Irma: The Foreign Ministry is at work to inform Italians and provide assistance
The Foreign Ministry continues its unrelenting efforts to tackle the consequences of Hurricane Irma, which has swept across the Caribbean and especially over the French and Netherlands Antilles and the British Virgin Islands and that, after making landfall in Santo Domingo and Cuba, is now following its trajectory towards Florida. Ever since the day before […]
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Sweden: presents its national infrastructure plan The Swedish Transport Administration submitted to the government its national infrastructure plan for the 2018-2029 period, outlining its proposals for projects for road, rail, sea and air transport systems, requiring financing of 622.5 billion Swedish krona (about 65.5 billion euros) in addition to income from tolls and co-financing agreements. […]
Read moreFirst Ministerial Conference of the Global Geothermal Alliance
The first Ministerial Conference of the Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA), entitled “Working Together to Promote Geothermal Energy towards a Sustainable Energy Future” will take place on 11 September in Florence, the capital of Tuscany, which is the cradle of geothermal energy. This is where the world’s first plant producing geothermal energy started operating in 1913. […]
Read moreSlovakia – Francesco Di Fiore & Valeria Di Matteo between music and videos
The Rakúske kultúrne fórum of Bratislava will host “Musica, immagini e poesia – serata culturale italo-austriaca” (“Music, images and poetry – an Italian-Austrian cultural event”) on Wednesday, 13 September, starting at 6 p.m. The event – co-organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Rakúske kultúrne fórum – promotes the coming together and interaction between the […]
Read moreBosnia Herzegovina, the Month of Italian Culture kicks off
The Month of Italian Culture kicks off in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The event, which opened with a concert by Vinicio Capossela, this year will offer to local audiences an array of important Italian artists in the fields of pop music, dance, theatre, jazz and classical music, in addition to Italian language and literature. The event is organised […]
Read moreSouth Korea – Italian Embassy hosts the presentation of the book “Italia Italia” by former Korean Ambassador in Rome, Kim Young Seok
Yesterday the Italian Embassy in Seoul hosted the presentation of the book “Italia Italia” by former Korean Ambassador in Rome, Kim Young Seok. The book, which is published in Korean, illustrates to local readers Italy’s twenty regions from both the historic-cultural and socio-economic points of view. “Even when I served at the United Nations in […]
Read moreThe Farnesina hosts the 7th Session of the Italy-Israel Strategic Dialogue
Today, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, co-chaired with Ambassador Yuval Rote, her counterpart at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the 7th Session of the Italy-Israel Strategic Dialogue, with the aim of analysing important foreign policy issues at bilateral and multilateral level.
Read moreSouth Africa – “Unfindable”, a docufilm on Ettore Majorana, screened in South Africa
The disappearance of Ettore Majorana, considered to be the greatest twentieth century Italian physicist, which occurred in March 1938 on a ferry trip between Palermo and Naples, is one of the biggest Italian mysteries of the last hundred years. This genius from Sicily will be brought back to life in the docufilm entitled “Unfindable” (“Nessuno mi troverà”) […]
Read moreChile – The 2018 NEKo Tour Italia kicks off in Santiago
The event is an itinerant project by an artistic collective that will run until 26 September. It is hosted and supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago, Chile. It involves a series of performances, culinary shows and photography, art and design exhibitions that explore the best strategies for managing “migrant work”. The artists include Christian Castro, a chef […]
Read moreCzech Republic – ‘Stars of Art 2017’ exhibition in Prague
The “Stars of Art 2017” exhibition opens at the gallery on the first floor of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague. This artistic collective includes international artists who work in a variety of different areas and styles. The exhibition was organised in association with the “Il Collezionista” Gallery Association of Rome and will run until 22 September.
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