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1 July 2014
Albania – Italian EU Presidency opens with concert in Tirana

In Tirana, where the Albanian and Italian youth orchestras will be performing together at the Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Italian Presidency of the European Union is openingto the notes of the great composers. The concert, conducted by Guido Corti, is entitled “A Journey Towards Europe”. Coming just a few days after Albania was […]

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30 June 2014
Vienna – Presentation of 23rd edition of Mittelfest

The Italian Cultural Institute of Vienna presented the 23rd edition of Mittlefest, which will take place from 19 to 27 July in Cividale del Friuli, city on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and where this major summer festival has been held since 1991. Read more, in Italian.

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30 June 2014
Czech Republic – Italian exports soar: up14, 5%

Italian exports to the Czech Republic are soaring, thus confirming the strategic role Eastern Europe plays on the Italian trade panorama. As of April, Italian exports rose by 14.5% thanks, above all, to the automotive, machinery and general equipment and chemical products sector. Read more, in Italian.

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27 June 2014
Moscow – Exhibition on Giuseppe Verdi

The exhibition “Giuseppe Verdi. Musica e cultura” will run at the F.I. Chaliapin Museum from 1 to 30 July, and is part of the events for the Year of Italo-Russian Tourism. Its objective is to explain the life and works of the great Italian composer in relation to historic and political events in Italy. Read […]

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27 June 2014
Argentina – ‘Verano Italiano’ presents “Exodus”

Five Italian women artists, born between 1975 and 1980 – Sara Basta, Elena Belliantoni, Laura Cionci, Mariana Ferratto and Dunia Mauro – interpret the theme of the exodus in terms of encounter, identity, travel and family, through an exhibition entitled “Exodus” that will run in Buenos Aires from 10 July to 3 August. Read more, […]

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27 June 2014
Italia-China – Cultural diplomacy, conference in Beijing

The first conference on cultural diplomacy and creative industries between Italy and China was held today in Beijing. It was organised by the ‘Priorita’ Cultura’ association of Sen. Francesco Rutelli, founder of Allianza per l’Italia and the “China Public Diplomacy Association”. Present also was former foreign minister of China Li Zhaoxing.

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26 June 2014
Haifa – Children’s reading labs

To bring children from 3 to 12 years old closer to literature and creativity by guiding them in the discovery of the world around them through the most varied of instruments – this was the aim of the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa, which organised a highly successful cycle of 8 laboratories for Italian and […]

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26 June 2014
Canada – Montreal dedicates retrospective to Paolo Virzi’

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal dedicated a retrospective to celebrated filmmaker Paolo Virzì, who has had a string of successes over recent years that include his latest effort “Il capitale umano”, winner of the Donatello Prize. Read more, in Italian.

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25 June 2014
#Farnesina – Bignardi, Italy still the dream of thenew Albania

Italy as seen from across the Adriatic Sea through the eyes of young Albanians, recalls the image of a country clearly “involved in a moment of very complex transformation” but at the same time “a magical place, a place yearned for, that counts for a lot culturally, but also in other sectors”. Women committed to […]

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25 June 2014
The Great War – Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio in Sarajevo

The “Orchestra of Piazza Vitttorio” – 18 musicians of 10 different nationalities – opened a series of cultural and sports events for the “Sarajevo Heart of Europe” Foundation, of which Italy is a member. The concert was funded by the mission for the 100th anniversary of the Great War of the Italian Prime Minister’s Office […]

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25 June 2014
Brazil – Learn Italian on “Click Italia”

A pilot project for the teaching of Italian has been launched in Brazil in the form of a web portal called “Click Italia” (www.clickitalia.com.br). The project is the fruit of collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo, the Fondazione Torino of Belo Horizonte and the inter-university consortium ICoN headquartered in Pisa. Its aim […]

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24 June 2014
Culture – Moscow celebrates Italian cinema

The Italian embassy in Moscow dedicated a special evening to the presentation of the film “Amori elementari” within the context of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). Film world personalities and leaders in the latest Italo-Russian co-productions participated in the event, which was organised to celebrate cinema as “an important vehicle for dialogue and […]

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