Malta – Theatre, cinema and music for the 150th anniversary of Pirandello’s birth
Luigi Pirandello has close bonds with Malta because Giovanni Ricci Gramito, his anti-Bourbon grandfather on his mother’s side, was exiled to the island in 1849, where he died from a cholera infection the following year, on 1 August 1850. He had brought his whole family to Malta with him, including his young daughter Caterina, Luigi’s […]
Read moreSydney, two Italian films at the Mardi Gras Film Festival
Italian cinema will once more take centre stage abroad: the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in association with Queer Screen, will present the screening of the films “Me, Myself and Her” (“Io e lei”) by Maria Sole Tognazzi and starring Margherita Buy and Sabrina Ferilli, and “Arianna” by Carlo Lavagna and featuring Ondina Quadri, at […]
Read moreCameroon – Deputy Foreign Minister Giro: Italy is considered among its most reliable partners
“I am seeing with my own eyes how President Sergio Mattarella’s long visit last year may have changed the relationship between Italy and Cameroon. Today Italy is no longer considered a foreign Country but a friend and one of its most reliable partners,” said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 14 February: latest news from around the world
Argentina: private development projects to kickoff at Bahia Blanca Major private development projects are likely to get started in 2017 in Bahia Blanca, the most important of which regards the expansion of the Argentinian city’s petrochemical complex,which is key for its economy. Dow Argentina, one of the most important groups operating in the complex, is […]
Read moreCzech Republic – New record set by Italian-Czech Republic trade volumes: +11.6%
A new record has been set in the volume of trade between Italy and the Czech Republic. According to the Czech Statistical Office, Italy has outperformed France and Austria, becoming the Country’s fifth-largest trade partner after Germany, China, Poland and Slovakia. The trend had already proved to be very positive in 2015 and has recorded […]
Read moreGermany – La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels
The Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne, Germany, will hold an event dedicated to automobiles at 7 p.m. next 2 March, as part of International Italian Design Day. Professor Paolo Tumminelli, from the Köln International School of Design, will deliver a lecture entitled “La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels”. Automobiles – for the better […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh screens Influx by Luca Vullo
The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will screen ‘Influx’, a documentary produced and directed by Luca Vullo on Italian immigration to London. “The British capital has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period in which immigration in Europe is always the focus of political debate, especially after the […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 10 February: latest news from around the world
Uruguay: Anas International signs framework agreement with Corporacion Nacional para el Desarollo Anas International has signed a framework agreement with Corporacion Nacional para el Desarrollo, the operational arm of the Ministry of Transport and Public Works of Uruguay, with the aim of collaborating to improve the road infrastructural network in the country. With this agreement, Anas […]
Read moreBerlin – Fruit and Vegetables, the region of Puglia takes centre stage at Fruit Logistica
“Puglia is more than just an important partner for Italian exports: I would say it is essential, including in the field of fruit and vegetables, as we can see confirmed by the uptrend in all the figures. On the one hand quantitative numbers are significant but on the other there is the quality of the […]
Read moreWashington – Exhibitions, the National Gallery of Art celebrates three generations of the della Robbia family
“As an Italian I am proud that an exhibition is dedicated to the work of Luca della Robbia and his contemporaries because it puts them back at the centre of the focus of the American public. Ingeniousness, creativity and capacity for innovation are the main traits of these artists and they perfectly reflect some of […]
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