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Press Releases
15 May 2014
Visita del Sottosegretario Giro a Montreal: “vicinanza alla comunità italiana e sostegno al nuovo modello d’insegnamento dell’italiano”

Il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Mario Giro è in visita in Quebec per incontrare i rappresentanti della comunità italiana locale e partecipare alla Conferenza sul futuro della lingua italiana in Canada, un Paese che conta circa 1,5 milioni di cittadini di origine italiana. La diffusione della lingua italiana in Quebec è in aumento grazie alla […]

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15 May 2014
Visita del Sottosegretario Giro a Montreal: “vicinanza alla comunità italiana e sostegno al nuovo modello d’insegnamento dell’italiano”

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro is visiting Quebec to meet representatives of the local Italian community. He will also be taking part in a conference on the future of the Italian language in Canada, a country with about 1.5 million citizens of Italian origin. Italian language-learning is increasing in Quebec thanks to a reorganisation […]

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15 May 2014
Osaka – “Standing room only” at the 5th Italian Film Festival

It was “standing room only” at the 5th Italian Film Festival in Osaka, which attracted 1250 visitors to view the 7 films screened at the ABC Hall. The Festival, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka along with Cinecitta’ Luce and the Asahi Shimbun Company, is one of western Japan’s most important Italian cultural […]

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15 May 2014
Sofia – “Con l’Italia nel cuore” exhibition opens on Friday 16 May

An exhibition entitled “Con l’Italia nel cuore” opens on Friday 16 May at the Institute of Ethnology and Folk Studies with Ethnographic Museum – BAS in Sofia. The exhibition illustrates the Italian presence in the years of the third Bulgarian empire and devotes a special place to the Roman Catholic Italian community in Bulgaria. The […]

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15 May 2014
Argentina – Third edition of the “Lucio Fontana Prize” now under way

The third edition of the “Lucio Fontana Prize” has been presented in Buenos Aires. Winners of the competition, promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in collaboration with Pirelli Neumaticos S.A.I.C., will have the opportunity to spend 2 months in Italy to develop their creative skills. The artists will receive support form the Garuzzo Institute […]

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14 May 2014
Argentina – Italian stand attracts crowds at Buenos Aires book fair

Italy was one of the leading countries at the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires (FILBA), with a stand organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Argentine capital. The University of Bologna (Argentina branch) and the Italian-Argentine University Consortium (CUIA) were also represented. The Italian Cultural Institute’s special guest at the fair, which has […]

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14 May 2014
Germany – “Con Verdi nel mondo” tour opens in Cologne

The “Orchestra dell’Opera Italiana” opened its special Verdi project in Cologne. “Con Verdi nel mondo” will take the musicians from the Teatro Regio in Parma on a world tour organised in collaboration with numerous Italian Cultural Institutes. The event, a huge success with the city’s music lovers, was the result of a fruitful collaboration between […]

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13 May 2014
Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Il Sottosegretario Mario Giro partecipa a Washington al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani, per illustrare le direttrici dell’impegno italiano nelle regione .“Gli assi della nostra politica latino americana, sono quelli indicati dal Ministro Mogherini. Si basano su realismo, cooperazione, interdipendenza, responsabilizzazione di tutti gli attori e dialogo continentale con tutti, senza pregiudiziali” ha affermato […]

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13 May 2014
Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro is attending the meeting of the Permanent Council of Organisation of American States in Washington to illustrate the direction taken by Italy in the region. “The lines followed by our Latin American policy are those proposed by Minister Mogherini. They are based on realism, cooperation, inter-dependence, the accountability of all actors and […]

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13 May 2014
Buenos Aires – European Cinema exhibition returns to Argentina

From 21 to 30 May 2014 Buenos Aires will host the 11th European Cinema exhibition. The event is co-organised by the European Union delegation in Argentina, the Alliance Française and the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, in collaboration with European embassies. For Italy, the film selected is Terramatta (2012), a documentary by Costanza Quatriglio […]

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13 May 2014
Nicosia – A full house in Cyprus for “La Grande Bellezza”

The Italian Embassy in Nicosia, in collaboration with the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia’s “Cine Studio”, organised a spring season featuring recent Italian films. A highlight was Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza”, winner of the Oscar for best foreign film, which attracted a full house of film-lovers. Read more, in Italian.

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