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21 June 2012
The world’s largest telescope

On 22 June the foreign ministry hosted the ESO (European Organisation for Astronomical Research) presentation of the project “European – Extremely Large Telescope (E-Elt)” Industry Day The event was organised by the Directorate General for Country Promotion in collaboration with the National Astrophysics Institute (INAF) within the context of Industry Day in Italy 2012, during […]

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21 June 2012
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Minister Giulio Terzi chaired a meeting today in Rome with representatives of prominent Italian firms operating in the United States and various cultural institutions to present the Year of Italian Culture in the USA: a calendar of over 100 cultural and promotional events to be presented in a range of American cities throughout 2013. The […]

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19 June 2012
“In the Heart of China” – Matteo Ricci, a bridge between East and West

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi spoke on Tuesday 19 June at Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni at the presentation of the documentary “In the Heart of China”, created by journalist Duilio Giammaria with the support of the Marche Region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development. The event has been organized […]

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19 June 2012
FARNESINA DESIGN: the collection stops in Algeria

The exhibition entitled “The Farnesina Palace and its Collections” opened on 14 June at the Palace of the Rais in Algiers. A guided tour, led by curators Nadia Salvatori and Renza Fornaroli, gave numerous visitors, who included local authorities, journalists and students, a chance to discover and appreciate some of the essential aspects of Italian […]

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19 June 2012
ITALY-CHINA: strenthened cooperation in training and research

Italy and China are strengthening cooperation in the sector of training and research, and new agreements were reached in the course of a mission by Minister for Education, Universities and Research Francesco Profumo, who met in Beijing with Chinese institutional and academic representatives.

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15 June 2012
Italy–Japan Foundation: Conference on Alessandro Valignano, Florence

On 13 June 2012 the Uffizi Library in Florence hosted a conference on Alessandro Valignano, the Jesuit priest who in the 16th century embraced Japanese culture to a degree unprecedented for the time. He learned Japan’s language, customs and traditions and for the first time described the country, until then legendary, in realistic terms. Read […]

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15 June 2012
ANSA recounts Italy, in Brazil

ANSA, Italy’s leading news agency, is organising a major photography exhibition as part of the “Momento Italia-Brasile” season of events. The exhibition will tell the story of 60 years of Italy’s history and the lives of its people as viewed through by the photographic lens. It will include a special focus on the bonds linking […]

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14 June 2012
Bratislava – Marco Bellocchio receives Elsa Morante cinema Bratislava prize

The Italian director Marco Bellocchio has received the Elsa Morante Cinema Bratislava Prize, which this year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth. Morante is one of Italy’s most important writers since the Second World War. The prize, now in its 4th edition, was awarded to an Italian and a Slovakian director and […]

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