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4 May 2012
Momento Italia Brasile: a food and drink festival dedicated to Italy

Italian food and drink featured large in the Brasil Sabor Food and Drink Festival 2012, which opened yesterday at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The Festival will see events celebrating Italy’s culinary traditions and products that will run for a month in over 200 towns and cities in Brazil’s 27 states. It is an integral […]

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3 May 2012
PRAGA: I profughi della valle di Ledro in Boemia, mostra fotografica (in translation)

Il legame fra la comunità trentina di Ledro e i paesi della Boemia dai tempi della prima guerra mondiale è il tema di una mostra fotografica in programma all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga fino all’11 maggio. L’esposizione racconta la drammatica evacuazione senza preavviso dei paesi ledrensi in seguito alla dichiarazione di guerra dell’Italia all’Austria-Ungheria […]

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3 May 2012
Pechino: Alberto Veronesi nominato Direttore Teatro Tanjin, soddisfazione Amb. Iannucci (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Pechino Attilio Massimo Iannucci esprime soddisfazione per la nomina del direttore d’orchestra Alberto Veronesi a direttore artistico e musicale del nuovo Grand Theatre di Tianjin. Veronesi infatti è il primo primo occidentale ad essere chiamato a ricoprire questo incarico in Cina. Importante riconoscimento movimento artistico musicale italiano “Si tratta – ha dichiarato […]

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3 May 2012
Italy-Romania: A close and lasting relationship, says Ambassador Cospito

Italy and Romania are linked by a historic cultural bond, as well as by very strong economic relations. This bond was explained by the Italian Ambassador to Bucharest, Mario Cospito, in an interview for “Pasaport Diplomatic”, a programme broadcast on Romania’s DIGI24 satellite TV channel. The programme showcases the work of the diplomatic community in […]

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3 May 2012
WASHINGTON: Ceremony for return of artefacts to Italian state

The Italian Embassy acted as host to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, on 29 April 2012. The event was the ceremony for the repatriation to Italy of a number of significant artefacts confiscated in the United States at the request of the Italian authorities. New Italy-United States agreement The ceremony, which followed negotiations […]

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3 May 2012
SEOUL: Successo per la Tosca allestita da Paolo Panizza (in translation)

Dal 27 al 29 aprile il pubblico coreano ha applaudito una straordinaria produzione di “Tosca” di Giacomo Puccini per la regia di Paolo Panizza, organizzata in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Seoul. Tutto esaurito per le cinque rappresentazioni Ad affollare il Seoul Arts Center, il modernissimo tempio della lirica della capitale coreana, ci […]

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27 April 2012
Geneva – exhibit on italian UNESCO sites at the UN

The Italian Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva has organised a photo exhibit on 47 Italian UNESCO sites. The show will run through 9 May at the “Salle des Pas Perdus” in the historic UN building, and was opened by Director General of the UN in Geneva Tokayev and Ambassador of Italy Laura Mirachian. […]

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26 April 2012
Adriatic-Ionian Initiative – Parliament presidents discuss strengthened cooperation in Belgrade

Strengthened and improved regional cooperation in the Adriatic-Balkan basin, aimed at accelerating the European integration process, was the central focus of the 10th conference of presidents of parliament of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative (AII) members held today in Belgrade under the Serbian duty presidency. Creation of an Adriatic-Ionian macro-region Speaking for Italy was the Hon. […]

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26 April 2012
Paris – Young Italian musicians in concert at the Embassy

On 24 April the Teatrino Siciliano of the Embassy of Italy in Paris hosted a concert by young Italian musicians sponsored by the Gualtiero Marchesi Foundation. Talented young people between the ages of 7 and 19 entertained a large audience of enthusiastic guests. The concert was followed by a sampling of Italian culinary specialties created […]

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24 April 2012
Bratislava: exhibit dedicated to renaissance painter Jacopo Bassano

An exhibit opened at the Bratislava Civic Gallery on Italian Renaissance painter Jacopo Bassano that includes works from the Museum of Bassano del Grappa dedicated to the artist, in celebration of his 500th birthday. One of the outstanding pieces on display will be alarge-scale oil painting entitled ˝Flight out of Egypt˝. The exhibit was mounted […]

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24 April 2012
Tel Aviv: “La Vespa and Cinema”, exhibit mounted by Italian Embassy

The two-wheeled leading lady that will take centre stage at the Tel Aviv Cinemateca is the “Vespa”, the most famous and photogenic scooter in the world, celebrated in an exhibition that will open to the Israeli public on 2 May. The show, mounted by the Embassy of Italy in Israel and the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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