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25 October 2012
Italy-Sri Lanka: United in the name of cinema

Italian cinema meets that of Sri Lanka in Colombo for the first edition of the Italian Sri Lankan Film Festival, an opportunity to celebrate Italian language and culture and to promote the exchange and sharing of professional experiences, all under the umbrella of the 12th annual Italian Language in the World Week. Read more, in […]

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24 October 2012
“Italy-Israel Foundation for Culture and the Arts” established in Rome

Rome’s newly established “Italy-Israel Foundation for Culture and the Arts” falls fully within the scope of the foreign ministry Strategy for Growth strongly championed by Minister Terzi, which places culture in the forefront among the tools for the promotion and enhancement of Italian excellence abroad, particularly with regard to a country with which Italy maintains […]

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24 October 2012
Bratislava: Luca Matti exhibit opens at Ministry of Culture

Multifaceted artist Luca Matti of the foreign ministry’s Experimenta Collection launched a solo exhibition at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia entitled “Territori e future”, dealing with themes such as urban change and progress in major metropolises, and their impact on everyday life. The exhibition was organized by the Embassy of Italy […]

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24 October 2012
Congo: Dante Alighieri Society at Pointe Noire

The Dante Alighieri Society announced the official opening of an office in Point Noire and the start of its first courses in Italian, viewed as a language of access to careers as a result of the presence of major Italian firms in Congo. The promoters said that the new “Casa Italia” in Pointe Noire was […]

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24 October 2012
Prague: Italian Language Week launched with Calabrò

It was the poetry of Corrado Calabrò to launch the 12th annual Italian Language in the World Week in Prague. The former President of Agcom joined Vice President of the EBRD Jan Fischer in opening the cycle of events in the Baroque chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague. The evening included the presentation […]

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23 October 2012
Angola: Eugenio Bennato performs in Luanda

An Italian cultural series in Angola, promoted by the Embassy of Italy, opened with a concert given by Eugenio Bennato and Taranta Power at the National Theatre of Luanda. Some local authorities were represented among an audience of approximately 600 spectators. Read more, in Italian.

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23 October 2012
Iraq: Teatro Nazionale Baghdad apre porte a cultura italiana (in translation)

Il Teatro Nazionale di Baghdad apre le porte all’arte e la cultura italiana: per la prima volta dalla caduta di Saddam Hussein, lo stabile ospiterà un gruppo di artisti italiani che il prossimo 7 novembre saliranno sul palco per dare vita a uno spettacolo di poesia, musica lirica, classica, folk e jazz. Si tratta del […]

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22 October 2012
Athens cultural institute presents the “Odyssey”

On 26 October Athens will celebrate the premier of Robert Wilson’s “Odyssey”, based on the Homeric epic, in an International co-production that pairs the National Theatre of Athens with Milan’s Piccolo Teatro. The spectacle, written by Simon Armitage, has an all-Greek cast and will be presented at the National Theatre of Athens. Read more, in […]

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19 October 2012
Israel: Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” in Tel Aviv and Rishon-LeZion

Giacomo Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria”, conducted by Paolo Olmi, met with great success in Israel. The first performance, attended by Italian Ambassador Francesco Maria Talò, was held in the Heichal Hatarbut cultural centre in Rishon-LeZion. The second was staged in the opera house in Tel Aviv. Paolo Olmi was invited to Israel by the Italian […]

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18 October 2012
Italy-Iraq: 3rd Mixed Commission – Opportunities for our businesses, says Terzi. Four agreements signed

The Iraqi market is a “great opportunity” for Italy and the goal is to further strengthen our “already excellent” bilateral economic relations. The comment was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who co-chaired the 3rd Italian-Iraqi Mixed Commission with his Iraqi colleague, Hoshyar Zebari, at Rome’s Farnesina, during which four memorandums of understanding concerning various […]

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18 October 2012
Bratislava: Paolo Brosio presents “Profumo di Lavanda”

Paolo Brosio has flown to Bratislava to present his latest book, “Profumo di Lavanda”. The initiative was organised in collaboration with the Italian Embassy as part of the 12th Italian Language Week. The book was translated by Dagmar Sabolova, Director of the Italian Language and Literature Department at the Catholic University of Ruzomberok. Read more, […]

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18 October 2012
Alexandria: italian language week is under way

In Egypt, the 12th Week of Italian Language and Culture in the World was opened with a ceremony at the Italian Consulate in Alexandria. The events and activities in the programme including a photography exhibition, the presesentation of a book on Italy’s contribution to the Alexandria’s urban development, the opening of an Italian section in […]

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