Prague – Central European Festival of Italian cinema

“MittelCinemaFest” comes to Prague with the screening of 9 Italian films on Sunday at Prague’s historic Lucerna Cinema. “We intend to give this festival greater impetus and make it an annual event on the Czech cultural calendar, eventually extending it to other locales and broader audiences of enthusiasts of cinema and other aspects of Italian […]

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Oman – Crovetto shows the “Colours Of My Liguria”

Ligurian painter Gian Marco Crovetto will hold his first solo exhibition in Oman entitled “Colours of My Liguria” at one of the Sultanate’s largest museums, the Bait al Zubair, from 9 December through 4 January 2016. The exhibition has the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Muscat and the support of the Associazione Promotori […]

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Italy and Israel meeting the challenge of innovation: science and industry cooperation, calls for proposals

From medicine to space, applied technologies to cultural change and demographics, the Israel-Italy Joint Innovation Program for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in R&D announced a call for proposals for projects to be co-funded over the coming two-year period. Applications, which can be submitted by Italian firms, universities and research centres jointly with Israeli partners, […]

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Farnesina Open Doors: 17 to 22 December 2015

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will run a new edition of “Farnesina Open Doors” from 17 to 22 December, whereby the general public have a chance to tour the palace and learn about its history and what happens there. For many years now “Farnesina Open Doors” has been a means by which […]

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Italy and Israel meeting the challenge of innovation

Italy and Israel renew cooperation in science and industry for 2016 with a presentation today at the Farnesina of two new calls for tender for bilaterally financed projects over the coming two years.  

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London – A new encounter with “Primo Approdo”

Preparing a curriculum vitae according to British standards, job interviews with local human resources experts and how to approach the English job market will be the topics of the new “Primo Approdo” to be held on 3 December at the Italian Consulate General of London. The initiative, launched on the impetus of our ambassador in […]

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Tel Aviv – 3rd edition of “AperiKucha-Made in Italy”

The 3rd edition of “AperiKucha – Made in Italy” was staged by the Italian community of Israel at Tel Aviv’s Tutus Karex gastropub, followed by a concert by singer-songwriter Raiz, who divides his time between Naples and Tel Aviv and whose music is a lively mix of genres. The event aims to attract and involve […]

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Jakarta – Strengthening Italo-Indonesian science collaboration

Scientific cooperation between Italy and Indonesia got a boost from two seminars curated by Prof. Nicoletta Maria Ravasio at the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. The first was entitled “The role of catalysis in the roadmap to Bioeconomy: the case of oleochemicals”, and the second “Mono […]

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Cape Town – Fiera Milano organises the Art Fair

Once again Fiera Milano, through its South African branch Exhibitions Africa, is organising the Cape Town Art Fair to be held from 19 to 21 February 2016 in the country’s cultural and commercial heart. Director of Fiera Milano Africa for the event Matthew Partridge pointed out that “Contemporary African art was on everyone’s lips at […]

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Brazil- Sao Paulo focus on “Citizens of the World”

“Cittadini del mondo, globetrotters o migranti nostalgici su false spoglie?” is the title of an encounter to be held on 3 December at the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo. The event has been curated by psychologist Melania Bonello, and intends to provide room for reflection on the theme of emigration, analysing the various migratory […]

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Libya – Gentiloni-Kerry bilateral

Italy and the United States have pledged to work together intensively over the coming weeks in an effort to garner the international community’s fullest support for the formation of a government of national unity in Libya. The announcement came from Minister Paolo Gentiloni following a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in […]

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Under-Secretary Della Vedova Memorandum of Understanding on OECD Centre for Local Development

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova joined Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Stefan Kapferer in signing a memorandum of understanding on the OECD Centre for Local Development located in the city of Trento. The memorandum gives the Centre a new mandate for 2016-2020 and establishes an office in […]

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