Egypt: D’Apollonia /RINA awarded consultancy for Golden Triangle project

Italian group D’Apollonia /RINA won a competition in Egypt for a 1.7 million USD consultancy contract to draft the Masterplan for the Golden Triangle (Safaga, Qena, El-Quseir – Upper Egitto) mega project regarding mining, industrial, logistics, tourism and farming development in the region. The Egyptian government’s intention is to build a “special economic zone” in […]

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Munich – Jazz, Rosario Giuliani and Enrico Pieranunzi tribute to Duke Ellington

Two Italian jazz musicians, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and sax player Rosario Giuliani, will give a concert entitled “Duke’s Dreams” at Munich’s Jazzclub Unterfahrt on Saturday 21 March at 21:00 in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of that city. The concert will pay tribute to the great Duke Ellington, featuring selections from the great 20th […]

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Budapest – Italian firms in Hungary: the 6-legged dog

For the cycle “Italian firms in Hungary tell their story”, on Thursday 19 March (18:00) the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest will host “The 6-legged dog. A symbol from memory to the future”. Participants at the encounter, organised by the Institute with the collaboration of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, will include Fabrizio […]

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Accreditation Notice – G7 Foreign Ministers (Lübeck, 14-15 April 2015)

Please be reminded that the Meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers will take place on 14 and 15 April 2015 in Lübeck, Germany. All press representatives are asked to apply for accreditation at https://www.akkreditierung.bundesregierung.de/onlineakkredi/, no later that 8 April 2015. For further information see: http://www.g7germany.de/Webs/G7/EN/G7-Gipfel_en/g7summit_node

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Brussels – Cycle of meetings on tomorrow’s Italy

All eyes are on “Tomorrow’s Italy”, a cycle of encounters in Brussels hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute with the support of Nova-Il Sole 24 Ore. Four appointments to reflect on what the country’s future holds, and what Italians are doing to make that a reality. Topics will range from innovation, to sustainably farming, artisanship […]

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USA – Cooperation comes to California and Oregon

Bilateral relations, political, economic and cultural ties, EXPO Milano 2015, negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States make up the principal focus of Italian ambassador Claudio Bisogniero’s visit to California and Oregon. The ambassador will be in Los Angeles until 10 March (having arrived on […]

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USA – Cooperation comes to California and Oregon

Bilateral relations, political, economic and cultural ties, EXPO Milano 2015, negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States make up the principal focus of Italian ambassador Claudio Bisogniero’s visit to California and Oregon. The ambassador will be in Los Angeles until 10 March (having arrived on […]

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Tokyo – First retrospective for a Baroque master

Japan is hosting its first retrospective for Baroque master Guercino at Tokyo’s Museum of Western Art. The exhibition will be open to the public through 31 May and includes 44 works, some of them large-scale pieces, from various important collections. The exhibition is a concrete and significant example of Japan’s solidarity with the Pinacoteca of […]

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Mexico – SACE: 100 million in new projects considered

SACE, in 2013 the first European export credit firm to open an office in Mexico and that today boasts a 1.2 billion euro portfolio in that market (second in Latin America only to Brazil), is working on projects valued at 100 million euro in a wide variety of sectors, with the growing participation of SMEs […]

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UK – Embassy holds gala dinner for Italian School

The Italian embassy in London will host a benefit fund-raiser on behalf of the Italian School of London. Thanks to the efforts of the Italian ambassador to the UK, his chief chef Danilo Cortellini and the British delegation of the Italian Federation of Cooks, a gala dinner will be held on Thursday in the elegant […]

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UK – Embassy holds gala dinner for Italian School

The Italian embassy in London will host a benefit fund-raiser on behalf of the Italian School of London. Thanks to the efforts of the Italian ambassador to the UK, his chief chef Danilo Cortellini and the British delegation of the Italian Federation of Cooks, a gala dinner will be held on Thursday in the elegant […]

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Dei – Cameroon: Garman to outfit A and B series football teams for 4 years

Italian firm Garman is to be the official provider of uniforms to the 36 A and B series teams of the Cameroon championship tournament for the next four years. The company signed a contract with the Cameroon Professional Football League for a mix of sponsorships and sportswear supplies amounting to 300,000 euro per year, for […]

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