Dei – Russia: A guide on opportunities and risks for Italian companies

“Investing in Russia – a guide for Italian businesses” can help point Italian entrepreneurs who decide to enter the Russian market in the right direction. Produced by the Italian embassy in collaboration with ICE Moscow and the Ministry of Economic Development, with contributions from Italian operators in the Federation and the Russian authorities, the guide is published on the […]

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Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Della Vedova will be present at Patricia Rizzo’s funeral in Brussels

Representing the President of the Republic and the Italian Government, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Senator Benedetto Della Vedova will tomorrow be present at the funeral of Patricia Rizzo, the Italian citizen who died in the Brussels attacks. The funeral service will take place at 11 o’clock at the Church of Saint […]

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Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum to take place in Rome on 5 April

Strengthening economic and industrial relations between Italy and Pakistan, illustrating opportunities the country offers and tools available to Italian businesses: these are the aims of the Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum that will take place on 5 April at the International Conference Room of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Forum is […]

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Mission of Undersecretary Amendola to Albania

The two-day mission of Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola to Albania ends today. The Italian Government representative attended the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia). The meeting, which was also attended by European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn, allowed discussions to be […]

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Argentina – Cultural heritage conservation takes centre stage

The 4th International Meeting on Preventive and Interventive Conservation in Museums, Archives and Libraries will be held in Buenos Aires from Apr. 4 to 7. The event, organised by the National History Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution (Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y de la Revolución de Mayo) in partnership with the […]

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Tunis – Tosca to sing at Jazz à Carthage Festival on 13 April

The Italian singer Tosca will perform on April 13 at the 11th edition of the Jazz à Carthage Festival in a show entitled “Appunti Musicali di Viaggio” (“Musical Travel Notes”). The only Italian guest at the Tunisian festival, Tosca will present a ‘musical narration’ unfolding from a Portuguese Fado to a Russian lullaby, from a […]

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Moscow – NICE, the new Italian cinema, out to conquer Russia

NICE-New Italian Cinema Events makes its comeback in promoting emerging Italian cinema at the 19th edition of the NICE Russia 2016 festival directed by Viviana del Bianco. As in previous editions, the two Russian screenings will run almost in parallel: in Moscow from 5 to 11 April at the Illusion Cinema Theatre and from 8 to 13 April in St. Petersburg, where NICE […]

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Berlin – A retrospective to show the many faces of Monica Vitti

“Ikone, Diva … Komödiantin”, the Berlin retrospective dedicated to Monica Vitti, the Italian actress with a thousand faces who played in an infinite number of roles, will close on 31 March. Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, whose stage name is Monica Vitti, is now 84 years old and hasn’t set foot on a scene for many years because of […]

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Germany – Taking stock of Italian language teaching, from Florence to Munich

An overview spanning from Florence to Munich in order to take stock of the new challenges and strategies in disseminating the Italian language abroad was organised in Germany as a follow-up of the ‘States General of the Italian Language in the World’ held in Florence in 2014 and promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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Minister Gentiloni expresses satisfaction for the arrival in Tripoli of the Presidential Council for Libya

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, greeted with satisfaction the arrival in Tripoli of the Presidential Council for Libya.  “It is another step forward in the stabilisation of Libya. On the basis of the determination of Premier Serraj and that of the Presidential Council new progress for the Libyan people is […]

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Chile – Archiart celebrates Giuseppe Rondizzoni

An exhibition on Giuseppe Rondizzoni, a Napoleonic soldier of Italian origin, has opened in Santiago, Chile. Entitled “Giuseppe Rondizzoni, a Hero”, the exhibition looks at the life a man who directly participated in the struggle for Chilean independence from 1816, when he travelled with General Jose Miguel Carrera to South America on the corvette Clifton. […]

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China – New Board to coordinate the promotion of Italy in China

The Italian Embassy in Beijing has established an executive Board for the strategic planning and coordination of all the initiatives promoting and providing economic and commercial support to Italian companies in China. The Board – which includes the Embassy, the Consuls General in Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and the coordinator of the Italian […]

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