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Press Releases
8 November 2013
Unesco: Giro a 37sima Conferenza Generale “Italia resta tra i maggiori sostenitori”

Intervenendo oggi in rappresentanza dell’Italia alla 37a Conferenza Generale dell’Unesco a Parigi, il Sottosegretario Giro ha ribadito la centralità della cultura nella risposta alla crisi, come strumento di pace e di crescita economica. “Ci congratuliamo per lo sforzo di riforma intrapreso dalla Direttrice Generale” – ha dichiarato il Sottosegretario – che ha ribadito che nel […]

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8 November 2013
Italia-USA – Bronze bust of Verdi donated to Los Angeles Opera

To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, a bronze bust of the renowned composer will be donated to Los Angeles Opera. The event will take place on 9 November on the occasion of the Falstaff première at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at Los Angeles Music Centre. Taking part in the event will […]

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8 November 2013
Uruguay – “Italian, a living language” prize awarded

The Italian language was showcased in Uruguay with the award of the “Italian, a living language” prize at our Cultural Institute in Montevideo. Open to all Italian language students in Uruguay, the competition consisted of creating a design and slogan advertising our language. Entries will be displayed on the Italian Cultural Institute’s Facebook page. Read […]

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7 November 2013
Paris – UNESCO Conference: Italy in a leading role

Italy is playing a leading role in Paris at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The French capital is playing host, from 5 to 20 November 2013, to the 195 member states’ representatives, who will be debating the UN agency’s future projects and prospects. Italy is one […]

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6 November 2013
Montreal – Three young Italian sopranos performing in Gala Concert

Three young Italian opera singers will be performing in Montreal, at the 20th Concert Gala Benefice des Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. The three sopranos, Chiara Mogini, Federica Spatola and Veronica Lazzeri, will also be taking part in the 20th edition of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques International Youth Programme organised by Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20. The events are […]

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6 November 2013
Washington – Italian Embassy pays homage to veterans

A Grand Night at the Opera to pay homage to wounded American veterans. On Saturday 2 November Finmeccanica and the Italian Embassy in Washington honoured about 100 military personnel, and their families and health professionals, from the Walter Reed National Medical Center, Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir. The concert, now in its 5th consecutive year, […]

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6 November 2013
Persepolis – Important archaeological discovery by Italian-Iranian team

The Italian-Iranian archaeological mission in Persepolis has announced an important find: a rectangular tower probably dating from the period of Cyrus the Great (6th century BC). Toll-e Ajur (the hill of bricks), where the tower, probably a religious building, was found, is a few kilometres from Persepolis itself. As the Italian Ambassador, Luca Giansanti, commented, […]

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6 November 2013
Tripoli – An exhibition on the dramatic situation of Syrians in Libya

“Faraway Syria”, an exhibition providing an overview of Syria’s neighbours and focusing on the difficult living conditions of the thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Libya, has opened in Tripoli. The exhibition was organised by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with the support and patronage of the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute and the […]

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