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Accreditation Notices
5 November 2013
ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Torch Relay Ceremony, Winter Universiade 2013 (Farnesina, 7 November 2013)

A Foreign Ministry Committee of Honour, led by Under-Secretary Mario Giro, will welcome the 2013 Winter Universiade Torch to the Farnesina at 16.30 on Thursday 7 November. The ceremony will take place in Piazzale della Farnesina, next to the Pomodoro sculpture. The International University Sports Federation awarded the 26th Winter Universiade, which will take place […]

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4 November 2013
Abu Dhabi – Italy’s “Still Life” wins film festival award

The film “Still Life” by Italian director Uberto Pasolini took first prize in the category of “New Horizons” at the 7th annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The film, something between drama and comedy, confronts the themes of death and solitude with a light and gentle touch. Read more, in Italian

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Interviews
4 November 2013
Giro: «Nuovo esilio (da evitare) per Dante» (Il Sole 24 ore)

Il 2015 è il 750 ° della nascita di Dante Alighieri, ma potrebbe essere anche ricordato come l’anno della fine della Società Dante Alighieri, fondata nel 1889 da Giosuè Carducci per diffondere la lingua italiana nel mondo. Dal 2009 i tagli hanno più che dimezzato il contributo alla Dante Alighieri e il 2013 si è […]

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4 November 2013
Giro: «Nuovo esilio (da evitare) per Dante» (Il Sole 24 ore)

Il 2015 è il 750 ° della nascita di Dante Alighieri, ma potrebbe essere anche ricordato come l’anno della fine della Società Dante Alighieri, fondata nel 1889 da Giosuè Carducci per diffondere la lingua italiana nel mondo. Dal 2009 i tagli hanno più che dimezzato il contributo alla Dante Alighieri e il 2013 si è […]

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30 October 2013
Italy – China: economic potential and pledge for human rights

Relations between Italy and China are good, diversified and rest on a centuries-old friendship, but there is still potential to be tapped and for bilateral economic relations to meet expectations. This was the message that Minister Emma Bonino underscored at the end of a meeting this morning in Rome with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. […]

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30 October 2013
Oman – Verdi scores on display in Muscat

Celebrations for the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi continued with the opening of an exhibition in the capital of Oman of some of the great composer’s scores. The exhibition was organised with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will conclude on 13 November. Read more, in Italian.

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29 October 2013
Buenos Aires – The genius of Leonardo on display

An exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy in Buenos Aires will come to an end on 2 November. The show is an itinerant one that showcases the great Italian master’s inventive genius through 64 full-scale reconstructions built to the specifications of his actual drawings and manuscripts. Read more, […]

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28 October 2013
Unesco Day – Memory Shared at Vittoriano

As part of the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual heritage, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà organised an event entitled “Memory Shared” at Rome’s Vittoriano museum complex. The event enjoyed the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Culture (MIBAC). Read more, in Italian

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28 October 2013
Paris – Open house at Cultural Institute for Genchi

The Italian Cultural Institute of Paris hosted the presentation of Martino Genchi’s “Acuta Cuspide”, which will remain on display in the French capital through 30 January 2014, and is part of the “Promesse dell’Arte” programme created by the Institute in 2012 as a showcase for young Italian artistic talent. Read more, in Italian

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28 October 2013
St. Petersburg – 20 Artists to describe Italian regions

The itinerant Italian contemporary art exhibition “Venti per una” opens today in St. Petersburg – the work of 20 artists from or active in as many regions of Italy. The show was the idea and creation of the Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive (IGAV ) in partnership with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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25 October 2013
Turkey – The Italian school of Istanbul celebrates 125th birthday

The Italian upper secondary school Istituti Medi Italiani (IMI), established in 1888 and one of the oldest Italian schools operating abroad, celebrated its 125th birthday on 23 October with an event organised by the Italian Embassy, Consulate General and Cultural Institute. Read more, in Italian.

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25 October 2013
New York – “Un caffe con” … Eco

“Un caffe con”, organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations featured special guest Umberto Eco who, speaking before a group of Italian and foreign UN correspondents, introduced Encyclomedia, a digital concept that uses history, literature, sciences, music, philosophy and art, to gather the main historical events in European civilization from ancient to […]

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