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Scholarships for Italian students in Latvia

The State Education Development Agency of the Republic of Latvia offers scholarships to Italian students and researchers who wish to study or doing research in Latvia, or for participating to summer schools. All the information and deadlines for the application are available here: http://www.viaa.gov.lv/scholarships.

23rd and 24th January: “International Training Seminar on Reduction of Shadow Economy Related to Turnover of Cultural Objects”

On the 23rd and 24th January, at the Latvian School of Public Administration in Riga, a seminar on protection of cultural property took place whose title was “International Training Seminar on Reduction of Shadow Economy Related to Turnover of Cultural Objects”. Among the experts that participated to this event, realized also thanks to the support […]

New APP “Invisible City”

Since last December is available online for free download on GooglePlay and AppStore the new app “Invisible City”, that gives information about the cultural events that are organized all around the world. The acquisition of the data is made automatically by connecting to the Facebook profiles of local institutions in the cities where the service is […]

Famous baritone Franco Vassallo to the Riga Opera and masterclass in “Riga Cathedral Choir School”

Sunday 14th of January the famous Italian baritone Franco Vassallo sang “Ernani” by Giuseppe Verdi in the Opera Theatre in Riga. Thanks to the kindess of Mr. Franco Vassallo, the interest of the Latvian students of music, and the collaboration of the Italian Embassy, it was also possible to organize a masterclass in the music school […]

RIGA FASHION WEEK – AUTIMN EDITION 2017

The Embassy of Italy already for the 4th time participated to the “RIGA FASHION WEEK” (www.rfw.lv)  organized by the“Baltic Fashion Federation”. The “AUTUMN EDITION 2017” took place from October 24-28 and saw a rich Italian presence: – the famous Italian designer LIBORIO CAPIZZI with his brand “DI LIBORIO” (www.diliborio.it) already for the second time participated […]

International Day for the elimination of Violence against Women

Protecting and upholding the rights of women and promoting the fight against any form of discrimination and gender-based violence are Italy’s priorities in the action it carries out, also at the international level. On the occasion of the International Day for the elimination of Violence against Women, the Farnesina wishes to reaffirm its firm commitment to […]

“The Narrow Path” Newsletter

Find attached the thirs issue of the MEF Newsletter “The Narrow Path”. This issue deals with reforms in the following sectors: judiciary system, healthcare system, and fiscal system.

Travelling with the Minister

From this month, a new version of the interactive map which allows you to visualize all the institutional meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in real time is online on the website of the MAE. You can find it at http://www.esteri.it/mae/it/

Screening of Italian Films at the Embassy

Conferences on animated cinema

The Latvian animation association is holding a cycle of conferences over the next week.The well-known animation expert Giannalberto Bendazzi will be the main speaker of the events which will take place at the Riga Film museum (10 Peitavas Street). Events will start today (11.09.2017) and continue as follows: 11.09.17 h17.30 – 19.00: Birth of animation […]