Diplomazia Culturale

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25 November 2016

Mexico – 12 students selected for Italian Technology Award

Twelve students in four different disciplines (ceramics, packaging, metal and steel works and plastics) of Mexico’s Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Nuevo León and the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), accompanied by four of their teachers, have been selected for the Italian Technology Award. After the ceremony, they will go to Italy […]

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25 November 2016

Spain – Italian Film Festival kicks off with a lifetime achievement award to Nicola Piovani

The 9th edition of the Italian Film Festival in Madrid kicked off on 23 November. Year after year the Festival – one of the most awaited events in Spain – continues to enrich its agenda with a view to increasingly become a point of reference for contemporary cinema-lovers. The different film contest sections (feature films, documentaries […]

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24 November 2016

Russian Federation – Moscow celebrates the art and life of Eleonora Duse

Moscow’s State Contemporary History Museum will open tomorrow the exhibition on “Eleonora Duse and Vera Komissarzhevskaja. Two Divas in the Mirror”. The exhibition is organised by major Russian and Italian institutions and museums, and by the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow. The exhibition narrates the life and artistic career of the two great stars of […]

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23 November 2016

Week of Italian Cuisine in the World: Malta – Portugal – Czech Republic

Malta A gala evening was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta on 21 November to inaugurate first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World in the presence of the President Emeritus of Malta, Hon. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Following the opening address by Italian Ambassador, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, the Director of the Institute […]

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22 November 2016

Argentina – “Why Italians Like to Talk about Food” presented in Cordoba

To celebrate the 1st Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, Elena Aleksandrovna Kostjoukovic will present her book “Perché agli italiani piace parlare del cibo” (“Why Italians Like to Talk about Food”) on Wednesday, 23 November at 7:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, Argentina. The writer will guide participants along an itinerary […]

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22 November 2016

Greece – Week of Italian Cuisine in the World spans from cinema to archaeology

The Italian Embassy in Greece presents the initiatives organised for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (November 21-27) with the following post: “Being convinced that gathering around a table during the festivities and big occasions anywhere in the World, but especially in Italy and in Greece, means rediscovering traditions, shared values and an […]

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22 November 2016

Farnesina Open Doors – 8th Transparency Day 28 – 30 November 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation proposes a new edition of “Farnesina Open Doors”, the event opening the building to the general public. Over the recent years, “Farnesina Open Doors” has turned into the event that renews the Ministry’s commitment to promote its assets in Italy and abroad: an opportunity to have an […]

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21 November 2016

Italy – Vietnam. Gentiloni meets Pham Binh Minh: goal to reach 5 billion euro bilateral trade volume

“Vietnam is our privileged strategic partner in Asia. The state visit of President Tran Dai Quang, in return for President Mattarella’s visit to Hanoi last year, following Prime Minister Renzi’s visit in 2014, testifies to the excellent relations between the two countries. The aim is to meet the 5-billion euro target for bilateral trade between the […]

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21 November 2016

Cuba – 19th edition of Italian Culture Week kicks off

The 19th edition of the Italian Culture Week kicked off in Cuba on Monday, November 21. The annual Week, co-organized by the Italian Embassy, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba and the Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, is dedicated to Umberto Eco and Ettore Scola. It also marks […]

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18 November 2016

Rome to host an earthquake hazard workshop as part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italian-Japanese diplomatic relations

Earthquake risk prevention: a very topical issue in Italy today in the light of the earthquakes that have struck Central Italy during the last few months. This will be the topic of debate with Japanese experts in an interactive workshop to be held in Rome as part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of […]

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18 November 2016

Ambassador Michele Valensise is appointed president of Associazione Villa Vigoni

Following a joint proposal of the Italian and German governments, Ambassador  Michele Valensise, former Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Ministry, was  appointed today president of the Associazione Villa Vigoni by the assembly of the members of the Italo-German association.  The Association  has its head office in Menaggio, on Lake of Como, and works on […]

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18 November 2016

Contemporary Art hosted at Casa Italia in Hanoi

A selection of the works of 19 contemporary Vietnamese artists will be exhibited at Casa Italia in Hanoi until 14 January. The exhibition, together with the presentation of a catalogue of photographs, is part of the AIA Vietnam Eye Project promoted by Vietnam Life Insurance Co Ltd (AIA), in cooperation with Parallel Contemporary Art and […]

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