Afghanistan – Breast Cancer Diagnostic Centre opens in Kabul
Italy continues to stands by Afghan women with the opening of a Breast Cancer Diagnostic Centre at the Istiqlal Hospital in Kabul. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Afghan Minister of Health, Firozuddin Firoz, Italy’s Ambassador, Roberto Cantone, the Director of the Italian Cooperation Office, Rosario Centola, and health experts Arif Oryakhail and Marino Martin. Some […]
Read moreArgentina – Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba promotes work by Franco Nonnis
Following the positive experience in the city of Ledesma (Jujuy), the Cultural Councillorship of the Province of Jujuy in Argentina, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, showcases some of the works of Sardinian artist Franco Nonnis. The “Fuga” exhibition will run until 31 December at the Centro Cultural Hector Tizón in San […]
Read moreAustralia – Italian contemporary art on show with Merlatti Collection
Australia focuses its attention on Italian contemporary art. The opening of the exhibition of the Merlatti Collection, on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne until 10 January, was a great success. The exhibition displays the most important works in the collection of Silvano Merlatti, an Italian art collector residing in Melbourne. In opening […]
Read moreLatin America – Legality and security: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives
Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the Conference entitled “Legality and security in Latin America: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives”, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the Italo–Latin American Institute (IILA). The Conference unites the Ministers of Justice of many […]
Read moreBrussels – Statue of St. John the Baptist returned to Italy
The Italian Embassy in Belgium informs that on 15 December a work of art illegally taken from Italy’s artistic heritage was returned to the Country in Brussels. The work of art is an almost 1-meter-high white Carrara marble statue of St. John the Baptist attributed to the16th Century artist Gerolamo Galizzi, a.k.a. Gerolamo di Santacroce […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 December: latest news from the world
Senegal: DIIEZ integrated economic project presented in Dakar The DIIEZ (Dakar International Integrated Economic Zone) project was recently presented in Dakar. The project is a public-private partnership funded by Teylom Logistics, a Senegalese real-estate group, and Agility, an American conglomerate in the logistics, pharmaceutical and infrastructure sector. The project falls under the PSE (Plan Senegal […]
Read moreTokyo – Enrico Rava on tour in Japan: first stop the IIC
“Enrico Rava and Japanese Friends”, is the name of Enrico Rava’s Japanese tour that starts on 15th December at the Institute of Culture in Tokyo and continues on the 16th in Fukuoka, the 17th at the Garaman Hall in Okinawa and the 18th at the Knowledge in Osaka.Accompanied for the first time by an entirely […]
Read moreBeirut – Environmental cooperation, a seminar on the green economy in Lebanon
On 13th December, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon hosted a seminar on the green economy aimed at presenting Italian environmental development initiatives and investment opportunities in the country. The conference focused on various matters, including cooperation in the field of energy efficiency between the Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation and the Italian Ministry of the […]
Read moreGuatemala – Italian Government supports project to promote legality
In order to prevent the spread of crime, the Italian Government will make a contribution of over 110,000 USD to the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CIGIG) for it to implement a cooperation project to promote the culture of legality in Guatemalan civil society, starting from children and young people. The project will focus […]
Read morePresentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016
To celebrate the Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosts the Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016, organized within the framework of the “EU4 Human Rights” by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), in partnership with the University of Padua. The event will be opened by the […]
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