Italy- Kirghizstan – Minerva 2015 prize goes to Roza Otunbayeva

Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kirghizstan from 7 April 2010 to 31 December 2011 received the Minerva 2015 prize in the section “Women in the World” as acknowledgement of her political commitment, particularly in the promotion of parliamentary democracy in her country. She has headed the foundation named for her since 2011, and is especially active […]

Read more

Italy re-elected to IMO Council

Italy was re-elected today to the Category-A Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which consists of “10 States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services”. Our country was elected along with Japan, China, South Korea, Greece, the UK, the United States, Panama, the Russian Federation and Norway during the General Assembly currently […]

Read more

Turkey: 125 bn dollar investment in energy sector by 2023

Turkey is planning to invest 125 billion USD in the energy sector within the year 2023. The announcement came from energy minister Ali Riza Alaboyun, who explained that, given the country’s energy demand and dependence on foreign suppliers, the country plans to increase generating its capacity from 72 to 130 MW within 2023 and diversify […]

Read more

Dublin – Public reading in Ireland of The Divine Comedy

For the 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Ireland will be hosting a public reading, in instalments, of the Divine Comedy. It begins tomorrow at the National Gallery of Ireland with a reading of 34 cantos from the Inferno. President of the Republic Michael D. Higgins will be the first of 100 readers who will alternate […]

Read more

2016-17Alessandro Di Battista Research Fellowship

In 2002, the Italian government, in collaboration with the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) set up the Alessandro Di Battista Research Fellowship. The Fellowship is co-financed by the Italian Ministry of Finance in memory of the young economist Alessandro Di Battista who was sent […]

Read more

Gentiloni meets by telephone with Turkish foreign minister

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received a telephone call today from Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu following the events that led to the downing of the Russian SU-24 aircraft. Pointing out Turkey’s crucial role in regional stability and within the common framework of the Atlantic Alliance, Gentiloni underscored the importance of […]

Read more

Turkey: 14 December, call for tenders for Big Tunnel of Istanbul

The Turkish ministry of transport, maritime affairs and communication announced a 14 December call for tenders for the design of the Three-Level Big Tunnel of Istanbul, explaining that once the contract was awarded, the engineering plans would be completed within the year. The tunnel will be the first three-level tunnel in the world and will […]

Read more

Madrid – Italian musicians at JazzMadrid 2015

Italian musicians will contribute to animating JazzMadrid 2015 through to the end of the month. The artists on the billet include Elisabetta Antonini and Marcella Carboni, Rita Marcotulli, Fabio Turchetti Trio + Fabio Morabito & Alberto Venturin. Read more, in Italian

Read more

Italy -Brazil: Relations through Design

The history of Italo-Brazilian relations in the fields of art and architecture is the focus of Luciano Devia’s book “Hac Hora: Um Tempo Fora do Tempo”, to be presented on 26 November in Sao Paulo at the European Design Institute, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in that Brazilian city. The author is […]

Read more

Osaka – Fiera italiana del lavoro makes a showing

The Fiera Italiano del lavoro made a showing in Osaka offering encounters between students of the Italian language and culture and Italian and Japanese companies with trade relations with Italy. Speakers at the event, organised by our consulate general in Osaka in collaboration with the Italian Studies department of the University of Osaka, included president […]

Read more

Brussels – First edition of “ITALIA IN DOC” gets under way

A new festival – “Italia in doc” – dedicated to Italian documentary filmmaking got under way in Brussels on 26 November, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of the Belgian capital. The event was divided into two sections: the eight films competing and a retrospective dedicated to Italian documentary great Cecilia Mangini. The event also […]

Read more

New York – Cinema, Matteo Garrone and “Italian Stories” at the Italian Cultural Institute

Italian cinema becomes part of the collection of one of the world’s most famous museums: Rai Cinema has donated 10 films to New York’s MoMA to open the series “Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute To Rai Cinema” on 4 December. To mark the occasion, at 11:30 on 5 December the Italian Cultural Institute of […]

Read more