Diplomazia Culturale

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3 April 2013

ITALIA-USA: Urbino Press Award ’13 a W. Blitzer di CNN

Renowned CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer is the winner of the Urbino Press Award2013, presented each year to an American journalist who has shown exceptional ability in reporting our changing world. The official announcement will be made by the Italian Ambassador in the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, at a ceremony to be held on 18 April […]

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3 April 2013

SHANGHAI – From jazz to the music of Naples, Cappelli casts a spell on the chinese city

From blues to jazz, from Indian music to Celtic tunes, not forgetting the melodies of Naples. Marco Cappelli took the audience on a tour of rhythm during his performance at the House of Blues and Jazz, one of Shanghai’s leading night-spots. The audience included the Italian Ambassador to Beijing, Alberto Bradanini, and our Consul General […]

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3 April 2013

BUENOS AIRES – ‘Days in Argentina’, an inter-university initiative, returns

“Days in Argentina”, an initiative organised by the Italian Inter-University Consortium for Argentina (CUIA), returns to Buenos Aires. The aim of the event, which will run from 18 to 30 April 2013, is to promote the Italian-Argentinian partnership. A partnership that is already strong but always open to new opportunities for collaboration in high-level research. […]

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3 April 2013

Vietnam to feature in ‘country presentation’ to Italian business community

A Country Presentation on Vietnam will be held in Florence on 22 April 2013 during an international handicrafts trade fair where the Asian country will be guest of honour. The initiative is intended to give the Vietnamese authorities a platform to present the country’s development projects and opportunities for economic and industrial collaboration directly. The […]

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3 April 2013

The European Schools are 60 years old

The European Schools are sixty years old and will be celebrating their anniversary at l’École Européenne Luxembourg I, in Kirchberg, from 8 to 13 April 2013. The celebrations will include a “doors open” day and a rich programme of cultural and educational events, in the presence of representatives of the European Union and of member […]

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2 April 2013

BUDAPEST – Round table on science and diplomacy

The Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will be hosting a round table on “Science and Diplomacy: Central Europe and the Mediterranean” on 8 April 2013. The event is being promoted by the Italian Embassy, TWAS – The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. During the round table, the […]

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2 April 2013

BULGARIA – Concerts and exhibitions in a rich italian programme

A rich month of events in Bulgaria, where the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia has organised a programme of exhibitions, seminars and concerts, from film to music, from the economy to science. The opening event was a radio programme on Federico Fellini, broadcast as part of Radio Plovdiv’s “Great Europeans” series. Read more, in Italian.

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2 April 2013

GUATEMALA – Italian business opportunities with Central American and Caribbean Games, 2018

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s second city, offers interesting opportunities for Italian businesses. The point was made by our Ambassador to Guatemala, Fabrizio Pignatelli, recently returned from a visit to the region, where he met the governor, mayor and archbishop, as well as members of the Italian community. The Ambassador took part in a round table on the […]

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2 April 2013

RUSSIA – Italian architects, 1000 years in a book

The book entitled “Mille anni di architettura italiana in Russia” has been presented at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. Produced by the Embassy itself and published by Umberto Allemandi, the book has been hailed by experts as a key reference work on Italy’s influence on Russian architecture. The first Italian projects by Italian architects in […]

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29 March 2013

MOZAMBIQUE – Italy funds university research

Young researchers from Mozambique presented “Biotechnology for Health” and “The Genetic Characterisation of Populations”, at the first symposium of biotechnologies masters of the Eduardo Mondlane University. The symposium was organized within the context of the training and continuing education programme of the biotechnology centre funded by the Italian government, Sardegna Research and the Universities of […]

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29 March 2013

TEXAS – Italy a headliner with year of culture

The Year of Italian Culture in the USA continues in Texas where the Dance Salad Festival running from this evening through 30 March will host a performance by the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, of “Relazioni Pericolose” and “How To Pray” by its choreographer, founder and artistic director Mauro Astolfi. From12 to 21 April, The WorldFest Houston […]

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29 March 2013

WARSAW – Verdi Requiem closes Beethoven Festival

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem” was chosen for the Good Friday performance in Warsaw of the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki that will close this year’s Beethoven Festival there. The choice was a tribute to the famous Italian composer in celebration of his 200th birthday.

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