Women’s empowerment and sustainable development
Women, inequality, climate change, gender quotas and the fight against genital mutilation are just some of the issues under discussion from today until 24th March in New York, at the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) dedicated to the priority theme of “women’s empowerment and sustainable development”. The aim is […]
Read moreDei – Vietnam: opportunities for Italian architects in Union Square project
An Italian architect has been chosen to design part of the interior of the new Union Square project in Ho Chi Minh City. The decision was made by Windsor Property Management Group Corporation (WMC), a Vietnamese developer based in HCM, which already has a portfolio of luxury residential and commercial buildings. The project consists of […]
Read moreDiplomazia e dintorni – The activities of a foreign Embassy in Italy
Rome, like all large capitals, hosts numerous foreign Embassies accredited in Italy. The activities performed by one of these foreign Missions in Rome will be the theme of the 54th episode of “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”), which will be broadcast on March 15. This week’s guest is Joost Klarenbeek, the Deputy Head […]
Read moreKampala – Cooperation in Uganda and South Sudan: Trento province on mission
Africa and the Italian Trentino region are not so far from each other after all. This is confirmed by the mission by the Autonomous Province of Trento, headed by Sara Ferrari, the councillor for development cooperation, in Uganda on Sunday, giving way to a number of institutional visits and meetings. The mission will focus on […]
Read moreLisbon – Bassani, the Italian Institute of Culture commemorates him on the 100th anniversary of his birth
Giorgio Bassani was born one hundred years ago, on the 4th of March of 1916. To celebrate this anniversary, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Lisbon will hold an event at 7:15 p.m. on March 15th to commemorate the Emilian-born writer with an event which will be attended by his daughter Paola Bassani, the […]
Read moreBelgrade – “Libere”, an all-women’s exhibition
“Libere” (“Free”) is the title of an exhibition opened at the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade. It displays the works of three young and promising Serbo-Croatian artists: paintings by Mina Radovic, sculptures by Katarina Pavlovic – both from Belgrade – and photographs by Maja Planinac, born in Pula, Croatia. It is an all-women’s exhibition […]
Read moreNewDesignduemilasedici – Creativity: Italian art schools abroad can enter national contest
Students at Italian high schools abroad specialising in the arts will be allowed to take part in the 7th national competition “NewDesignduemilasedici – Creativity in Italian Arts Education”. The decision was taken by the Italian Education and Foreign ministries as part of Foreign Ministry’ efforts to coordinate the promotion of Italian design and the country’s […]
Read moreSyria, Libya. Minister Gentiloni attends the Ministerial Meeting in Paris
Minister Gentiloni is attending the Quint Ministerial Meeting on Syria, Libya, the Ukrainian crisis and Yemen at the Paris Quai d’Orsay today together with the U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign ministers of Germany, France, the UK, and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs. Discussions will mainly focus on the peace […]
Read moreHouston – From Palermo to the U.S. for the Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
From Sicily to the United States in the sign of research on neurodegenerative diseases, neurogenesis, cancerogenesis and metabolic disorders. Five post-graduate students and two post-doctorate students of the PhD course of International Research on Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Palermo recently participated in the 11th edition of the annual Conference of Italian […]
Read moreBrazil – Italian artist Giorgio Galli on show in Parana
“La pratica dell’arte. Il futuro è possibile” (The practice of Art. The future is possible) is the title of an exhibition of the works of Giorgio Galli organised by the Italian Consulate General and the Italian Institute of Culture of Sao Paulo, in cooperation with the government of the State of Parana. The exhibition was […]
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