Diplomazia Culturale

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1 June 2016

Minister Gentiloni visits Saudi Arabia

Intensifying political consultation, strengthening trade cooperation, developing investments, attracting Saudi students in Italy and promoting Italy’s cultural, economic and innovation system in a country that is very keen on Italian technology and brands –  these are the goals on the agenda of Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni. He will be in the Saudi coastal […]

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1 June 2016

Moscow – Italian Consulate awards Demetrio Volcic journalism prize

Journalism as a means to spread Italian wine in Russia and to create opportunities for the future of young people. These were the aims of the first edition of the Demetrio Volcic journalism award, promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Moscow under the patronage of RAI. The awards ceremony was held today in the […]

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1 June 2016

Astana – Luca Seta on tour in Kazakhstan for the Year of Italian Culture

Luca Seta is getting ready for his tour in Kazakhstan: Astana, Uralsk and Aktobe. After performing on the prestigious stage of Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica (last 20 May), the young songwriter and singer will now fly abroad to present the release of his record “In Viaggio con Kerouac” (“Travelling with Kerouac”). He has set […]

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1 June 2016

Podgorica – A show of the selected works by Rosario Genovese

Podgorica is to host Rosario Genovese’s exhibition “Poetico Universo”. The Dvorac Petrovica Contemporary Art Centre is presenting the exhibition which is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Montenegro and organised by art director Ermenegildo Frioni. It will include a catalogue with texts written by Francesco Gallo Mazzeo and Marcello Palminteri and a 30-year anthology of […]

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1 June 2016

Israel – Dance: ‘Folk-s, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?’ by Alessandro Sciarroni at Jerusalem’s Israel Festival

The Israeli premiere of Alessandro Sciarroni’s “Folk-s, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”at Jerusalem’s prestigious Israel Festival was all sold out. Sciarroni, an Italian performer, choreographer and director is quickly asserting himself on Europe’s modern dance scene. «This dance will exist as long as one of you is left in the theatre and at least […]

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1 June 2016

MAECI and FIGC – New international football cooperation project with South Pacific Islands

Enrico Sbardella and Stefano D’Ottavio will organise, in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), a football clinic for 30 young players from Tuvalu from 1 to 13 June. It will be the second clinic organised for international football cooperation projects by the MAECI and the FIGC, the Italian Football Federation, […]

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1 June 2016

MAECI e FIGC – Nuovo progetto calcistico di cooperazione internazionale con le Isole del Pacifico

Secondo appuntamento per i progetti di cooperazione nel settore calcistico organizzati nel mondo dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e dalla Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Dopo i seminari tecnici tenuti da Marcello Lippi a St. Vincent e Antigua dal 2 al 5 maggio, ora saranno Enrico Sbardella e Stefano D’Ottavio che terranno […]

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Press Releases

1 June 2016

Appointment of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes in Istanbul and Paris

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has appointed the directors of two of the major Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) abroad, Istanbul and Paris. The appointments were made at the end of the procedure set forth to single out IIC directors of “reputed competence” on the basis of the evaluation of a […]

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31 May 2016

Farnesina-University – The Foreign Ministry’s Legal Service signs a convention with University of Trento

On 31 May 2016, a Convention was signed between the Foreign Ministry’s Legal Service for litigation and Treaty Law and the “Law Faculty” Department of the University of Trento. The Convention was signed, in representation of the Foreign Ministry by Plenipotentiary Minister Andrea Tiriticco, the director of the Service, and on behalf of the Law […]

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31 May 2016

Farnesina – Italy-USA: guidance meeting for Fulbright scholars

The Farnesina’s International Conference Hall hosted the first meeting of the Fulbright Scholars, a joint event aimed at counselling Italian scholars leaving for the U.S.A. and American scholars coming to Italy on the different types of scholarship awarded by the Fulbright Commission. The Italian presidency of the Commission, which alternates between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the […]

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31 May 2016

Paris – Italian architects return Hotel Galliffet to its past splendor

An exhibition devoted to the reconstruction of the two wings of the historic Hotel de Gallifret opens in Paris on June 13. The exhibition is promoted by the Italian Institute of Culture, which has its headquarters in the building. Nine architectural firms, selected by an international committee of experts formed by Cino Zucchi, Jean-Louis Cohen, […]

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31 May 2016

Turku – “Of Seas and of Fates”, the fascination of wrecks in photos by Stefano Benazzo

Stefano Benazzo, photographer, sculptor and model ship maker, exhibits his passion for wreckages after 40 years in the diplomatic career: from ambassador to artist, in the pursuit of what he defines “forlorn places”. Stefano Benazzo’s works will now be exhibited in Finland in the show entitled “Of Seas and of Fates – in the Wake […]

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