Italy-USA: Online app to explore Italian art in Los Angeles
Italy Art LA, an Android and iOS app to explore Italian art in Los Angeles, is online. The initiative was conceived by the Italian Cultural Institute with support from our Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General in Los Angeles. The app offers two integrated and interactive itineraries: “From Light to Matter” and “Traces of […]
Read moreLongitude: “The year of Europe”
The Dream of a Europe of and for its peoples must prevail over that of the various forms of populism, writes Prime Minister Enrico Letta in the editorial comment in Longitude, edited by Pialuisa Bianco. The January edition, which will hit the newsstands on 6 January 2014, is dedicated to Europe and the Italian Presidency […]
Read moreSlovakia – Andrea Bocelli casts a spell on Bratislava
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli ended his “A Passion for Life” world tour with a concert at the Slovnaft Arena, the new ice stadium in the Slovakian capital. Bocelli was accompanied by 70 musicians from the national symphony orchestra and 60 members of the choir, conducted by Italian maestro Marcello Rota. The tenor sang several duets […]
Read moreCipro – E’ protagonista l’archeologia italiana (in translation)
A Cipro la missione archeologica italiana, che da circa un decennio lavora sul sito di Pyrgos-Mavroraki, nel distretto di Limassol, fa il punto della situazione. L’occasione e’ un seminario organizzato in collaborazione con l’ambasciata italiana a Nicosia e ospitato dall’Archaeological research unit della University of Cyprus. Rinvenimento reperti età del bronzo Durante l’evento, i responsabili […]
Read moreChina – New Italian Consulate General opens in Chongqing
A new Italian Consulate General has opened in Chongqing, with the new Consul General, Sergio Maffettone, leading the opening ceremony. Maffettone underscored the Farnesina’s efforts, under tight public spending conditions, in selecting Chongqing as the new frontier of Italian diplomacy in China in the service of Italy’s economic development. The Consul General also commented on […]
Read moreParis – A concert to welcome 2014 at the Italian Cultural Institute
The New Year concert on 2 January will be first event of 2014 for the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. The concert, entitled “Profumo di Donna”, will feature timeless works celebrating the female spirit selected by Vittorio Montalti, sung by Ljuba Bergamelli and with Franco Venturini on piano. Montalti’s recent composition, “Suoni nascosti”, will also […]
Read moreEXPO – International participants now number 141
The international presence at Milan’s EXPO 2015 is growing, with Bosnia and Poland’s confirmation bringing the number of participants signing up to 141. The success of the initiative can be explained by the efforts of “System Italy” as a whole, led by the Farnesina and its diplomatic network, which are supporting the EXPO in all […]
Read moreItaly-Africa initiative under way – We must focus the spotlight on Africa once again, says Bonino
A wide-ranging initiative “to focus our country’s spotlight once again on Africa” by revitalising the political, economic and cultural partnership between Italy and the entire African continent. That was how Foreign Minister Emma Bonino introduced the Italy-Africa initiative today at the Farnesina as she chaired a conference attended by, among others, the Minister for Culture […]
Read moreBonino at Radio Radicale forum – Iran: Rowhani window will not be open forever
“The partial Rowhani/Sarif window will not be open forever”. For that reason, the time factor in the West’s dialogue with Iran “is essential”. This was one of the key passages in Minister Emma Bonino’s speech at a forum organised by Radio Radicale. The tensions in Turkey and transition in the Middle East, as well as […]
Read moreItaly renews Africa initiative – Bonino to hold Monday press conference
The Italy-Africa Initiative will be at the centre of a press conference that Minister Emma Bonino is scheduled to hold at the foreign ministry in Rome at 15:30 on Monday 30 December, together with Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism Massimo Bray and Minister for Integration Cecile Kyenge; other participants will include Deputy […]
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