Diplomazia Culturale

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13 February 2012

Lima: Conference “Precolombian art and modern art. From Gauguin to Eielson”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima organised the conference “Precolombian Art And Modern Art. From Gauguin To Eielson”, curated by Prof. Antonio Aimi of the State University of Milan, an illustrious America scholar, who works on interpreting the sources of the pre-Columbian culture at the intersection of a variety of disciplines (history, anthropology, aesthetics and […]

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9 February 2012

London: Apulia photography prize: award ceremony

The award ceremony for the Accademia Apulia photography competition will take place On Friday 10 February, at the Royal Horseguards in London. The Accademia is a London-based non-profit organisation which in autumn 2011 was awarded the President of the Republic’s Medal. The 2011 edition of the competition, for which the subject is Migration, Stories of […]

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9 February 2012

Copenhagen: “Giro d’Italia” exhibition paves the way for the danish stages in may 2012

Denmark is preparing to host the first two stages of the 95th Giro d’Italia cycling race, which will start from Horsens (Jutland) on 5 May 2012. In the meantime, the town is hosting an exhibitio, organised by the Museum of Industry in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, on this great race. The exhibition will […]

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9 February 2012

Belgrado: medicina, workshop italo-serbo sui trapianti (in translation)

Il 6 febbraio Belgrado ha ospitato un workshop dedicato al tema dei trapianti di organi e tessuti ed al confronto dei sistemi di gestione dei trapianti in Serbia ed Italia. L’evento è stato organizzato congiuntamente dai Ministeri della Salute dei due Paesi e dall’Ambasciata italiana, con la partecipazione della Commissione Europea (DGRI). Durante gli interventi […]

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8 February 2012

Hidden treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan

Italy’s civil commitment in Afghanistan is a long and successful story. To recall these successes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is promoting an event entitled “Hidden Treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan”, which will take place on 10 February 2012 in the MAXXI Gallery in Rome. The event, which will be introduced by […]

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8 February 2012

Publishing – Italy to be guest of honour at Madrid Book air

Italy will be the guest of honour at the 71st Madrid Book Fair, which will take place from 25 May to 10 June 2012. The announcement was made by the Italian Embassy in Spain. The Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid will help organise a programme of events at the institutional and cultural […]

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8 February 2012

Taipei: Cecco Angiolieri and the eclectic poetry of Lorenzo de’ Medici

After last year’s great success with public readings of Dante, in 2012 the Dolce Stil Novo once again played a starring role at the International Book Fair in Taipei. Taiwan’s reading public were treated to the comic-realist poetry of Cecco Angiolieri and the more eclectic works (carnival-inspired rhymes and songs) of Lorenzo de’ Medici. A […]

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8 February 2012

Italian my way: 1001 ways the Japanese use Italian

In Japan, it is becoming more and more common to come across signs and advertisements containing Italian words. The use of our language to advertise new products or venues creatively is, it seems, a growing trend. Italian slogans based on unexpected linguistic combinations and wordplay, intended or not, are just some examples of the thousand […]

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3 February 2012

Lima: exhibition on Italy’s museum homes a big success

More than five thousand visitors were recorded just in the first week of the exhibition “Museum homes. The taste for living in Italy”, mounted in the Peruvian resort town of Asia, located south of Lima. They came to admire the various typologies of a very special way of living, each of which a typically Italian […]

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31 January 2012

Santiago: Bergamo’s “Tascabile” and Cesena’s “Raffaello Sanzio” at Santiago’s Theatre Festival

Bergamo’s “Tascabile” and Cesena’s “Raffaello Sanzio” theatre companies represented Italy at the 19th “Santiago a Mil” International Theatre, Music and Dance Festival. The Festival, which took place in the Chilean capital in January 2012, is one of the country’s major cultural events. Bergamo’s Teatro Tascabile is an avant-garde company of international fame. For the Festival […]

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27 January 2012

Holocaust Memorial Day: Remembrance, so that it may never happen again Commemoration in Italy’s diplomatic missions worldwide

“In the face of absolute evil, remembrance is a duty. The Italian Parliament, one of the first in Europe, has made this day a solemn occasion for public reflection on a dark time in our history. To honour the victims of the atrocious Nazi-Fascist barbarity. And to pay homage to the many men and women […]

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Press Releases

24 January 2012

Minister Terzi meets with Emirates foreign minister Sheikh Abdallah bin Zayed Al Nayan

Minister for Foreign Affairs Terzi met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdallah bin Zayed Al Nayan. The meeting’s agenda included recent events in the Middle East and Mediterranean, and it followed Minister Terzi’s participation in the Foreign Affairs Council yesterday in Brussels and his […]

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