Stockholm – In search of Mariano Fortuny: designer and inventor

Mariano Fortuny, painter, fashion designer, set designer and designer in general: in a word, artist. Spanish-born, but naturalised Italian, Fortuny is celebrated in an exhibition opening at Stockholm’s Hallwylska museum today and that runs through 10 January. The exhibition has been organised by the same museum in collaboration with the Fortuny museum of Venice, the […]

Read more

Maputo – Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival returns

The Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival returns in its 11th edition to Maputo, bringing Italian and Mozambican groups together to perform in various venues of the capital from Wednesday to Friday of this week. The festival has been organised by the Italian embassy in collaboration with the Italian Trade Office (ICE) in Maputo and the Music for […]

Read more

Chile – Italian culture leads off in October

For the entire month of October, Italian culture will lead off in Chile with Italian Language Week and the Year of Italy in Latin America, whose aim is to offer the Chilean public a fresh new look at Italy, its traditions and culture. It has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago in […]

Read more

DEI – China: University of Roma Tre collaborates with Chinese universities on infrastructure

The development of research and industrial applications for large-scale infrastructures is the goal of a new laboratory that is the collaborative effort of the Universities of Fuzhou (Fujian), Guangzhou and Roma Tre, and FIP Industriale. The project was launched by Prof. Bruno Briseghella of the University of Padova and with the support of the Superior […]

Read more

ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Seminar on Social Protection and the Role of Women in Feeding the Planet (Auditorium of MAXXI, Rome 7 October)

Within the context of World Food Day, whose official celebration is planned for 16 October at EXPO Milano, the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised a workshop in Rome on Wednesday 7 October from 10:00 to 13:30 at the MAXXI Auditorium. The seminar is […]

Read more

Cartoline dall’altra Italia – Canaries: A photographer who captures happiness

From the province of Sondrio to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, passing through London along the way: this is the story of 27-year-old photographer Francesco Mazzucchi, who moved to the archipelago in 2010. A sport and nature lover, he is also very enthusiastic about his work. “I do what I am most interested in here. […]

Read more

2015 ANCE Report – Gentiloni, Farnesina and government help enterprise with foreign investment opportunities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian government are helping Italian businesses take advantage of foreign investment opportunities, as foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni pointed out in a speech at the presentation of the 2015 Report by ANCE (the Italian national builders association) today at the Farnesina. Present also were Under Secretary […]

Read more

Business, Valensise: Growing interface between central administrations and foreign diplomatic network

“There is a growing interface between the central administrations and the precious foreign network we rely on”, Farnesina Secretary General Ambassador Michele Valensise explained to Pei News in the margins of the presentation of the 2015 ANCE Report on the presence of Italian construction firms around the world. “When I speak of central administrations I […]

Read more

Statement from Crisis Unit

The Farnesina Crisis Unit made the following statement: “We do feel obliged to comment on supposed judiciary sources of Aleppo or the self-appointed Islamic tribunal of the Nureddin Zenkin”. “In any case, the Crisis Unit added, “there is no confirmation whatsoever of what has been asserted”.

Read more

Relaunch of “Invest Your Talent in Italy”

The Directorate General for Country Promotion, in collaboration with Italian Trade Agency ICE, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Uni-Italia, has relaunched the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme, an instrument aimed at supporting internationalisation strategies by utilising foreign talents trained in Italy in skills in business operational sectors. Promotion A promotional campaign has been […]

Read more

Brazil, Italy participates in Offshore Technology Conference

A group of Italian firms  will be participating in the upcoming edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Brasil 2015, a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions on offshore resources and environmental issues to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 27 to 29 October. The Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rio will […]

Read more

“Cinema Sundays” returns to Lisbon with Monicelli

The Sunday screening of Italian films returned to Lisbon on 4 October with the screening of Mario Monicelli’s “I soliti ignoti”. This edition of “Cinema Sundays” is the 9th of an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Il Sorpasso Association and will continue to December with another 5 screenings. Read […]

Read more