Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Internationalisation: Italy for Business event on 14 November in Rome

A new “instalment” of the internationalisation road show “Italy for Business: supporting SMEs entering foreign markets” will take place on 14 November at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome (address: Piazzale Kennedy 1). The aim of the road show is to illustrate to small and medium-sized enterprises the instruments provided by the state and the […]

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First visit abroad for Gentiloni. Meetings with foreign ministers of Germany, France and Spain

Berlin, Paris and Madrid will be the destinations for the first tour of European capitals, starting tomorrow 13 November, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. The issues Gentiloni plans to discuss in his meetings with colleagues Steinmeier, Fabius and Margallo include the situation in Libya and the first topic on […]

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Gentiloni: concern over further spiral of violence in Libya

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has expressed “serious concern of the violent explosion yesterday [11 November 2014] in Tobruk, which caused deaths and injuries. It is the latest episode in a long series of violent acts that are harmful to stability and to the cause of national reconciliation. The current […]

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Peru – The languages of Italian kinetic art

The second stage of the “Occhio Mobile, linguaggi dell’arte cinetica italiana. Anni ’50 – ’70” exhibition has opened in Peru. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lima, the initiative will run until 5 January 2015. The main part of the exhibition – produced in Rome by Glocal […]

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Buenos Aires – Celebrating the influence of the tango

The Italian influence on the tango. That as the theme of “Domani salpa una barca”, a performance organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires and curated by Irma Rizzuti, singer and COMITES adviser in the Argentine capital. Rizzuti was accompanied by dancers and 3 young artists who performed tango and Italian folk music, […]

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Sanremo – Afghan military personnel and officials at law school

A training course for Afghan military personnel and government officials will be taking place from 29 November to 8 December 2014 at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo. Organised with support from the Farnesina and NATO, the course is designed to improve participants’ awareness of the issues surrounding the application of international humanitarian […]

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Washington – Embassy hosts ISSNAF event

The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the 2014 ISSNAF Annual Event on 12 and 13 November. With over 3000 members, ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, is the principle network of its kind in the country. The event will host “Cyber-Sciences and Research: Promoting a Perfect Match, Avoiding a Perfect […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore (in translation)

Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore E’ stato lanciato il bando di gara per la concessione di licenze di esplorazione e sfruttamento di giacimenti di idrocarburi siti in tre distinte aree della Grecia occidentale. Il termine per la presentazione delle manifestazioni di interesse e’ stato fissato al 6 febbraio 2015. Nei prossimi giorni […]

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#Farnesina Space: ISS is an outpost for humanity, says Cristoforetti

“We’ve created a destination for human beings in the most hostile place that exists: space”. This was how Samantha Cristoforettiexplained the significance of the International Space Station (ISS), where the second long-term mission by the Italian Space Agency (ISA) is heading as part of the Futura project. Cristoforetti, captain and pilot in the Italian Air […]

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38ma Assemblea Nazionale UCOI

Consoli onorari: nei giorni di venerdì 7 e sabato 8 novembre si sono svolti a Roma, sotto l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica, la 38° Assemblea Nazionale dell’U.C.O.I. (Unione dei Consoli Onorari in Italia) e congiuntamente il 10° Congresso Internazionale dell’U.C.O.I.M. (Unione dei Consoli Onorari d’Italia nel Mondo) presso il Grand Hotel Ritz –ospiti del […]

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Presentazione della mostra “ADI Design Index” (Farnesina, 12 novembre 2014)

A reminder that the “ADI Design Index” exhibition, to run in Rome from 17 to 26 November, will be presented at the Farnesina in the presence of the diplomatic corps at 11:00 on 12 November 2014. The ADI (Industrial Design Association) is the largest Italian association of industrial design firms, designers and researchers and mounts […]

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Addis Ababa – Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the Addis Acoustic Band

Jazz music set the tone in Addis Ababa with a performance by Italian Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the famous Ethiopian group, the Addis Acoustic Band. The event took place at the African Union (AU) Commission during a ministerial conference attended by African cultural ministers, AU president Dlamini Zuma, and the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Mistretta. The […]

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