“Postcards from the other Italy” – An Italian-American Cultural hub in Boston
A true cultural hub – “I Am Books” is the place where visitors can dive into the rich world of Italian and Italian American culture. “I Am Books” is the first Italian American bookstore in the US. It is an idea and concept made possible thanks to Nicola Orichuia, 34. The bookstore is situated in […]
Read more1st UAE-ITALY friendship tournament
On 29 October the Italian Diplomats National Team will play in the 1st UAE-Italy Friendship Tournament at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The event, sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the Italian Embassy in the UAE, is a charity amateur football tournament designed to raise funds, through the Emirates Red Crescent, […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy – 28 October: latest news from the world
Financing internazionalization: Cassa Depositi e Prestiti launches its new products The Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) Group has expanded its integrated offer of insurance and financial tools for the promotion of export and internationalization activities. Through SACE and SIMEST, it provides an array of tools capable of meeting all the needs Italian companies may have when engaging in […]
Read moreAntarctica – Italy contributes to establish the vastest protected marine area in the world
Yesterday, at the 35th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) held in Hobart, 25 Governments, including Italy’s, approved the establishment of the world’s vastest protected marine area in the region of the Ross Sea, in Antarctica. The region, which is as big as Italy, France, Portugal […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni today in Marseille for the “Dialogue 5+5” ministerial meeting
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was in Marseille today to attend the 13th Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting for Dialogue in the Western Mediterranean (“Dialogue 5+5”). Other participants include the Foreign Ministers of France, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya and the Secretaries of State of Spain and Portugal. Invited to attend the meeting as Observers are the Union […]
Read moreUganda – 110th Anniversary of the Rwenzori Expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi
On the occasion of the celebrations for the 110th anniversary of the historic expedition to Uganda of the Duke of Abruzzi – organized by the Ugandan Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities with the support of the Ugandan Ministry of Defense – and of the first climb to the Margherita peak (5.109mt), the Embassy of […]
Read moreSlovakia – Italy takes centre stage with Giacomelli, Jodice and Mulas in the Month of Photography
Bratislava dedicates the month of November to photography with dozens of events, conferences, concerts and workshops that liven up the city with one of the region’s most important cultural events of the season. On 4 November GMB, the Bratislava City Gallery, will open the exhibition “Modern Italian Photography (1930 – 1970)”. The images displayed trace […]
Read moreZambia – Italy’s new humanitarian mission
A new Italian humanitarian mission has started in Zambia. Following the success of the initiative launched last February, ten voluntary professionals, coordinated by two heart surgeons, Stefano Marianeschi and Carlo Massini, are currently working at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka to operate on 10 children suffering from serious heart pathologies and to upgrade the […]
Read moreFarnesina assembles ‘Control Centre’ members for Italy’s Internationalisation
“A continuously evolving global scenario, marked by both crises and opportunities, is the backdrop for the interantionalisation process of Italian enterprises. The Farnesina and the Italian government’s foreign policy promote these enterprises, which aim to facilitate growth in international settings, in accordance with the expansion of Italy’s cultural and economic promotion and innovation. I am […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy – 27 October: latest news from around the world
Kuwait: Pizzarotti signs contract to build new maternity hospital Italian construction company Pizzarotti SpA and the Ministry of Public Works of Kuwait have signed a contract for the construction of the “New Maternity Hospital”. It will be a building of over 200,000 square meters for young mothers and newborn babies in need of intensive care. […]
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