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Diplomazia Culturale

Press Releases
1 October 2020
Qatar: VM Sereni’s visit continues

Counter-terrorism, conflict mediation and intra-Afghan negotiations: these are the issues addressed this morning in Doha, Qatar, by Vice Minister Marina Sereni with the Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtany, on the second day of the visit to the country. Vice Minister Sereni and Mr Al-Qathany focused in particular on […]

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Events
17 September 2020
Ambassador Belloni opens diplomatic documents archive committee

Today the Secretary General, Amb. Elisabetta Belloni, opened at the Foreign Ministry the first meeting of the new Scientific Committee for the publication of Italian diplomatic documents. The Committee, chaired by Prof. Francesco Lefebvre D’Ovidio, will be responsible over the next five years for the publication of the volumes containing the most important historical-diplomatic documents […]

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Diplomatic Network
2 September 2020
Tehran, the new episode of “8 1⁄2 Theatre Clips”

In cooperation with the Instabili vaganti  theatre company and director Ali Shams, the Italian Embassy in Tehran has broadcast today on its social channels the second episode of the virtual theatre series 8 1/2 Theatre Clips. How COVID-19 Changed Our Lives, starring Danial Kheirikhah as lead actor. The episode, entitled Il Turno di Notte, is intended […]

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Events
2 September 2020
Place To Be, new sounds and landscape narration

On 9th September, Place To Be, the IMF (Italian Music Festivals) project promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Italian Summer Festival schedule, kicks off, as part of the measures to support Italian cultural and creative enterprises and aimed at building a new international narrative of Italy in the post-COVID world. PLACE […]

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Events
31 August 2020
HEROES – The Foreign Ministry supports show business workers

To support the categories of the music sector most affected by the pandemic, those of emerging artists and precarious workers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, through its network of Italian Cultural Institutes around the world, will also support Heroes, the first major Italian live streaming concert from the Arena di Verona, the […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 August 2020
“Italia in mostra”, the winners of the competition

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System is pleased to announce the name of the winners of the first edition of “Italia in mostra“, the competition of ideas aimed at the acquisition of exhibition projects focused on the enhancement of the Italian cultural heritage […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 August 2020
IIC Paris: “Haute couture”, design dialogues with fashion

On the occasion of “Paris Design Week” 2020, the Italian Cultural Institute presents Haute couture, an installation by Servomuto, a duo of Italian designers composed by Francesca De Giorgi and Alessandro Poli. Servomuto combines extraordinary craftsmanship and avant-garde design in the creation of lamps and lights: Haute couture is a new project consisting of seven […]

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Press Releases
22 August 2020
Note Farnesina – International Day Commemorating the victims of acts of violence on the basis of religion or belief

On the occasion of the International Day Commemorating the victims of acts of violence on a Religious Basis, Italy reaffirms its strong commitment at international level to promote freedom of religion or belief and expresses the strongest condemnation of all types of violence motivated by religious affiliation or belief. Convinced that full respect for the […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 August 2020
China, “Raffaello Opera Omnia” in Chengdu

On Thursday, August 20, at the Luxe Lakes Art Expo Centre in Chengdu, was held the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Raffaello Opera Omnia”. Organized in China in the year of the 50th anniversary of Chino-Italian diplomatic relations by the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing and the Italian Consulate General in […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 August 2020
IIC Mexico City: the “M’illumino / d’immenso” Award

The Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City presents the third edition of the International Prize for the translation of poetry from Italian into Spanish M’illumino d’immenso, organized in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Mexico and the Trādūxit Laboratory. Born in 2018, the prize aims to encourage the translation and dissemination of Italian and Swiss-Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
19 August 2020
 Ukraine, the pianist Pietro De Maria in Odessa Classics

The pianist Pietro De Maria performed on August 11th at the International Odessa Classics Festival, thanks to the support of the Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Kiev. The Festival, inaugurated on August 10, marked the resumption of cultural activities in Ukraine after the coronavirus emergency. Present at the event, together with the local […]

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