Diplomazia Culturale

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3 October 2012

“Innovitalia”, professional opportunities online – Terzi and Profumo at the Farnesina to launch the digital platform

There is no growth without innovation, no progress without research and development. Researchers, scientists, institutions and business people must be always online, always networking, in Italy and abroad, to raise our country’s strategic resources to “system-level”. That is the thinking behind “Innovitalia”, the new digital platform that will be introduced at the Farnesina at mid-day […]

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2 October 2012

Berlin – Italian embassy promotes scientific learning with three seminars

The theory of general relativity, the history of geometry and the search for extra-solar planets: these are the topics of three seminars being organised by the Italian Embassy in Berlin to promote scientific learning. The seminars, which also aim to showcase Italian excellence in the sciences, are part of the Italian Cultural Institute’s autumn programme […]

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2 October 2012

LONGITUDE: “Choosing heads” (in translation)

Soltanto per una pura coincidenza, quasi contemporaneamente negli Stati Uniti ed in Cina, le due potenze che più influenzano le scelte mondiali, si rinnovano i vertici. Che cosa significa tutto questo per il resto mondo viene analizzato, con una serie di servizi, nel nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco in edicola […]

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2 October 2012

Brazil – Rousseff welcomes Caravaggio to Planalto

Caravaggio’s journey across Latin America is proceeding with great success. Having attracted over 160,000 visitors to the “Museu de Arte” in São Paulo for an exhibition lasting nearly two months, “Caravaggio and His Followers” is now showing in Planalto, the seat of the Presidency of the Brazilian Republic. Read more, in Italian.

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1 October 2012

Ottawa: Italy-Canada round table on start-ups

In collaboration with Carleton University, Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the University of Toronto, the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa organised a day, October 2nd, dedicated to discussions of Italian and Canadian experiences in innovation and university, business, research and institutional partnerships, and the creation of start-ups. The event can be followed in live streaming […]

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27 September 2012

Italy wins best screenplay award in Egypt

The jury of the 28th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival chaired by Spanish filmmaker Angeles Gonzales Sinde awarded director Fabrizio Cattani’s film“Maternity Blues” the prize for best screenplay. The event was organised by the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics, and included the screenings of 14 film produced or co-produced by Greece, Turkey, Morocco, […]

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26 September 2012

Sofia: 30 september European Languages Day

Italy will be represented at European Languages Day on 30 September in Sofia through its Italian Cultural Institute there. The event will take place from 11:00 to 17:00 in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, and aims to celebrate European linguistic diversity and offer an opportunity to learn new words in a foreign language, […]

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26 September 2012

A week of italian cinema in Hong Kong

The cinema screen lights up the city of Hong Kong, which will host a week of the best in the Italian film production. The event, called “Cine Italiano!”, sponsored by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) and Zetema Progetto Cultura, was presented by the City of Rome, RAI Cinema, CineCittà Luce and the […]

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24 September 2012

Berlin: Italian Culture Festival opens

The second edition of Berlitalia, festival/market for the promotion of Italian culture and products, opens tomorrow at the Fuggerstrasse. A showcase for the many Italian firms producing in Italy, offering the German public a rich calendar of events to highlight Italian gastronomic delicacies such as wines, oils and other distinctive products, as well as Italy’s […]

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24 September 2012

Brussels: “TECH ITALY” promotes innovation

The Embassy of Italy in Brussels, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment and ICE-Agency for Foreign Promotion and the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprise, has organised “TECH-ITALY 2012”, to be held in the Belgian capital from 2 to 4 October. The event, which aims to showcase Italy’s contribution to European technological innovation, has public […]

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Press Releases

21 September 2012

Eritrea: Agreement on status of Italian schools

A new agreement on the status of Italian schools, and their staff, in Eritrea was signed today in Asmara. “This is an important result in revitalising the historic Italian presence in the country”, declared Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. The Minister was commenting on the positive outcome of negotiations which he had personally pursued. The agreement […]

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20 September 2012

Joint exhibition in Canton for Italian language week

Two artists, one Chinese and one Italian, together in a joint exhibition. This is the cultural exchange behind “Il Racconto”, which is showing works by the Chinese painter Ben Chen and the Italian Danilo Giannoni at Canton’s Kui Garden Gallery until 9 October 2012. Read more, in Italian.

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