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8 August 2016
Eight Italian schools abroad are part of the UNESCO Associated Schools International Network

Eight Italian schools abroad joined the UNESCO Associated Schools International Network in the 2015/16 school year, compared to the two that had taken part in 2013/14, when the programme was first introduced. Admission to the Network is based on schools’ ability to propose educational projects that raise awareness among students on United Nations and UNESCO values. […]

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4 August 2016
Limassol – “Fuocammare” by Gianfranco Rosi at the Festival of Documentaries in Cyprus

Italy is represented at the International Festival of Documentaries in Limassol in Cyprus, the festival that every year offers professional directors and local producers the chance to learn about new developments in documentaries. The festival, the 11th, includes a screening of the documentary “Fuocammare” by Gianfranco Rosi, with the support of the Italian Embassy to […]

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4 August 2016
Reggio Emilia’s educational system on show in Toronto

​An exhibition called “Lo stupore del conoscere” (The wonder of learning), promoted by the Ontario Reggio Association in association with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Toronto, runs until November 13. It was organised by Reggio Children and the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance, and began a world tour in 2008 which ends in 2018. […]

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2 August 2016
Italy and Japan join forces to develop a “tractor” laser beam

A laser beam capable of attracting and trapping quantum objects: it is not science fiction but the result of a study revealed in the article “Quantum coherent tractor beam effect for atoms trapped near a nanowaveguide” recently published on Scientific Reports (Springer-Nature Publishing Group). Sandro Wimberger, of the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences of […]

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2 August 2016
Barcelona – “Pesci fuor d’acqua” by Angela Barusi on show in Catalonia

“Pesci fuor d’acqua” (“Fish out of Water”) is the title of the exhibition by Angela Barusi, that the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Barcelona will open to the public from 20 September to 11 October. A presentation note posted on the IIC’s website reads: “The artist’s long creative process evolved over a period of 20 […]

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1 August 2016
Tehran – World Youth Orchestra. The “Sounds for Iran” Project

The second phase of the “World Youth Orchestra –  Sounds for Iran” project, involving musicians from Italy, Iran and other Countries, will kick off in Tehran on 2 August. The first phase of the Project took place in June in Italy with a musical laboratory set up for young Iranian musicians.   Project activities will top […]

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1 August 2016
Locarno – International Art Film Festival kicks off in Switzerland

Through its 69-year-long history the Locarno International Film Festival (3-13 August) has conquered a unique place among the world’s major film festivals. Every year the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno becomes the highlight of arthouse films: art film lovers and professionals all meet there to share their passion for the cinema, in all its expressions. For […]

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1 August 2016
Portugal – “Quasi tutto”, anthology of Giorgio Griffa in Porto

‎Italian painter Giorgio Griffa’s artworks are on display in Portugal for the first time in Porto’s Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves. The anthology, entitled “Quasi tutto” (Almost everything), was organised by the museum in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The exhibition consists of a vast selection of more than 40 paintings […]

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1 August 2016
Athens – The Italian Embassy hosts the Garden of Sculptures

The Italian Embassy in Athens is hosting the exhibition “Forme, Colori, Materiali: il Giardino delle Sculture” (Forms, Colours, Materials: The Garden of Sculptures) until September 15. The exhibition displays the work of a group of students from Athens’ Academy of Fine Arts. It will be open to the public on Thursdays. The initiative aims to […]

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29 July 2016
Minister Paolo Gentiloni meets with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Yun Byung-Se. Korea will open a Cultural Institute in Italy next October​

This morning at Villa Madama, Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received YUN Byung-se, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. Mr Gentiloni and Mr YUN Byung-se took stock of the excellence of the current bilateral relations between Italy and the Republic of Kore in every sector of […]

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29 July 2016
Dublin – The “Aquileia: the Crossroads of the Empire” exhibition stops in Ireland

Aquileia was founded in 181 BC in the North-East of the Italian Peninsula and was vested with military, economic and commercial functions. Its excellent location, a well-equipped river port and commercial and cultural relations with both the eastern Mediterranean and Northern Europe, turned it into Italy’s fourth-largest and most important city and in the ninth-largest […]

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