Teheran: Italy donates 1.2 m doses of vaccine to Iran
Italy has donated 1.2 million doses of the Astrazeneca vaccine to Iran. The announcement was made by the Italian Ambassador to Iran, Giuseppe Perrone, during an event organised by the Italian Embassy in Tehran to illustrate to the Iranian authorities and the public our country’s contribution to the fight against Covid-19 in Iran. “Italy’s donation […]
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Prague: Italy guest of honour at Book Fair 2022
Italy will be guest of honour at the 2022 edition of the Prague International Book Fair (Svet knihy). The main theme will be inspired by the title of a book by Umberto Eco dedicated to the experience and theory of translation, “Saying almost the same thing”, published by Bompiani in 2003. The announcement was made […]
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Brazil: Ambassador Azzarello with representatives of the Italian community
The Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, chaired an inter-institutional meeting with the various representative bodies of the Italian community, to discuss various issues such as preparing for the elections of the Comitês (Committees of Italians abroad) that will take place in December. Azzarello highlighted the work carried out by the network of Consulates in favour of our […]
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Canton: a journey into the work of Gaetano Pesce
“Nobody’s Perfect”, the first solo exhibition in Asia by the legendary Italian designer Gaetano Pesce, was inaugurated today at the Sea World Culture and Arts Center (SWCAC) in Shenzhen, by the Consulate General of Italy in Canton. The exhibition, which anticipates the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism 2022, is an explosion of colours […]
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Amsterdam: Dante Alighieri in music
The Italian Cultural Institute of Amsterdam presents the concert “Dantesque Intonations of the Nineteenth Century” a project by Andrea Coen marking the seventh centenary of Dante Alighieri’s death, with bass baritone Mauro Borgioni, Andrea Coen at the piano, and the actor Edoardo Coen. The concert programme, which will take place on 17 October at 3 […]
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Belgrade: 24 hours devoted to Italian style
The Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade has hosted the 10th edition of the event called “24 Hours of Elegance” dedicated to Italian masters of tailoring. On 30 September, in collaboration with DeGorsi Luxury Consulting, the Institute hosted a series of initiatives as part of the “Beautiful and Well-crafted” event. During the event, a book […]
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Brussels: innovation, design and sustainability
On 29 September, the Italian Embassy in Brussels hosted an initiative to promote Italian design, architecture and sustainable innovation at the Residence, centred on Stefano Boeri, who spoke to a qualified Belgian and European audience on “Urban forestation and architecture. The Milan system”. The presentation reviewed the main green architectural projects in Europe and, more […]
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Barcelona: an exhibition about Federico Fellini
The exhibition “Il Centenario. Fellini nel mondo” (“The Centenary. Fellini in the world”), already exhibited in 8 countries, arrives in Barcelona. From today until 09 January, the Spanish public will be able to admire scripts, contracts, letters, drawings, photographs of sets and of the director’s private life, as well as posters, playbills, props, and costumes, […]
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Paris: a round table on hydrogen and energy transition
Energy transition and the role of hydrogen were the focus of a round table organised in Paris by the Italian Embassy in France. The debate, opened by Ambassador Teresa Castaldo and moderated by Alain Elkann, was attended, among others, by the CEO of Snam, Marco Alverà, the Chairman and CEO of Renault, Luca De Meo, […]
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Athens: conference on Dante and Greece
The Italian Cultural Institute of Athens has organised the conference “Dante and Greece”, dedicated to the space that the Supreme Poet has had in modern and contemporary Greek literature. Promoted by the Italian Philellenic Society along with numerous Italian, Greek and Cypriot institutions, the reason for the initiative is to deepen the legacy of Dante […]
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