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11 January 2019

A homeless shelter in Tirana thanks to the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme

Italian Ambassador, Alberto Cutillo and the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, inaugurated a homeless shelter in the Albanian capital city. The centre forms part of the “Tirana Shelter for Homeless” project, which is managed by the Municipality of Tirana and supported by the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme. The Italian government is waiving repayment of […]

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8 January 2019

Italy trains the restorers of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The three-year restoration training project by the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione (ISCR) for the technical staff of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina wound up with a seminar on the outcome of the project. The project was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and each year focused on the […]

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19 December 2018

‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Mimmo Jodice in Rabat

The ‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Neapolitan artist Mimmo Jodice was opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat. The photographs on display are the fruit of the artist’s long research and years of travelling across the two shores of the Mediterranean: Naples and the South of Italy, Greece, Spain and France but also Turkey, Syria, […]

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18 December 2018

Italy present at Design Creativity Month in China

The Milan Polytechnic participates in the Creativity Month opened at the Jinsha Ecool Park, the Design District of Chongqing, in China. The Ecool Park, located in a decommissioned factory, is an enormous complex dedicated to creative industries in the perspective of becoming the major design district in all of Southwest China. It houses exhibition spaces, […]

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14 December 2018

Concert in Bethlehem

Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean in the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem A concert in the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem was the closing event of the ‘Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean’ 2018 programme organised by the Italian Consulate General in Jerusalem. The performance featured the European Union Youth Orchestra conducted by Maestro Paolo Olmi with […]

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13 December 2018

The tragedy of Dido and Aeneas is evoked in a dance show in Tunis

The transmigration of peoples, integration and social inclusion through dialogue between the different cultures of the Mediterranean are key elements of the dance show entitled “Dido and Aeneas” by Oplas / Centro Regionale della DanzaUmbria. Staged at the Cité de la Culture in Tunis, the show was made possible thanks to the cooperation between the […]

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11 December 2018

Italian cinema to be screened in Prague at the MittelCinemaFest

The next edition of the MittelCinemaFest, the Mitteleuropean Italian contemporary cinema festival, will be hosted in Prague from 28 November to 4 December 2019. The announcement was made at the close of this year’s edition, which was held in the cities of Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The Festival is fruit of the cooperation […]

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11 December 2018

‘Rigoletto’ in La Paz closes season organised by the Italian Embassy

The Municipal Theatre “Alberto Saavedra Perez” of La Paz hosted a splendid edition of Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, staged by the soloists of the Colon Theatre, accompanied by the Bolivian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Maestro Andres Fernandez. The show was the closing event of the cultural season organized by the Italian Embassy. The role of Rigoletto […]

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11 December 2018

Meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil

Last 6 December, the Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro hosted the annual meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil. The debate focused on the services offered to the community, the activities of the consular network and the cooperation between the network and elected bodies. The meeting was structured into three […]

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6 December 2018

The Tuscan Architectural Award exhibition in Tirana

Winning projects of the Tuscan Architectural Award are being shown at an exhibition hosted by the Romanian Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, in association with the Italian Cultural Institute. The exhibition can be visited from 5 to 30 December. Its aim is to stimulate debate on contemporary architecture and give a picture of the regional […]

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6 December 2018

The exhibition ‘Bernini and the Roman Baroque’ opens in Yerevan

Yerevan plays host to an exhibition entitled ‘Bernini and the Roman Baroque. Masterpieces from Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia’, which showcases 55 works of art of prominent artists of the Roman Baroque.  The exhibition, which opened today and is due to run until 18 February, 2019, is included among the events of the European Year of […]

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Events

30 November 2018

The Farnesina hosts an exhibition on Italy’s foreign policy

The statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]

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