Diplomazia Culturale

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6 April 2016

Stockholm – The IIC opens its doors to Sergio Castellitto as a star of contemporary cinema

Sergio Castellitto will be the guest star of the Italian Institute of Culture in Stockholm at 6 p.m. on April 12. As part of the series entitled “The Stars of Contemporary Cinema”, Mr Castellitto will present to the public his latest film “Nessuno si salva da solo” (“You Can’t Save Yourself Alone”). Based on its […]

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6 April 2016

Beirut – Italy finances WFP project providing school meals to Syrian children

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has launched a school meal programme financed by Italian Development Cooperation, to assist Lebanese and Syrian children attending public elementary schools in Lebanon. “By providing nutritious daily meals to school children, the WFP assures them a better nutritional intake and encourages parents to send them to school regularly,” […]

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6 April 2016

Panama – Italy donates 100 football uniforms to St. Kitts and Nevis

The Italian government, through its honorary consul Ernest Amory, donated 100 football uniforms to St. Kitts and Nevis. The uniforms were supplied by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). The presentation took place at a ceremony that was attended – in addition to the consul – by the Minister of Agriculture and Health, Eugene Hamilton. Over […]

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6 April 2016

Migrants – Alessandro Penso’s photography on show in Zagreb

Zagreb will feature the photo exhibition “From Afar” by Alessandro Penso. The Rome-born photographer focused his lenses on the stories of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reaching Europe after long and exhausting journeys through Greece and across the Balkans. The show, on display at the Lauba gallery, has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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6 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni’s mission to Myanmar

Minister Paolo Gentiloni started a mission in Myanmar today that will last until 8 April. Mr Gentiloni met Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, making him the first Western foreign minister to meet her following her appointment to Myanmar’s foreign ministry. The minister’s agenda includes meetings with President Htin Kyaw, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, […]

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5 April 2016

Undersecretary Amendola visits Carabinieri task force and Italian Special Forces while in Baghdad

On the second day of his visit to Baghdad, Undersecretary Amendola visited the Carabinieri task force and the Italian Special Forces involved in the assistance and training of Iraqi security forces tasked with fighting Daesh and stabilising the country. Thanking the troops for their highly qualified contribution to training Iraqi police and soldiers, Amendola underlined […]

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5 April 2016

Khartoum – One week of ‘Calcio’ and Italian language for Sudanese children

Italy will be the focus of a week combining sport and culture, organised by the Italian Embassy in Sudan that kicked off last April 2. Italian coaches and professional teachers are in the African Country for a football training camp also offering the basics of the Italian language, open to hundreds of Sudanese youth, especially […]

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5 April 2016

Los Angeles – Focus on a development project exhibition by the Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised, in partnership with the Agenzia Contrasto, a photographic exhibition called “4 Development Projects”, which will open today at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Los Angeles and which is scheduled to run through the summer. “The show – reads a presentation note by the […]

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5 April 2016

Norway – Oslo commemorates the Norge Polar Expedition

The Italian Embassy in Oslo and the Bekkelagshøgdas Lokalhistorisk Forening Association are commemorating the first flight across the Arctic, carried out by what is historically known as the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition. A ceremony on April 14 will celebrate that same date in 1926 when Rome’s Ciampino airport greeted the airship Norge, designed and piloted by Umberto […]

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5 April 2016

Santiago – Leonardo’s Codex Urbinus to open “Encounters 1” project

“Encounters 1”, the annual exhibition project of the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Santiago, Chile, is due to open with the show “Urbinus Codex” by sculptor Franco Lillo on April 5. “Encounters 1”, an initiative sponsored by the Consejo de la Cultura y de las Artes (National Council for Culture and Arts), aims at […]

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Press Releases

4 April 2016

Under-Secretary Amendola visits Baghdad

During his visit to Baghdad today, Italy’s Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola met Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Later in the day he is expected to meet with Parliamentary Speaker Salim al Jubouri. During the talks Under-Secretary Amendola reiterated Italy’s commitment to supporting security and development in Iraq. Mr […]

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4 April 2016

UNESCO – Minister Gentiloni meets Franco Bernabè at the Farnesina​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met with the President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Franco Bernabè, in Rome this morning. Italy, which hosts a relevant part of the World Cultural Heritage sites, plays an important role in UNESCO. It is the Country with the largest number of sites […]

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