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9 October 2013
Ukraine: “Ave Verdi” Festival opens on 10 October

Ukraine’s “Ave Verdi” Festival, which runs from 10 to 26 October 2013, will bring 10 of Verdi’s works to the country’s six opera theatres, in Kiev, Odessa, Leopoli, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk. The musical “marathon” was conceived by the Italian Embassy and Italian Cultural Institute in Kiev in collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, […]

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9 October 2013
Japan – Ferrari and ninja together for the first time

The ninja and Ferrari, two icons of the collective imagination, have come together for the first time in Japan at the “Iga, Ninja and Ferrari Collaboration Event” in the town of Iga. The initiative was organised by the “Motor Sports Child Support Association”, a non-profit organisation, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute and […]

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8 October 2013
Fiume: Italian culture and language celebrated

Films, art and photography exhibitions, lectures and competitions. These are some of the initiatives taking place from 9 to 24 October 2013 as part of the “Italian Culture and Language in Fiume” festival. Now in its second year, the festival was organised by the Italian Consulate General, in collaboration with the City of Fiume and […]

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8 October 2013
Iraq – Italian duo performs in Baghdad, the Arab world’s cultural capital

Iraqis were bowled over by the music of Italy’s “’Otto e Quindici” duo, which performed at the National Theatre in Baghdad as part of the celebrations for Baghdad Arab Capital of Culture 2013. Iraq’s Deputy Minister for Culture, Muhanad Al Dulaimi, expressed his country gratitude for Italy’s cooperation in his country’s archaeological and restoration projects. […]

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Press Releases
7 October 2013
Unesco: Giro, bene riconferma Bokova a Direttore Generale

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, has congratulated Irina Bokova on her re-election as Director General of UNESCO. “Italy supported Director Bokova’s re-election”, declared Under-Secretary Giro. “We shall continue to work with her to enhance Italy’s role in the organisation. Our country is one of the main contributors to UNESCO and is home to […]

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4 October 2013
Yemen: Italy aids transition

A conference entitled Window on Yemen will be held in Urbino on 9 and 10 October, organised by the foreign ministry and the University of Urbino’s inter-departmental “Europe and others” research centre (CREA). The event will be a political-diplomatic as well as a cultural one as a result both of the level of its participants […]

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4 October 2013
Giro hails passage into law of culture bill

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro today hailed the conversion into law of a culture bill that earmarks resources for the UNESCO Forum on Cultural Industries scheduled to take place in Florence in 2014. “My congratulations to Parliament and to Minister Bray” Under-Secretary Giro said. “The Florence event, which will take place during our European […]

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4 October 2013
Italian schools around the world – “Let’s design a new banknote”

Students were asked to design a new banknote in a competition promoted by the Bank of Italy and the Ministry of Education, University and Research, aimed at raising economic awareness among primary and secondary school children. The foreign ministry saw to it that the initiative was extended to Italian schools around the world. Read more, […]

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2 October 2013
Italy-Saudi Arabia: Italian and Saudi students discuss their countries’ future

The occasion was an encounter between Italian and Saudi students at the foreign ministry during a bilateral forum held from 1 to 3 October for the celebration of 80 years of diplomatic relations. The event was an open debate on prospects for the student’s respective societies, the future of international and inter-cultural dialogue and the […]

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2 October 2013
Italy and Saudi Arabia celebrate 80 years of diplomatic relations in Rome

Italy and Saudi Arabia celebrate 80 years of diplomatic relations in Rome on 3 October during the Italo-Saudi Arabian Forum, co-chaired by Minister Emma Bonino and her Saudi colleague HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud that will be followed by a joint press conference. The forum will include the official “twinning” of the […]

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