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25 May 2015

“The world has changed but Romero’s message is still relevant”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro attends beatification ceremony for Monsignor Romero The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, attended the beatification ceremony for Monsignor Romero, which took place in San Salvador on 23 May 2015. “He is a figure who still poses questions for us today. The world has changed but Romero’s message is still relevant in […]

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25 May 2015

Austria – Serata beneficenza a suon di musica in Ambasciata

Serata di beneficenza a suon di musica, classica e napoletana, all’Ambasciata d’Italia a Vienna, con il celebre tenore messicano Ramon Vargas in veste di mattatore. Fra gli ospiti anche i cantanti de Il Volo, vincitori del Festival di Sanremo Pubblico, oltre 200 persone, entusiasta, cullato fra famose arie di opere e classici senza tempo della […]

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25 May 2015

Mosca – “L’Italia che non ti aspetti” svelata ai russi

E’ stato presentata all’ambasciata d’Italia a Mosca l’edizione in russo del libro “L’Italia che non ti aspetti”, in cui gli autori, Angelino Lonardi e Antonio Cianci, raccontano con esempi concreti un’Italia fatta di eccellenze e di numeri, in linea con gli altri Stati Ue, sfatando lo stereotipo della “malata d’Europa”. Per un pubblico straniero, la […]

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25 May 2015

Argentina – Si discute di UE, Italia e processo d’integrazione

“L’Unione Europea, l’Italia e il processo di integrazione” sono al centro di una conferenza in Argentina, organizzata dal “Centro de Estudios Italianos” dell’Universita’ nazionale di La Plata (Unlp), in collaborazione con il consolato generale d’Italia nella citta’. L’evento, che si tiene il 22 maggio, e’ aperto a tutti gli studenti dell’Universita’ e sara’ moderato dal […]

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25 May 2015

Tel Aviv – Expo e cultura, eventi per celebrare Italia in Israele

Tarantella, opera lirica ed Expo: la rete diplomatica italiana in Israele ha organizzato una serie di eventi per celebrare la Festa della Repubblica, presentando il Bel Paese in tutta la sua ricchezza. Con il motto “Italia e Israele EXPOnential Partners”, il programma prendera’ il via il 2 giugno con il concerto gratuito di tarantella che […]

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23 May 2015

Terrorist attacks in Syria: UN Security Council decision important result of action by Italian government, says Gentiloni

“The decision of the United Nations Security Council’s decision is an important result of the action by the Italian government”. This was how the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, expressed their approval of the initiative taken by the United […]

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22 May 2015

Budapest – Media and propaganda recalling the Great War

On the centennial of Italy’s entry into the First World War, the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest organized a meeting on war propaganda, presenting the story of the “Giornale sul soldato Tirolese” and the magazine ‘Tiroler Soldaten-Zeitung’, published during the Great War by the Landesverteidigungskommando of the Tyrol region, which hosted a literary supplement and […]

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22 May 2015

Mexico – Exhibition on the art of restoration in Italy

“Restoration in Italy” is the title of an exhibition to take place from 29 May to 26 June at the Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City. A total of 25 panels illustrating the history and activities of the Institute for Advanced Conservation and Restoration (ISCR), a centre of excellence of international renown, and whose projects […]

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21 May 2015

Egyptian Museum of Turin: Conference in Cairo

The Italian Cultural Institute hosted a conference with the Director of the Archaeological Museum of Turin, Professor Christian Greco, entitled “Museo Egizio. 1824-2015: Nuove connessioni e contestualizzazione archeologica”. One of Europe’s main Egyptology centres “At the start of the 19th century, the Egyptian Museum of Turin was one of the principal centres for Egyptology in […]

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21 May 2015

Cuba – Pistoletto and Tibaldi at the Havana Biennale

Italy will be represented at the 12th Havana Biennale, this year entitled “Between the Idea and the Experience”, by a piece by Eugenio Tibaldi (winner of the 2013 Maretti Prize), and by Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “The Third Paradise”. The works will be on display from 22 to 24 May at the Fototeca de Cuba with the […]

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21 May 2015

Montreal – Hosts “Opera, between history and legend”

Baritone Gino Quilico and soprano Raphaelle Paquette are sure to enchant guests at the gala evening “Opera, between history and legend” organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal in collaboration with the Institute of Mediterranean Studies of that city. The event is scheduled for 28 May at the Ecole de musique Vincent-d’Indy, where the […]

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21 May 2015

New York – ‘In Scena!’, Italian theatre takes centre stage

Italian theatre took centre stage in New York for two weeks with 8 productions, special events, workshops and lectures. The third edition of the “In Scena!” festival brought Italian theatre to all five boroughs of the Bid Apple, and was organised by the Kit – Kairos Italy Theater in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign […]

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