dante to Cervantes, reflections on the wine-poetry relationship

2016 will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and Cervantes, while 2015 commemorated the 750th anniversary of the death Dante Alighieri. Drawing inspiration from these two important anniversaries for the culture of Europe and of the world, EUNIC – the European Union National Institutes for Culture – will invite several scholars to […]

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7 April 2016

Argentina – Focus on Galileo Galilei: The Man who Stopped the Sun

A series of meetings on “Italian scientists” has opened in Buenos Aires.  Sponsored by the Institute of Italian Culture (IIC), the first meeting will focus on “Galileo Galilei, the man who stopped the sun” and is organised by researcher Francesca Battista. As reported on the Institute’s website, perhaps the world’s most famous Italian scientist, Galileo […]

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7 April 2016

New Delhi – Kalascima Italian new folk band to tour India

‎Kalascima’s tour in India will kick off on Friday. Kalascima is an innovative Italian folk band capable of projecting into modernity the popular music of the Salento area, decontextualizing it from old recitals and barnyard dancing, and ‘regenerates’ it through the use of high-tech. Their first stop will be at New Delhi’s India International Centre […]

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Press Releases

6 April 2016

Official visit by Minister Gentiloni to Myanmar

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has arrived in Myanmar for a two-day official visit to the Country. The Minister, who is the first member of a Western government to visit Myanmar since the installation of the new government, met the leading representatives of the newly elected government led by the […]

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