Italian Economic Diplomacy, 04 February – Latest news from the world
Albania launches “One-billion project financing” The Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama presented the “One billion project financing” initiative. Nearly one billion dollars per year for the next three years will be made available to finance public investments either to build new infrastructure or to improve already existing ones. The initiative will target three infrastructural sectors: […]
Read moreAfghanistan – Herat-Chist-e Sharif, a 155 km-long road to come out of isolation
A one-hundred and fifty-five kilometre road will facilitate connections between Herat and Chist-eSharif in western Afghanistan, helping thousands of citizens come out of isolation, representing an important stretch of road connecting the eastern area to the western area of the country. The Italian government, with the support of Development Cooperation, allocated over 92 million euro for the construction of […]
Read moreMarikana, the end of the rainbow dream narrated by Raphael D’Abdon
In August of 2012 in Marikana, South Africa, the police opened fire on a group of miners in protest: 34 people were killed in the turmoil. These tragic events are told in “Marikana. Il Sudafrica e la fine del sogno arcobaleno”, a book edited by Raphael D’Abdon (published by Aviani&Aviani, Udine 2015) which will be […]
Read moreMexico – Conference celebrates the importance of Italian folk songs
The Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City will organize an event dedicated to Italian folk music on Wednesday February 15. In a lecture entitled “Introduction to Italian folk music”, Professor Sabina Longhitano will discuss the general characteristics of the genre with a view to making it more widely known and loved, considering that the repertory […]
Read moreGermany – Exhibition devoted to Marcello Mastroianni kicks off on Wednesday
The Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin, in cooperation with Cineteca di Bologna [film library], organised an exhibition on Marcello Mastroianni to be inaugurated on 8 February. The exhibit will open with a lecture by Gian Luca Farinelli, Director of the Cineteca. Photos and posters which narrate the story of one of the most famous actors […]
Read moreSerbia – Cinema pays homage to Giuseppe De Santis on the 100th anniversary of his birth
The Yugoslav Cinematheque in Belgrade (Kosovska 11) will open a cycle of screenings dedicated to Giuseppe de Santis on Friday, 3 February. The three-day event, organised in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, aims to pay homage to the Italian film director on the 100th anniversary of his birth (11 February 1917). From […]
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Turkey: development incentive package for 23 provinces to be launched The Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, announced the details of the programme of incentives for investors to create attraction centres in the country’s twenty-three eastern and southern provinces. Prime Minister Yildirim reported that up to 11 January, Ankara received 1,200 requests to benefit from state […]
Read moreRussian Federation – Collodi and Tolstoj’s “Burattini” take centre stage in Moscow
The Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow will host a lecture by Vladimir Novikov entitled “Comparative analysis of Carlo Collodi’s ‘Pinocchio’ and Aleksei Tolstoy’s ‘The Adventures of Burattino’”, on February 8 at 7 p.m. The two novels are indeed very different. In his version, Tolstoy adapted the original Italian story to the Russian culture by making […]
Read morePeru – Alaska2Patagonia project presented on Wednesday
Italian cyclist Davide Travelli presented his “Alaska2Patagonia” project in an exclusive event held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima on Wednesday Feb 1. The athlete, who was born in Bergamo and grew up in Dublin, has practised cycling competitively and passionately for 13 years. After a long break, he decided to undertake a journey […]
Read moreAfrica – From Africa to Bologna thanks to a grant from the Foreign Ministry
“I first went to Juba and from there to Addis Ababa, to the Italian Embassy in Ethiopia, to apply for the visa. Then I took an airplane to Rome and subsequently a train to Bologna. I must thank all those who helped me: the Ministry, the Embassy and the University. Without them I would never […]
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