Hamburg – Consulates Night, focus on photos by Salvo d’Avila
A long night-time event full of art, flavours, aromas and musical notes is scheduled for 26 May, from 6 to 10 p.m. “The Long Night of Consulates” will include the participation of a large number of diplomatic missions in Hamburg and will offer a wide range of events and initiatives. Events will also be staged […]
Read moreAccra – Italian Technology and know‐how at the service of entrepreneurship
Business, companies and jobs are bringing Italy and Ghana ever-closer. The export volumes of Italian companies to the West African State amount to approximately 205 million euros (according to 2015 figures). The trade volumes were highlighted by the Italian Embassy in Ghana which recalled that “the figures provided by the Foreign Ministry indicate that about […]
Read moreTunisia – Quirinale’s bust of Hannibal on display in Bardo Museum
The renowned marble bust of Hannibal, owned by Italy’s Quirinale Palace and considered to be the most credible portrait supposedly of the Carthaginian commander, will be on display at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis from Friday, May 24, till June 30, as part of the “Hannibal in Carthage” exhibition. To mark the occasion, the […]
Read moreGreat success for Qin Feng’s exhibition at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on San Giorgio Island, under the patronage of the MAECI
The inauguration of Qin Feng’s exhibition was a great success. The exhibition was promoted by the Venice International University with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI). The event, which took place on Thursday, 19 May, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, was staged for the first time in the two Cloisters […]
Read moreVienna – Judge Falcone commemorated 24 years after his murder
The Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organisations in Vienna decided to celebrate a commemoration of Giovanni Falcone, the magistrate killed on 23 May 1992 in the so-called Capaci massacre, on the 24th anniversary of his death. The celebration will include a ceremony and a bas relief portrait. Falcone’s memory and insights remain a […]
Read more‘Diplomazia e Dintorni’ – The Farnesina Collection
The 62nd episode of “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”) is devoted to the “Farnesina Collection”, the contemporary art collection hosted at the Foreign Ministry that includes the work of the Italian masters of contemporary art. The programme will be aired at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 May on Radio LUISS. Enrico Vattani, head […]
Read moreBelgrade – Highlights and Stories of Italian Design
2016, the year of Milan’s 21st Triennale, also marks the 90th anniversary of the Italian Embassy in Belgrade. To celebrate the occasion, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Belgrade presents the exhibition Highlights and Stories of Italian Design, which will be hosted in its premises on Kneza Milosa 56, from 30 May to 14 June. The exhibition […]
Read moreZhangjiajie – Ferrari 458 out to conquer China with daring speed
Fabio Barone, the Roman-born driver and president of the Ferrari Passione Rossa club, has chosen the Tianmen Mountain Road in China (located in the heart of the National Tianmen Mountain Park in Zhangjiajie, in north-western Hunan province), in order to attempt setting the world speed record. The challenge of the Tianmen Mountain Road, defined as […]
Read moreLima – Focus on ‘Sicily, Land of Myth’
A photo exhibition by Italian photographer Paolo Barone, entitled “Sicily, Land of Myth”, is underway until June 18 at the Mario Sironi Gallery in Lima. Organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Peruvian capital, the show consists of a selection of 30 photographs taking viewers on a simple and essential visual journey […]
Read moreHong Kong – 250 Italian wine brands taken to “Vinexpo”
Italian wine is ready to conquer China in the seventh edition of Vinexpo Hong Kong. The international show, running from 24 to 26 May, will concentrate in China’s commercial and financial capital (at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre – Wanchai, Hong Kong) the major players in the global wine producing sector, while placing […]
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