Ottawa: “Dante Confidential” documentary
On the occasion of the 21st edition of the “Week of the Italian Language in the World”, the Italian Embassy in Ottawa has uploaded the documentary “Dante Confidential” on its YouTube channel, with English subtitles. In the documentary the conductor Pierfrancesco Diliberto, a/k/a Pif, guides the viewer on a journey like a present-day Virgil, beginning […]
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Athens: An exhibition of artists inspired by Dante will be open until October 29
In connection with the 21st Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Institute of Culture in Athens has organized a number of events with Dante as their theme. An exhibition or original works by Greek artists inspired by the “Divine Comedy” was inaugurated at the Institute on October 5th and will be […]
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Dar es Salaam, presentation of the Italian animation movie “Trash”
Ahead of the COP26 climate change conference, scheduled to take place in Glasgow from 31 October to 13 November, the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam has presented the Italian animation movie “Trash” on the subject of ecology and sustainability. The event was attended by Ambassador Marco Lombardi, who illustrated Italy’s programmes for combating climate […]
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Mexico: opening of the 4th. edition of “M’illumino d’immenso”
The Awards Ceremony of the 4th edition of “M’illumino d’immenso. Premio Internazionale di Traduzione di Poesia dall’italiano allo spagnolo” [“M’illumino d’immenso: International Prize for the Translation of Poetry from Italian to Spanish] will be taking place today at the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City and will be preceded by a conversation between the poets Fabio […]
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Hanoi, new Vietnamese-language edition of “L’Inferno”
As part of the initiatives promoted by the Italian Embassy in Hanoi for the 21st Week of the Italian Language in the World, the new Vietnamese language edition of “L’Inferno” will be presented on Saturday 23 October, in the presence of Casa Italia and online, in the translation of Nguyen Van Hoan, illustrious historian of […]
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Italian-Lithuanian round table on cybersecurity
An Italian-Lithuanian round table on cybersecurity, which took place in hybrid form on 19 October in Vilnius, was opened by the Italian Ambassador to Lithuania, Diego Ungaro. This was the first initiative on this specific subject and allowed the participants to deepen their mutual knowledge of national information security systems and to assess the opportunities […]
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COP26: Ambassador Cornado, the youth can change course
Italy’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado, spoke today at an event entitled “Update on Preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference COP26”, organised by the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, in view of COP26 to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to […]
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Dante in the schools, multimedia collection in Berlin and Bremen
A collection of multimedia projects on Dante Alighieri and his works has been produced by the schools of Berlin and Bremen: these projects, sent to the Education Department of the Italian Embassy in Berlin will be showcased in the celebrations of the 21st Week of the Italian Language in the World. This initiative highlights the […]
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Book Art exhibition in Seoul inspired by Dante
An exhibition of artists’ books inspired by Dante, “Dante e la Divina Commedia (Dante and the Divine Comedy)”, has been organised in Seoul on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World. The exhibition, an initiative of Sojeon Gallery and realised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Seoul, will […]
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Washington: Ambassador Zappia presents an award to Paolo Sorrentino
The Ambassador of Italy to Washington, Mariangela Zappia, has presented the International Spotlight 2021 Award to the Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino for his film “E’ stata la mano di Dio” [“The Hand of God”]. Sorrentino’s film was selected along with ”A, Chiara” by director Jonas Carpignano, to represent Italy at the 2021 edition of the […]
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