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3 December 2015

Uruguay – Italy participates in “Teatro Para el Fin del Mondo”

Italy was represented at the first edition of the Festival entitled “Teatro para el fin del mondo”, held in Montevideo from 26 to 30 November. The event grew out of an analogous one that took place in Mexico and was aimed at bringing contemporary protest theatre to the audiences of disadvantaged urban areas on the […]

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3 December 2015

Prague – Central European Festival of Italian cinema

“MittelCinemaFest” comes to Prague with the screening of 9 Italian films on Sunday at Prague’s historic Lucerna Cinema. “We intend to give this festival greater impetus and make it an annual event on the Czech cultural calendar, eventually extending it to other locales and broader audiences of enthusiasts of cinema and other aspects of Italian […]

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3 December 2015

Oman – Crovetto shows the “Colours Of My Liguria”

Ligurian painter Gian Marco Crovetto will hold his first solo exhibition in Oman entitled “Colours of My Liguria” at one of the Sultanate’s largest museums, the Bait al Zubair, from 9 December through 4 January 2016. The exhibition has the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Muscat and the support of the Associazione Promotori […]

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Press Releases

2 December 2015

Italy and Israel meeting the challenge of innovation: science and industry cooperation, calls for proposals

From medicine to space, applied technologies to cultural change and demographics, the Israel-Italy Joint Innovation Program for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in R&D announced a call for proposals for projects to be co-funded over the coming two-year period. Applications, which can be submitted by Italian firms, universities and research centres jointly with Israeli partners, […]

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2 December 2015

Farnesina Open Doors: 17 to 22 December 2015

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will run a new edition of “Farnesina Open Doors” from 17 to 22 December, whereby the general public have a chance to tour the palace and learn about its history and what happens there. For many years now “Farnesina Open Doors” has been a means by which […]

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2 December 2015

London – A new encounter with “Primo Approdo”

Preparing a curriculum vitae according to British standards, job interviews with local human resources experts and how to approach the English job market will be the topics of the new “Primo Approdo” to be held on 3 December at the Italian Consulate General of London. The initiative, launched on the impetus of our ambassador in […]

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2 December 2015

Tel Aviv – 3rd edition of “AperiKucha-Made in Italy”

The 3rd edition of “AperiKucha – Made in Italy” was staged by the Italian community of Israel at Tel Aviv’s Tutus Karex gastropub, followed by a concert by singer-songwriter Raiz, who divides his time between Naples and Tel Aviv and whose music is a lively mix of genres. The event aims to attract and involve […]

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2 December 2015

Jakarta – Strengthening Italo-Indonesian science collaboration

Scientific cooperation between Italy and Indonesia got a boost from two seminars curated by Prof. Nicoletta Maria Ravasio at the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. The first was entitled “The role of catalysis in the roadmap to Bioeconomy: the case of oleochemicals”, and the second “Mono […]

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2 December 2015

Cape Town – Fiera Milano organises the Art Fair

Once again Fiera Milano, through its South African branch Exhibitions Africa, is organising the Cape Town Art Fair to be held from 19 to 21 February 2016 in the country’s cultural and commercial heart. Director of Fiera Milano Africa for the event Matthew Partridge pointed out that “Contemporary African art was on everyone’s lips at […]

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2 December 2015

Brazil- Sao Paulo focus on “Citizens of the World”

“Cittadini del mondo, globetrotters o migranti nostalgici su false spoglie?” is the title of an encounter to be held on 3 December at the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo. The event has been curated by psychologist Melania Bonello, and intends to provide room for reflection on the theme of emigration, analysing the various migratory […]

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30 November 2015

Amsterdam – Francesco Candeloro’s “Other Lights” charmes Holland

Venetian artist Francesco Candeloro opens his exhibition “Other Lights” on Saturday 5 December at the Red Stamp Gallery of Amsterdam. Designed especially for the exhibition the piece “Suspensions of Light (Amsterdam)” is dedicated to the Dutch capital and belongs to a series of works on skylines that the artist was able to capture photographically while […]

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30 November 2015

Lisbon – The Triennale di Milano leaves for Portugal

The Triennale di Milano will be in Lisbon from 2 April to 12 September 2016 with “21st Century, Design After Design”. Thanks to an institutional synergy involving Italy (Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute and the Triennale itself) and Portugal (the Mude, the Esad and curators of the ‘Objects after Objects’ projects), however, a preview […]

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