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12 February 2013
Turkey – Major opportunities for Italian firms

The development of economic/trade relations between Italy and Turkey was the main focus of the 2013 “first business committee” meeting organised in Istanbul by the Embassy of Italy with the resident Italian business community. The meeting offered an opportunity to take stock of 2012’s total trade of nearly €20 billion, which, despite a slight dip, […]

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11 February 2013
JERUSALEM – ITALIAN EVENTS AT THE BOOK FAIR

From Lina Wertmuller to Giuseppe Ayala, and from Bruno Arpaia to Marco Ansaldo. These are just some of the names featured in the rich programme of events taking place in the Italian Pavilion at the 26th International Book Fair in Jerusalem, which opens on Sunday 10 February 2013. The programme was organised by the Italian […]

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8 February 2013
Jerusalem – Italian events at the book fair

From Lina Wertmuller to Giuseppe Ayala, and from Bruno Arpaia to Marco Ansaldo. These are just some of the names featured in the rich programme of events taking place in the Italian Pavilion at the 26th International Book Fair in Jerusalem, which opens on Sunday 10 February 2013. The programme was organised by the Italian […]

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7 February 2013
Bratislava – Roberto Ciotti’s Mediterranean Blues

Blues musician Roberto Ciotti will be appearing at a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Bratislava on 7 February 2013. The concert will take place at the “Babylon”. This is a first visit to Slovakia for Ciotti, a leading figure in the blues-rock hall of fame. He has performed […]

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7 February 2013
AN ITALIAN “PIAZZA” AT THE TOURISM FAIR IN ISRAEL

A “piazza” measuring 100 square metres to showcase the delights that Italy offers the millions of visitors who chose it as a holiday destination every year. That is the space organised by ENIT, the Italian Tourism Board, at the International Mediterranean Tourism Market, the main Israeli tourism fair currently being staged in Tel Aviv. Over […]

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Press Releases
6 February 2013
L’italiano con un CLIQ Marchio di qualita’ per l’insegnamento della nostra lingua all’estero

“CLIQ – Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità” (Quality Italian Language Certification) is the new acronym – created today – that is set to revolutionise the certification of Italian language learning abroad. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi himself announced the new unified certification system that will provide Italy with a linguistic quality mark that can be clearly […]

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6 February 2013
HATS ON FILM: TUSCAN CRAFTSMANSHIP IN LOS ANGELES

The “Hats on Film” exhibition, a celebration of Italian style and craftsmanship, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles on 19 February 2013. The event is being promoted by the “Cappello di Firenze” consortium and Artigianato e Palazzo, a fair featuring the best of Italian craftsmanship. On display will be hundreds of straw […]

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6 February 2013
BULGARIA – AGREEMENT ON PROMOTING ITALIAN CULTURE

Radio Plovdiv and the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia have signed an agreement on promoting the Italian language and culture in Bulgaria. The agreement envisages seven programmes throughout 2013 dedicated to “Great Italians”, including Giuseppe Verdi, Federico Fellini and Raphael. Read more, in Italian.

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5 February 2013
AN ITALIAN APPOINTED TO LEAD THE PRINCIPALITY’S ORCHESTRA

The new artistic and musical director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo is an Italian, Carlo Gianluigi Gelmetti, who for a year has been working closely with the Orchestra. The appointment of this Italian maestro confirms the significant Italian presence in the Principality’s cultural and social life and strengthens the collaboration between the two countries. […]

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5 February 2013
USA – year of italian culture opens in Boston

The Boston events for the Year of Italian Culture in the US got off to a great start, attracting about 7,000 people eager to celebrate the best of Italy’s arts and traditions. Highlights included the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s homage to Verdi, with an exquisite Requiem, a performance of his “Rigoletto” by the Boston Youth Symphony […]

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5 February 2013
DUBAI – GRANDI PROSPETTIVE DA FIERA ARAB HEALTH (in translation)

Si è conclusa il 31 gennaio la fiera Arab Health, manifestazione del settore sanitario e medicale che si è svolta a Dubai. Circa 80mila i visitatori, oltre 3.500 gli espositori provenienti da 62 paesi e 32 i padiglioni nazionali. Le 160 aziende italiane presenti in Fiera “hanno dimostrato una fortissima attenzione e interesse a non […]

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30 January 2013
Edinburgh – Two Shows Of Italian Graphics And Illustration At The College Of Art

The Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh promoted two exhibitions – “Comics, che passion!” on Italian cartoons from the 1930s, and “Le immagini della fantasia” on illustration techniques – in the spacious halls of the Edinburgh College of Art. The historic national institution has been a training ground for many Scots and other artists, and boasts […]

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