Dei – Albania: Milan-based Studio Boeri Awarded Contract to Develop Tirana’s New Masterplan

A consortium formed by UNLAB, Stefano Boeri’s Milan-based architecture firm and Inter.National.Design, a Dutch firm, won an international competition for drafting the new masterplan of Tirana. The new plan will be completed within the next five months. The process will include setting up an integrated database of the territory, developing the city’s territorial strategy, a […]

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Strasbourg – On show Italian posters from when graphic design was a public service

The exhibition that will open on Monday, Jan. 25, at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Strasbourg is entitled: “Useful Graphic Design. Italy’s public service posters”. The show, displaying the posters of public interest produced by the institutions and local agencies of the different Italian Regions in the period from 1975 to 1990, is curated […]

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Colombia to host Italian writer Alessandro Baricco

Italian writer Alessandro Baricco is due to visit Colombia from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6. He will attend the Hay Festival in Cartagena from his arrival until Jan. 31. The Festival will conclude with a conference with journalist and editor Marcel Ventura at the Adolfo Mejia theatre. The festival, now at its 10th edition, is […]

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Italian Chamber of Commerce opens office in Chongqing

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in China will open its new office in Chongqing tomorrow. This rapidly growing metropolis in the southwest of the country has a population of over 30 million people. The office is in the Foreign Business District, the economic heart of the city, which also houses the offices of some big […]

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Athens – Photography show to discover Matera, the land of Sassi

The “Matera, land of Sassi” photography exhibition was inaugurated on Friday, Jan. 22 at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Athens and will run until Feb. 20. The show, which was organised by the IIC, displays the shots taken by Greek photographer Jenny Lykourezou, who was fascinated by the magnificent setting of the “Sassi” of […]

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Gentiloni launches a challenge: peace is possible in Syria. «Beyond the embargo, with humanitarian corridors and aid”

«Pressure must be exerted on two fronts: engaging the regime into opening humanitarian corridors and, through negotiations, obtaining a ceasefire in order to mitigate the ongoing tragedy», said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commenting the situation in Syria. He has a clear stance on the fact that the war in Syria, with its cities under siege, […]

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Farnesina: Concern over Israel’s announcement declaring a further 370 acres in the occupied West Bank as “state land”

There is general concern over Israel’s decision to declare a further 370 acres of land south of Jericho “state land”, possibly paving the way for the construction of new settlements. Going forward with these activities risks exacerbating the situation on the ground and is in contrast with Israel’s commitment to pursue a peaceful solution based […]

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SERVICE NOTICE FOR CHIEF EDITORS – Joint press conference of Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Iranian Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Palazzo della Farnesina, 26 January 2016)

On Tuesday January 26, at 8:00 a.m., the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting in Palazzo della Farnesina with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. At the end of the meeting, a joint press conference will be held. Journalists and video-photo-operators interested in attending the press conference are […]

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Minister Gentiloni at the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli

“The speech of a great Europeanist. Mr Napolitano has pointed out the time of extreme difficulty pervading Europe and the risk that these difficulties shed doubt on some of its cornerstones”, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commented during his address at today’s celebrations in the Senate for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli. […]

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Tel Aviv – The Holocaust, the music of memory echoes in Israel

Amidst the horror of Nazi concentration camps, music continued to be written and played. In fact, may prisoners left behind the scores they wrote during their detention: notes that will be played once again thanks to pianist Francesco Lotoro who has collected over 5,000 scores of concentration camp music since 1989. The composers include Józef […]

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Italy and Mexico boost bilateral cooperation

Italy and Mexico are increasing bilateral cooperation. The Italian ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, in recent days met with Director General of ProMexico, Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, to take stock of economic and trade relations between the two countries and upcoming promotional activities. Ambassador Busacca also told the Director of ProMexico about the difficulties that […]

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Beijing – “The Three Days of Pompeii”, a trip through time with Alberto Angela

It was the 24th of October of 79 AD, apparently a Friday like any other in Pompeii, except that at 1 p.m. the nearby Vesuvius started releasing an amount of energy equal to that of 50,000 atomic bombs in less than 20 hours, burying the city under a scorching fallout of ashes and gas and […]

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