Italian Culture Week inaugurated in Moldova

Chisinau, 27 May /MOLDPRES/ - The third issue of the Italian Culture Week in Moldova, held on 27 May -2 June, on the occasion of the foundation of the Italian Republic, was opened at the Chisinau-based B.P. Hasdeu municipal library today.   

At a today’s news conference, Italian Ambassador to Moldova Enrico Nunziata said that more cultural actions would take on the days to come, aimed at promoting the Italian culture and language.   

“We present the values which unite us and which stay at the basis of our bilateral relations,” the Italian diplomat said.

Attending the event, Deputy Culture Minister Gheorghe Postica said that the “national holiday of Italy is a special one. In Fact, the Italian Republic is much older. It has a history of more than 2,500 years. There are three millenniums of creation, of promotion of cultural values. Rome created the richest culture of the ancient times. The culture of the Roman Empire stays at the basis of the human civilization. It is important that we know the cultural values of Italy, which have a universal significance,” Gheorghe Postica added.     

More cultural events were included in the Italian Culture Week. On 28 May, an exhibition titled IGNIS, Una storia italiana (IGNIS an Italian History) will be inaugurated at the B.P. Hasdeu Municipal Library at 11:00. A concert of classical music with the participation of Italian artists Maria Teresa Battistessa, clarinet, and Livia Rigano, piano, will be performed at the Serghei Lunchevici National Philharmonic on 29 May at 17:00. The event is organised by the Italian Embassy in Moldova.      

A workshop of creative writing for students and pupils will be held at the Onisifor Ghibu library on 30 May at 10:00 and a conference titled, A new hypostasis of the work of G. Rodari, will take place at 16:00, with participation of literary critic Maria Grazia Ferraris. A volume titled, MISTER IGNIS, will be presented at the Gaudeamus movie theatre on 31 May, with the participation of author Gianni Sparta. After the event, a film titled MISTER IGNIS, l’operaio che fondo un impero” (in Italian) will be screened.    

A contest with prizes for children titled, Discover the Cipollino World, will take place at the Onisifor Ghibu library on 1 June at 12:00. Games and readings of fairy tales will be held at the Community Centre for Children and Youth with Disabilities on the same day at 15:00. The Italian Week Culture will end at the Onisifor Ghibu library on 2 June at 11:00, with a ceremony of awarding the laureates of a contest of essays for Moldovan students, „Italia între paginile unei cărţi” (Italy between pages of a book), held in February-April 2016.       

The Italian Republic was proclaimed on 2 June 1946. With 61 million residents, Italy is the fifth most populated country of Europe. It is a very developed country and has the third biggest economy of the Euro-zone and the eighth of the world, according to the nominal Gross Domestic Product.     

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor L. Alcaza)