Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Construction industry: ANCE report on Italy’s presence around the world on 8 October at Villa Madama

Construction industry: ANCE report on Italy’s presence around the world on 8 October at Villa Madama The annual ANCE report on trends in the Italian construction industry will be presented at Villa Madama at 11:00 on Wednesday 8 October. The report offers an analytic picture of works in progress and completed in various countries and […]

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Geneva – ‘Around the world with Verdi’

The Italian Permanent Mission to the International Organisations in Geneva will host the concert “Around the world with Verdi” in honour of the European Presidency. To be held at the Palais des Nations on 9 October, the concert will be introduced by Ambassador Maurizio Enrico Serra and Director General of the UN Office Michael Moller. […]

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‎Quito – Italy supports restoration of convent complex

Italy once again earned recognition for its contribution to the project for the restoration and upgrade of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. The Ecuadoran capital recently hosted a ceremony during which the most important of the interventions already completed were illustrated along with a complete management plan for the complex, the most important […]

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Frankfurt, Italian Language in the World Week begins – Exceptional guests to include Bignardi, Baricco and Bolaffi

The 14th edition of Italian Language in the World Week, to be held from 9 to 12 October in Frankfurt during the Book Fair, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, which also collaborated on our country’s participation in the Fair. The event’s many exceptional guests will include Andrea Bajani, Alessandro Baricco, Nicolò Bassetti, Luca […]

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Minister Mogherini’s message for the commemoration of the Marzabotto massacres

Dear friends, Unfortunately, although I would have wished to I cannot take part in the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-Fascist massacre at Marzabotto and other communities of the area, due to an appointment in Brussels for the parliamentary hearing on the position of European High Representative for Foreign and Defence Policy. I […]

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Washington: Events to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Galileo

Two winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, Carlo Rubbia and Adam Riess, will be among those taking part in “Galileo: Exploration of the Universe”, an initiative being held in Washington from 9 October to 12 December 2014 to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the father of modern science. The programme is made possible by […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant

Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant Georgia’s Gudauri Development Agency and DemacLenko (Leitner Group, based in Vipiteno) have signed 2 contracts to supply artificial snow plant for the ski resorts of Gudauri and Bakuriani, in the Caucasus mountains. Both projects will be completed and ready for use by December. Leitner recently supplied a turnkey […]

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Principality of Monaco – the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo

30 days of the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo to showcase Italian art, fashion, literature, theatre, film, crafts, music, and food and wine. That’s the essence of the “Month of Italian Culture and Language” which each October captures the imagination of the Principality of Monaco. Conceived by the Italian Ambassador, Antonio Morabito, the […]

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Azerbaijan: Della Vedova attends Baku Forum. Freedom and Rights must complement globalisation

At the invitation of the Azerbaijani Government, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, spoke today at a round table on “Challenges of Globalisation: between tradition and transformation”. “Globalisation has a economic dimension that is clear but which must be complemented in the sphere of freedom and individual rights. Each country enters the globalisation […]

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Mogherini in Lampedusa – Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of tragedy

Institutions, non-governmental organisations and society must join forces in a “civil alliance” to tackle the major issue that is immigration. In her speech at the ceremony in Lampedusa to commemorate the disaster of 3 October 2013, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini stressed the need to work together at a number of levels. “It is a moral, […]

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M.O.: Farnesina, nuovi insediamenti Gerusalemme ostacolo su via pace

Israel’s decision to build 2160 homes at Givat Hamatos, near Jerusalem, is an obstacle to the efforts to reach a definitive solution to a conflict that has already affected, if not broken, the lives of too many generations. It is a provision that appears incompatible with the Israeli Government’s several times reiterated intention to reach […]

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Franceschini to open “Punto Italia”

Dario Franceschini, the Minister for Culture, will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th Frankfurt Book Fair, the most important international event for the sale of publishing rights and Italy’s most important event for the promotion of Italian literary culture and publishing abroad. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th […]

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