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Italy will be taking part in the 4th “Escena Vocal” international festival running in Montevideo from 31 July to 7 August 2015. On 1 August, the Sala Verdi will host an evening dedicated to Gioacchino Rossini, under the artistic direction of Maria Julia Caamano and entitled “Pecados de vejez: una noche en lo de Rossini”. […]
Read moreOman’s Minister for Heritage and Culture, Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, has flown to Genoa to visit the Galata Museo del Mare (Mu.Ma). The Minister was accompanied by his adviser, Sayyid Faisal H. Albusaidi, and by the Under-Secretary for Cultural Heritage, Salim Almahruqi. The aim of the mission was to develop collaboration with the […]
Read moreABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley will be the global players in the privatisation process of the same ABN AMRO. The announcement was made by Netherlands Financial Investments (NLFI), the public holding controlled by the Finance Ministry and owner of the entire share capital of the ABN AMRO and SNS REAAL banks. The Ministry […]
Read moreThe statute governing the Italian Development Cooperation Agency was published today in the Official Journal. Publication marks a key stage in Italy’s Development Cooperation reform, which was launched in August 2014 with the approval of Law 125/2014. The publication of the statute “confirms the strong sense of commitment with which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Read more“Archeologi e intellettuali italiani in Peru” is the title of a book published by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima and presented by Antonio Aimi at the 20th international Book Fair in the Peruvian capital. It features an analysis of the work of Italian travellers, intellectuals and religious who left their mark on the history […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is concerned by the news that the Israeli government has resumed the construction of settlements on the West Bank. At this time, the call is for Israelis and Palestinians to make every effort to resume the Peace Process with the support of the international community. The Farnesina […]
Read moreBeta Studio, in association with the Thetis engineering company, has won a contract worth about 1 million dollars for consultancy services for the reclamation of Lake Ypacarai, an important natural and tourism resource for Paraguay. The project is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. The Padua-based engineering company, which provides advice and technical services for […]
Read moreThe paintings of Italian-Chilean artist Alejandra Rojas Contreras will be on display in Santiago from 6 to 29 August at a personal exhibition entitled “Algo Pendiente”. The exhibition was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile. Algo Pendiente is the second exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural […]
Read moreCanada’s Sicilian Jazz Project will be performing with Italian singer Ilaria Patassini, known as Pilar, at the “Pilar and the Sicilian Jazz Project” concert on Saturday 1 August 2015. The concert, sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, will take place at the Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts in Ottawa. The event is […]
Read moreSalini-Impregilo and Astaldi have won two important contracts in Poland. Salini-Impregilo will work on the planning and construction of a 20.27 kilometre stretch of the A1 motorway south of Warsaw near the city of Katowice. The contract is worth about 170 million euro and works will last for 33 months. Astaldi, with its Turkish partner […]
Read moreThe Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, summoned the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation, Giancarlo Kessler, today to express Italy’s keen concern over the measures introduced by the cantonal authorities of Ticino and affecting Italian cross-border workers. The measures infringe the European agreement on 1999 on the free movement of people, are clearly discriminatory […]
Read moreLaura Spinelli is a biologist from Campania Region. Aged 33, since 2008 she has lived in Dundee, in Scotland, where she works as a cancer research scientist currently specialising in tumour suppressors. Dr Spinelli is featured in the latest instalment of “Cartoline dall’altra Italia”, the web series produced by the 9colonne media agency with support […]
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