Pakistan – a likely maket for Italian agricultural machinery

Pakistan has shown a keen interest in Italian agricultural machinery since agriculture is the largest sector of the country’s economy. “Both the Italian Embassy in Islamabad and the Consulate General in Karachi will support all Italian companies intending to explore the market opportunities in Pakistan, “said Gianluca Rubagotti, Italy’s Consul General in Karachi, adding that […]

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Italy elected to chair the General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

At the close of the general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which was held on Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17 in Abu Dhabi, Italy was elected to chair the General Assembly next year. The IRENA is based in the United Arab Emirates and counts on the membership of 145 Countries […]

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Berlin – Literature, Igiaba Scego guest of the Italian Cultural Institute

Racism, integration, roots and identity. These, amongst others, will be discussed at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin on Tuesday January 19 (at 7:00pm) on the occasion of the presentation of the book “La mia casa è dove sono” (Home is where I am). The Italian Cultural Institute will be hosting writer Igiaba Scego who […]

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Ho Chi Minh – Italian medical volunteers on an international mission in Vietnam

Interethnos Interplast Italy, an Italian association of volunteers in reconstructive plastic surgery went  on a mission to Bien Hoa for two weeks, in the southern province of Dong Nai. The mission was organized by the Italian Consulate General scheme in Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the town’s general hospital and local authorities and […]

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Los Angeles – Taormina Film Festival opens in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the “City of the Angels”, hosts the first edition of the Taormina Film Festival (TTF) on Jan. 20 and 21, featuring Italian and Sicilian independent films. This event was made possible by an agreement between the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE).  […]

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Moscow – A 3D journey into the heart of Italian Renaissance

“Florence and the Uffizi Gallery 3D/4K – A Journey into the Heart of the Renaissance” is much more than a documentary film . It is a multidimensional and multisensory journey into the Renaissance through Florence’s most beautiful works of art. The project , produced by  Sky 3D with  Sky Arte HD, Nexo Digital and Magnitudo […]

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Foreign Ministry: latest news on the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

Following the terrorist attack in the capital of Burkina Faso, the Italian Foreign Ministry immediately started investigating on the condition of approximately 100 Italian nationals who were reported to be in the capital, in order to verify their state of health and offer them assistance. The information collected made it possible to confirm that the […]

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Gentiloni: «EU is raising a useless controversy. Flexibility? It’s all our doing» (Corriere della Sera)

«Europe is experiencing one of its most difficult periods since the ‘60s.  It does not need Brussels to engage in useless controversies. Italy is not raising controversy but it obeys E.U. rules and demands to be respected,” Minister Gentiloni said in reply to the unprecedented words of criticism addressed by the President of the EU […]

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Italy – Oman: Meetings of Secretary General Valensise in Muscat

Prospects of cooperation between Italy and Oman were the focus of a consultation meeting between officials of the two countries in Muscat. The Italian delegation, led by Secretary-General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise, and the Omani delegation, led by Secretary General of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin […]

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The Italian Foreign Ministry hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”

Europe takes stock of its relations with Latin America and chooses Italy as the venue for the meeting. The Italian Foreign Ministry today hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”, organised by the Foreign Ministry and the Institute for International Affairs (IAI), with the contribution of the […]

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Geneva – Anpi and Comites: tribute to Pertini with the screening of “I’ll miss you”

Sandro Pertini, the partisan and President of the Italian Republic, was a model of honesty and coherency, freedom and democracy, to whom Vittorio Giacci has dedicated a documentary-film entitled “I’ll miss you – Memories of Sandro Pertini”. Co-produced by ACT Multimedia and the national “Sandro Pertini” association, under the High Patronage of the President of […]

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Haifa – A world without us by Manuela Dviri at Italian Institute

The second event held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa is the presentation of Manuela Dviri’s book, “A world without us”, by Miriam Levi Liuzzi on January 20, for Remembrance Day 2016. Manuela Dviri is a daughter gradually piecing together a vast family puzzle; she is a mother who loses her beloved 20-year-old son […]

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