The film on the life of Bud Spencer screened in Budapest
After having been dedicated a bronze statue in the heart of Budapest, a documentary now consolidates the special bond that exists between Bud Spencer, born Carlo Pedersoli, and Hungary. Tomorrow evening the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will screen the world premiere of ‘Sulle tracce di Piedone”, the bio pic containing the interviews of 45 […]
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The best Italian cinema takes centre stage in Seoul
For six days, Italian cinema will take centre stage in Seoul. For the seventh consecutive year, the ‘Venice in Seoul’ festival will offer the Korean public the best Italian films presented at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The event, which will screen 18 films, will kick off on 22 January and run until 27 January, […]
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The Italian Cultural Institute holds a New Year’s Concert in Budapest
The Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest organised a New Year’s concert to welcome in the New Year. For the occasion, the MÁV Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Claudio Morbo – who has often performed in Hungary, also collaborating with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra – performed pieces by Ottorino Respighi and Giuseppe Tartini. The concert also featured […]
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A homeless shelter in Tirana thanks to the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme
Italian Ambassador, Alberto Cutillo and the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, inaugurated a homeless shelter in the Albanian capital city. The centre forms part of the “Tirana Shelter for Homeless” project, which is managed by the Municipality of Tirana and supported by the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Programme. The Italian government is waiving repayment of […]
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Italy trains the restorers of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The three-year restoration training project by the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione (ISCR) for the technical staff of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina wound up with a seminar on the outcome of the project. The project was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and each year focused on the […]
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‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Mimmo Jodice in Rabat
The ‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Neapolitan artist Mimmo Jodice was opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat. The photographs on display are the fruit of the artist’s long research and years of travelling across the two shores of the Mediterranean: Naples and the South of Italy, Greece, Spain and France but also Turkey, Syria, […]
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Italy present at Design Creativity Month in China
The Milan Polytechnic participates in the Creativity Month opened at the Jinsha Ecool Park, the Design District of Chongqing, in China. The Ecool Park, located in a decommissioned factory, is an enormous complex dedicated to creative industries in the perspective of becoming the major design district in all of Southwest China. It houses exhibition spaces, […]
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An Authentic Italian Christmas Celebration in Volkswagen’s Hometown
Every year, the Christmas celebration for the children of Wolfsburg, Germany, is a memorable event. Introduced in the 1980s for the children of the Italian community, thanks to the efforts of the Consular Agency of Italy, over the years this event has become an international celebration aimed at enhancing integration and dialogue between people of […]
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Concert in Bethlehem
Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean in the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem A concert in the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem was the closing event of the ‘Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean’ 2018 programme organised by the Italian Consulate General in Jerusalem. The performance featured the European Union Youth Orchestra conducted by Maestro Paolo Olmi with […]
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Belgrade co-organises anti-corruption conference with the OSCE and Italy
The Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency, with the support of the local OSCE Mission and of the Italian Government, organised a two-day regional conference in Belgrade entitled “Implementation of Corruption Prevention Mechanisms” to highlight the importance of prevention in combating crime and corruption. Another factor emphasised was the independence of anti-corruption agencies. The speakers at the conference […]
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