Day of Action Against Landmines
The Italian Ministry of Education celebrated the Day of Action Against Landmines today with a conference entitled “E’ tempo di disinnescare il pianeta” – “It’s time to defuse the planet” – patronaged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.The Conference, organised by the Italian National Association of Civilian Victims of War (ANVCG), was attended […]
Read morePakistan Trade and Investment Forum – Foreign Ministry to host the Forum on Trade and Investment Opportunities in Pakistan
On Tuesday, 5 April, the Italian Foreign Ministry will host the Forum on Trade and Investment Opportunities in Pakistan. The event will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and by the Chairman of the Board of Investment of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Miftah Ismail. The Forum is organised […]
Read moreUNESCO – Minister Gentiloni meets Franco Bernabè at the Farnesina
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met with the President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Franco Bernabè, in Rome this morning. Italy, which hosts a relevant part of the World Cultural Heritage sites, plays an important role in UNESCO. It is the Country with the largest number of sites […]
Read moreDunhuang – Matera to unite with China through a twinning inspired to history and culture
Matera, the City of the “Sassi” (stone houses carved out of the caves), has twinned up with Dunhuang, the city whose name means “shining beacon”, one of the most famous cultural and historical cities of China’s Jiuquan Prefecture, known as the “Singing-Sand Mountain”. Matera will take part in the Expo of cultural cooperation scheduled to […]
Read moreArgentina – “Literature in Italian opera” series of talks to open in Buenos Aires
The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) of Buenos Aires has organised a series of meetings on “Literature in Italian Opera”. The series will take people on a guided tour of musical fragments to explore the fruitful and close relationship between literature and opera. Melodrama emerged in Florence in the late 16th century and has always […]
Read moreAlbania – Aterballetto to dance Don Quixote in Tirana
The show ‘Don Q. – Don Quixote de la Mancha’ will be performed for the first time in Albania by the Italian Aterballetto ballet and modern dance group. The event will take place on April 5 at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tirana. It was organised by the Italian Embassy, the Italian Institute of […]
Read moreChina – Italian Consulate in Chongqing holds photo competition for Chinese tourists
The Italian Consulate General in Chongqing recently organised a photographic competition for Chinese nationals who applied for Italian visas in 2015. The aim was to reward Chinese tourists who have visited Italy and highlight their stories and the emotions they experienced on their trips, in a bid to attract new visitors. The “Meeting with You […]
Read more“Diplomazia e dintorni” – What diplomats have to write
Writing is an activity that accompanies diplomats throughout their career. Reports, notes, speeches are only a few examples of the writing that every diplomat has to necessarily do in any office that he/she might be posted to. Writing is a relevant albeit little-known aspect of the everyday work of diplomats. The 56th episode of “Diplomazia […]
Read moreDei – Germany: New Federal Transport Plan totals 264.5 billion euros
Germany plans to invest 264.5 billion euros by 2030 to improve its infrastructure. Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt, presented the first draft of the new Infrastructure Plan (Bundesverkeherwegeplan – BVWP 2030), which envisages a series of investments in roads, railways and waterways. The Plan includes nearly 1,000 interventions of which 49.4 […]
Read moreBelgrade – Archaeology meets cinema, a tribute to Italian treasures
The seventeenth International Archaeological Cinema Review, organised by the National Museum of Belgrade with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) opened yesterday at the Yugoslav Film Library, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade, and will run until 7 April. The IIC in Belgrade has been one of the event’s main sponsors since its first edition and, according to its […]
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