Della Vedova mission to Prague

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will make a visit to Prague tomorrow. Della Vedova’s agenda includes institutional meetings with Czech Secretary of State for European Affairs Tomáš Prouza and his counterparts from the foreign ministry charged with European, political and economic affairs. His meetings will centre on the Ukraine crisis, […]

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Chamber of Deputies – Security in East Asia

Security in East Asia will be the main theme of a seminar on geopolitical and economic scenarios in the Western Pacific scheduled for 30 March in the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House). The event, organised by the Italy-Japan Foundation, the Embassy of Japan in Italy, the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome and the Italy Japan […]

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Venezuela – Celebration of Italian Opera

The Teresa Carreno theatre of Caracas inaugurates its opera season on 27 March with Neapolitan composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s most famous work, “I Pagliacci” (scheduled also for 29 March). The national philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Angelo Pagliuca and the chorus of the Teresa Carreno theatre will perform the two-act opera composed in 1892. Read more, in […]

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London – Investing in Italy, debate at embassy

Is this a good time to invest in Italy? That is the question at the centre of the “Equity Investments in Italy, a new wave?” dialogue forum promoted and hosted by Italian ambassador to London Pasquale Terracciano, in collaboration with Legance – Avvocati Associati. The debate agenda includes analysis of the investment climate in Italy […]

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Syria – Crisis Unit announcement

Regarding the polemic Vanesa Marzullo raised with her statement today, the Farnesina Crisis Unit underscored that, since the outbreak of the crisis, it has repeatedly urged Italian nationals to leave Syria, considering it a country not to be visited and where the risk of abduction, attack and violence is extremely high. It has made similar […]

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DEI – Korea: INSEAN-CNR and Hyundai scientific cooperation agreement

CNR-INSEAN and Hyundai Corporate Technology Institute – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HMRC-HHI) have signed a scientific cooperation agreement in the shipbuilding sector, which includes personnel exchanges and possible trade opportunities. The Protocol of Understanding was signed between the national institute for the study and practice of naval architecture (INSEAN), part of the national research council (CNR) […]

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Dublin – Ambassador of Italy Giovanni Adorni Braccesi on the radio

Ambassador of Italy to Ireland Giovanni Adorni Braccesi will give an interview to the independent, non-profit radio station, Radio Dublino on Wenesday 25 March at 21:30. The ambassador will “address various topics, such as the evolution of diplomatic missions in Italian foreign policy, diplomatic relations between Italy and Ireland, Embassy support for Italian businesses and […]

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Marseille – “Chantons” with Nino Rota in heart of Provence

A moving recital for all those who love the melodies of Nino Rota, chosen from among the 150 film scores the author composed for Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Franco Zeffirelli, Luchino Visconti and others. “Chantons avec Nino Rota”, to be held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseille on Friday 27 March (20:30), will […]

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High Level Italy-Algeria Contact Group; Pistelli, reaffirms joint support for a unified Libya and political solution

 “We reaffirmed our joint support for a unified Libya and for the achievement of a political solution. We intend to confront the terrorist threat together by implementing a concrete programme over the coming months”. This was the statement by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lapo Pistelli in the margins of today’s meeting […]

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Copenhagen – New Fiat 500X and Jeep Renegade launched

The new Fiat 500X and Jeep renegade were launched at an official ceremony in Copenhagen organised by the FCA in collaboration with the Italian and American embassies in Denmark, which hosted ceremonies that foregrounded Italian manufacturing in a video produced by the Ministry of Economic Development and the ICE, entitled “Italy – the extraordinary commonplace”. […]

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London – Monti and Colao at Bocconi alumni conference

Former Prime Minister Mario Monti and CEO of Vodafone Vittorio Colao are scheduled to speak at the 2015 “Bocconi Alumni Global Conference” under way at London’s Hilton Park Lane. For the last three years, the conference has offered an opportunity for the students of the Luigi Bocconi University to meet with various leading figures from […]

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Argentina – Conservation of cultural treasures

The third international meeting on preventive conservation in museums, archives and libraries concludes today in Buenos Aries at the Historico Nacional del Cabildo museum. The event, which began on 16 March, enjoyed the support of the Italian Cultural Institute and featured interventions that included one on the restoration of the Bronzino crucifix from the Muse’e […]

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