Buenos Aires – “Dante, Ulisse e il nuovo mondo”, with Piero Boitani

In the year that sees the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri, the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires has organised a special event dedicated to the author of the “Divine Comedy”. Entitled “Dante, Ulisse e il nuovo mondo”, the event, supported also by the Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, will […]

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Business – Catania hosts internationalisation road show

The “Italy for Business Road Show” comes to Sicily. The 21st event in the programme conceived by the “Control Panel for International Italy”, has just ended. Over 220 companies present Over 220 companies from the agri-food, construction, electronics, textile and engineering sectors attended the road show. Hosted by the Sheraton in Aci Castello, the event […]

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Gentiloni: “Luxembourg Presidency’s commitment on immigration is positive”

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, at the Farnesina today. Luxembourg took over the Presidency of the European Union yesterday, 1 July 2015. The focus of today’s discussion was an exchange of views on the EU immigration agenda. […]

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Egypt: terrorist attacks. Italy at the side of the Egyptian people and government

Italy is at the side of the Egyptian people and government after the grave terrorist attacks that have caused tens of victims. Egypt is a pillar of stability in the region and the escalation of the terrorist threat will not succeed in weakening the determination of its people and government .

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Farnesina Collection: “Meet the Artist”

On Tuesday 26 May the first of ten “Meet the Artist” events took place at the Farnesina, featuring the creators of the works on display in the Farnesina collection. The initiative coincided with “Farnesina Doors Open”, which ran from 22-29 May 2015. The meeting was opened by Antonio Bernardini, Deputy Secretary General at the Ministry […]

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Cologne – Employment and training opportunities

Employmentand training opportunities for Italians intending to move to Nordreno-Vestfalia(NRV) were illustrated at the Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne in thefirst of a series of events on mobility for Italians in this German “Land”. Theevent was organised by the Italian Consulate General and the Committee ofItalians Abroad (Com.It.Es), in collaboration with Cologne’s employment bureauand Handwerkskammer. […]

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Argentina – Buenos Aires hosts “l’Italia del futuro”

“L’Italia del Futuro” has arrived in Argentina, where it will run from 14 July to 1 November 2015 at the Parque del Bicentenario. The goal of the initiative is to introduce Italian scientific achievements to a Latin American public: from robotics to particle physics, from health to transportation technologies, to the protection of archaeological and […]

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Business – Catania hosts internationalisation road show

Catania will host the next stage in the road show for the Internationalisation of “System Italy”. The event, which takes place on 2 July 2015, will see a plenary session with guests from the institutional and financial communities. Participants include Linda Vancheri, economic Councillor from Sicily Region; the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda; […]

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Business – Catania hosts internationalisation road show

Catania will host the next stage in the road show for the Internationalisation of “System Italy”. The event, which takes place on 2 July 2015, will see a plenary session with guests from the institutional and financial communities. Participants include Linda Vancheri, economic Councillor from Sicily Region; the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda; […]

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Fire risk: Beirut adopts Italian Civil Protection platform

The Dewetra platform, the local version of the system used by Italian Civil Protection to forecast, prevent and monitor hydro-meteorological and fire risk. Under the name “Sustainable Natural Resource management platform and early warning system” (SuNaR), the integrated system was developed by the CIMA Research Foundation in Savona in collaboration with the Lebanese National Research […]

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Canada – The best of Italian jazz at Ottawa and Montreal festivals

Italianmusicians are taking the best of Italian jazz to Canada with performances by Enrico Rava, Gianluca Petrella, Paolo Fresu, Daniele di Bonaventura, with the A Filetta Vocal Ensemble, performed at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and the Festival International de Jazz in Montreal. The musicians’ Canadian tour was promoted by the Italian Embassy in Ottawa […]

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“Cartoline dall’altra Italia”: a journey through the new emigration to discover young Italians who have decided to experience life abroad

A journey through the new emigration to discover young Italians who – out of necessity or aspiration – have decided to experience life abroad The identikit of the new emigrants and their life experience “Cartoline dall’altra Italia” is a web series produced by the 9colonne media agency with support from the Directorate General for Italians […]

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