Asunción Fashion Week
The Celebrations of Italian Design, organised by the Italian Embassy in Paraguay for the Asuncion Fashion Week, was a great public and media success. The event, which targeted professionals in the fashion sector, was held in the Embassy’s gardens which, for the occasion, formed the backdrop to the catwalk of the major brands of Italian […]
Read moreHong Kong – Sixth edition of the Salento International Film Festival
The 6th edition of the Salento International Film Festival kicked off in Hong Kong. The Festival, which will be held at the Grand Cinema in Kowloon from 17 to 21 May, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in association with several partners, including the Italian Consulate General. The Festival celebrates independent cinema around the […]
Read moreIntegrated promotion of Italian culture, diplomacy and cinema: presentation of the docufilm “Acqua e zucchero – Carlo di Palma, i colori della vita”
“Acqua e zucchero – Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita” (“Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life”), a docufilm by Fariborz Kamkari realised in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Regional Authority of Lazio, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, was presented at the Bari […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy 10 May: latest news from the world
Bulgaria: Italian Festival The 14th edition of the Italian Festival, a programme of events dedicated to Italy and its extraordinary cultural and business offers, is ongoing in Bulgaria from 10 May to 29 June. This year’s edition is focused on the combination of culture and economy and envisages initiatives in the field of music, art, […]
Read moreSlovakia – Zilina to host the first exhibition dedicated to Emilio Isgrò
On 18 May, the Art Gallery of the City of Zilina will open the first exhibition in Slovakia dedicated to Emilio Isgrò, an internationally renowned painter and conceptual artist but also a poet, writer, playwright and director. Starting from the Sixties, Isgrò produced a line of work that is among the most revolutionary and original […]
Read moreSpain – The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona hosts astronaut Luca Parmitano
Tomorrow the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona will host Luca Parmitano, the first Italian astronaut to go on a “spacewalk” while performing scientific experiments in the absence of gravity during his 167-day stay on board of the International Space Station (ISS). Parmitano will narrate his extraordinary experience on board of the ISS during the “Volare” […]
Read moreUnited States – Jeffrey Blankfort narrates “The children of Rome” through his photographs
Jeffrey Brlankfort fell in love with Rome already in 1966. But his love for the Capital, its inhabitants and its landmarks is throbbing now more than ever. And through it he touches the eyes and the hearts of all those who admire his photographs. The venue hosting the images of American photographer Jeffrey Brlankfort is […]
Read moreCameroon – Central African Republic and Cameroon. Sant’Anna trains young diplomats
“The reconstruction of man and his humane abilities represents a necessary and unavoidable step towards a real reconstruction of the Country that has lost the very foundations of its institutions during these years of war,” said Samuela Isopi, Italian Ambassador to Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Isopi spoke on the opening day of the […]
Read moreChina – Beijing Career Day
The Italian Embassy in Beijing, in association with the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce (CCIC) and the Association of Young Italians in China, played host to the “Beijing Career Day”, now in its fourth edition. The event was held at the Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute in the capital city and was opened by the […]
Read moreTurkey – “Contribution of the Italian Economy to Izmir and Aegean Region Business Environment”
The event, co-organized by the Italian Consulate, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Izmir and IZKA (Izmir Promotion Bureau) will allow the assessment of the state-of-the-art Italian economic presence in the Aegean Region, but will also promote investment opportunities for Turkish entrepreneurs in our Country. Opportunities offered by the Izmir Region to Italian entrepreneurs will […]
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