Giro: “Venezuela, reasons for dialogue” (l’Unità)

In Venezuela’s latest parliamentary elections, the opposition coalition (Mud) saw the election of 112 Deputies, against the government party’s (Psuv) 55. Surpassing every optimistic prediction, Mud managed to prevail even in those poorest neighbourhoods that had been Chavez’s traditional bulwark. The victory, uniform in nearly every electoral district, can be attributed to the deep dissatisfaction […]

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Dei – Oman: Orpic-Maire Tecnimont agreement worth 890 million US dollars for the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex

The signing ceremony for the contracts for the creation of the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) took place on 17 December 2015. The project includes an agreement worth over 890 million dollars between Orpic and the Italian Maire Tecnimont to build polymer facilities (polyethylene and polypropylene) for the […]

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Ramadi. Important success by Iraq, assisted by the international coalition, says Gentiloni

“The defeat of Da’esh at Ramadi is an important success by the Iraqi military forces and the international coalition. It is further confirmation that Iraq is on the right road in the battle to eradicate the so-called ‘Islamic State’”. This was the comment by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. “This […]

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Brussels – Pianist Stephane Ginsburgh to perform at the Italian Cultural Institute

Pianist Stephane Ginsburgh will be performing works by Fabian Fiorini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Peter Eotvos and Gyorgy Liget in a concert hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels on Tuesday 12 January 2016. Read more, in Italian.

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Oslo – Film and literature with Moravia’s “Il conformista”

An evening of literature and film at the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo on Thursday 14 January, with a presentation of Alberto Moravia’s novel “Il conformista” and the film of the same name directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Translator Tommy Watz, who has produced the first translation of Moravia’s novel into Norwegian, will present both the […]

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Tokyo – “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition, with a symposium at the Italian Cultural Institute

To coincide with the “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Art Museum, which runs from 16 January to 3 April 2016, the Italian Cultural Institute in the Japanese capital is organising a symposium on the artist. Speakers will include art historians and academics Osano Shigetoshi, Alessandro Cecchi, Cristina Acidini and Jonathan Nelson. Read […]

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Egypt: Deadline of pre-qualification tender for 10 horizontal silos postponed until 17 January

The deadline to submit the expression of interest and related paperwork for the prequalification tender for the electromechanical part of 10 horizontal silos has been postponed until 17 January 2016. The tender was launched by the Ministry of Supply’s Egyptian Holding Company for Silos & Storage with an initial deadline of 2 December 2015. The […]

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New York – Silent movies: Dante’s “Inferno” in the Big Apple

“L’inferno”, a silent film from the early 20th century by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro and Adolfo Padovan, produced by Milano Films, is the first full-length film in the history of Italian cinema. It was restored in 2011. The film will be shown, with a new musical score performed live by saxophonist and composer Marco […]

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Barcelona – Contemporary art: “Italia. I sei sensi” exhibition runs until 9 January

To mark the centenary of the creation of Giacomo Balla’s sculpture “Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II” (1915), the Fundació Suñol will be displaying a selection of works by Italian artists from the Josep Suñol collection. Entitled “Italia. I sei sensi”, the exhibition runs until 9 January 2016. The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona helped […]

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New Delhi – Unexplored lands and cultures in the works of Pietro Ruffo

Pietro Ruffo is a qualified architect but his love of old maps has turned him into an artist. And now this enthusiasm brings him to India, where he will be displaying his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Terra incognita”. Curated by John Xaviers, the exhibition will run at the Italian Cultural […]

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Madrid – The creativity of the “Made in Italy” brand on show in Spain

“Made in Italy. 1950-70 Graphic design, creatività ed esperienza” is the title of an exhibition that will run in Madrid until 28 February 2016. The exhibition, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid and the Italian Association for Visual Communication Design (AIAP), features works by famous artists such as Vignelli, Noorda, Iliprandi, […]

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Gentiloni: IS will try to strike again but on the ground it’s losing. The Union must change, it’s too rigid (La Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, 2015 seems to have been marked from start to finish by the challenge posed by Da’esh. Now the “caliph” ” al-Baghdadi has appeared again and is saying that the US and Russian raids have not weakened it. “Al Baghdadi’s message, quite apart from the necessary verification, which requires more time, aims to […]

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