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6 June 2012
Euro 2012: Crisis Unit “on the case” for Italian fans

The Foreign Ministry Crisis Unit is preparing for the European soccer championship with a special task force that will monitor eventual risks for Italian fans travelling to this major sporting event to be held in Poland and Ukraine from 8 June to 1 July. 24-hour crisis rooms The initiative includes special 24-hour crisis rooms to […]

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5 June 2012
SOFIA – Made in Italy in Bulgaria, Italian Festival 2012 gets under way

On 2 June the Italian Ambassador to Bulgaria Stefano Benazzo joined the Mayor of Sofia in opening the Italian Festival 2012. Now in its 9th edition, the Festival offers a vast array of events promoting Italian excellence in everything from business to culture and, naturally, food. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of […]

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5 June 2012
UNESCO – Milan beats Moscow and Abu Dhabi: for the ICOM 2016 General Conference

Meeting in Paris, the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) chose Milan for its 24th General Conference, which every three years gathers over 4,000 museum and culture professionals from all over the world. Milan, which took 66% of the votes, was short-listed with other finalists Moscow (25%) and Abu Dhabi (9%). “This […]

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4 June 2012
Exhibit of Titian, Veronese and Tiepolo at Poznan: Terzi, Italy and Poland share ancient cultural ties

The exhibition “Titian-Veronese-Tiepolo: masterpieces of Italian painting from the collection of the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo” opened on 2 June at the National Museum of Poznan, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Poland. Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia attended the opening. The exhibition of Venetian and Lombard painting masterpieces from the 15th to the […]

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4 June 2012
Beach resorts of Emilia Romagna safe, says government – Embassies activated to encourage tourism

Tourists, including those from abroad, may continue to use the perfectly safe and secure resort facilities of the Emilia-Romagna Riviera. People need to know that “nothing has happened here”, said Affairs, Tourism and Sport Piero Gnudi, urging the development of a “correct information” campaign aimed at the broad dissemination of information on the perfect usability […]

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4 June 2012
BRATISLAVA – Dolce Vita Festival, italian culture in all its forms

For the entire month of June, Slovakia’s largest city will host the 5th edition of the Dolce Vita Festival, dedicated to Italian culture. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava with the participation of with other components of System Italy, the festival consists of 40 events that range from an exhibit of paintings by […]

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1 June 2012
LONDON – Honour for writer Gaia Servadio

To coincide with Italy’s national day, the Italian Ambassador to London, Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, has awarded Gaia Servadio the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. The honour was bestowed by the President of the Republic for the author and journalist’s special merits in the cultural field. Read more, in Italian.

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1 June 2012
PARIS: Exhibition on “The Seven Obsessions of Italian Design”

The splendid rooms of the Italian Embassy in Paris are hosting the exhibition “The Seven Obsessions of Italian Design”, which runs from 31 May to 4 June. The show, organised in collaboration with the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, is set in the wider framework of the 2012 edition of “Designer’s Days”. This aim of […]

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31 May 2012
JORDAN – Exceptional discovery by Italian restorers at the Qasr Amra site

The Jordanian press has devoted ample space to the exceptional discovery at the Qasr Amra site by the team from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration. Qasr Amra is a Jordanian castle that in 1985 obtained UNESCO World Heritage status. The restoration work by the Italian team has brought […]

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31 May 2012
BALKANS – Conference in Belgrade on the Italian language

“Beyond Borders. The trans-regional and intercultural dimension of Italian”. This was the theme of an international conference in Belgrade organised jointly by the Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University and the Italian Cultural Institute. The conference coincided with the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Department of Italian Language and Literature at the University. […]

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