Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 25 March: latest news from the world

Jordan: Amman hosts a workshop on renewable energy sources with the Italian Embassy and ICE The present situation and the future perspective of the energy market, with a special attention on the transition to renewables, were the focus of the workshop entitled ”Accelerating the renewable energy transition in Jordan” organised by ”Res4Med and Africa” in […]

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The Netherlands: Stefano Boeri gives a lecture on the city of the future in Eindhoven

Italy has selected the city of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, to host the 25 March event of the ‘Italian Design Day in the world’, now at its third edition. Architect Stefano Boeri, the president of the Triennale di Milano and promoter of several initiatives that are designed to develop a sustainable city of the future, […]

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Reminder – Press accreditation notice, MAECI – Bank og Italy Conference (Farnesina, 27 March 2019)

On Wednesday, 27 March, at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the 12th MAECI-Bank of Italy Annual Conference, with the participation of the Delegates and Financial Attachés accredited abroad.   The Opening Session (9:30 – 10:00 a.m.), is open to the press, and will start with remarks by the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Globalisation and […]

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The Farnesina hosts the naming ceremony of two of its halls

Today, 25 March, two halls of the Farnesina Building, the seat of the Foreign Ministry, will respectively be named: “Sala Filippo de Grenet e degli Eroi e Valorosi” and “Sala dei Trattati europei di Roma”. It is an initiative with a high symbolic value. The ceremony will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Tokyo presents MIND to celebrate Italian design

The presentation of the MIND (Milan Innovation District) project was hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo to celebrate the Italian Design Day in the World. MIND is the new innovation hub that will be built in the area where the 2015 EXPO was located. It covers a million square metres and it is […]

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Bethlehem hosts an Italian Design Day event

Bethlehem hosted an event entitled “Design and the City of the Future” to celebrate the Italian Design Day in the World, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, now at its third edition. Following the lecture delivered by Architect Carlo Micono, the Ambassador of Italian Design in Israel, the Italian Consul General […]

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Chengdu: Forum on River Basins on World Water Day

“Economic Development and Environmental and Ecological Protection of Large River Basins – Yangtze River” is the theme of the China Ecology and Environment Forum 2019, organised by ECOMONDO in Chengdu, with the support of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing. It is a two-day event held on the […]

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​Denmark: The city of the future takes centre-stage in Copenhagen

The event held in Copenhagen celebrated the Italian Design Day in the World, now at its third edition, and focused on this year’s theme  “Design and the City of the Future”. The event, which was hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen, presented a replica of the building yards of Milan’s Metro 4 Line. […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 22 March – Latest news from the World

​Costa Rica launches its “Green New Deal”, an economy-wide plan to decarbonise the country. Costa Rica’s President, Carlos Alvarado, presented the “Green New Deal”, the national plan to achieve full decarbonisation by 2050.   Costa Rica, whose national electricity grid runs almost entirely on renewable energy, i.e. mostly hydroelectric power, but also wind, solar and […]

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Sanremo Giovani World Tour

Promoting the Italian culture and language and supporting our creative industry in the world  The “Sanremo Giovani World Tour”, promoted by the Foreign Ministry in partnership with the Rai Communications Directorate, kicks off with the ambitious goal of taking on a tour of five continents the finalists of Sanremo Giovani 2018: Deschema, Einar, Federica Abbate, La Rua and Nyvinne. It is […]

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South Korea shows a growing interest for Italian design

​South Korea celebrates the “Italian Design Day in the World”, an integrated promotion programme developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation which focuses on the theme “Design and the City of the Future” and now at its third edition.   Prof. Arch. Davide Fassi, one of the most renowned experts in the […]

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Lisbon: birth of Ipazia, the Association of Italian Scientists

The Italian Embassy in Lisbon hosted the birth of the Association of Italian Scientists and Researchers in Portugal, “Hipácia”, which is the Portuguese name of the scientist from Alexandria, Hypatia, a mathematician, philosopher and astronomer of ancient Greece. The founding members of the Association are fifteen, comprising Italian researchers, both men and women, who work […]

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