Diplomacy to promote the internationalization of Italy’s university system. The Director General for Economic and Cultural Promotion and Innovation, Enzo De Luca, attends the opening of Italian Language and Culture courses for foreigners at the University of Siena
“For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation it is fundamental to rely on partners like the University for Foreigners in Siena, whose Italian language and culture courses for foreign students meet the already strong and constantly growing demand around the world,” said the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Economic and Cultural Promotion and […]
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Cameroon: Ministry of Agriculture signs agreement with Defino&Giancaspro to develop cassava supply chain A partnership agreement was signed between Cameroon’s Ministries of Agriculture and of Higher Education, the University of Yaounde’, the Polytechnic School and the Italian company Defino&Giancaspro for the transfer of know-how in the processing of cassava. The signing ceremony was presided by […]
Read moreTehran – The Marche Region on the lookout for new investments in Iran
The small and medium-sized enterprises of the Marche Region are looking to Iran, a country that returns to normal international relations after the lifting of the embargo and that offers great opportunities to Italian companies. An economic mission led by President Luca Ceriscioli and with approximately 50 businesses of the Marche Region is underway. The […]
Read moreThe Project – “The Italian Way”, a documentary on Italian youth living abroad
As part of the cultural initiatives to inform Italian citizens living abroad, the 2nd Office of the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Italians Residing Abroad and Migration Policies financed the 2015 production of “The Italian Way”, a documentary directed by Luigi Maria Perotti and produced by Stamen Film. The financing was allocated from Budget expenditure […]
Read moreMoscow – Pushkin Museum and Uffizi to stage art event on Raphael
The Gallerie degli Uffizi of Florence and Moscow’s Pushkin Museum today signed a cooperation agreement at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. The first activity envisaged in the Agreement concerns the shipment to the Russian capital of some of Raphael’s most renowned masterpieces, some of which have never been brought out of Italy. The Agreement was […]
Read moreEnergy Technology Perspectives 2016 – Presented at the Italian Foreign Ministry during an event organized with ENEA and Ministry for Economic Development
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted an event promoted by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development -ENEA and the Ministry of Economic Development for the presentation of the International Energy Agency’s report: ETP 2016 – TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS. ETP 2016 is based on the consideration […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni’s visit to Dublin – Brexit, the migration emergency in the Mediterranean and the main international crises among the topics of the talks between Foreign Ministers Gentiloni and Flanagan
The visit to Dublin by Minister Gentiloni, the first visit by an Italian Foreign Minister to Ireland since 1995, will enable the resumption of the political dialogue with a European partner with which Italy holds excellent bilateral relations. The meeting with Foreign Minister Flanagan focused on the result of the British referendum and on how […]
Read moreSydney – “Il Signor Bruschino”, third episode of the “Viva Rossini” series
The “Viva Rossini!” series is now at its third edition. It is fruit of the cooperation between the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney and the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro, which the capital of the Marche Region will host from 8 to 20 August this year. Since 1980, the Rossini Opera Festival has been increasingly […]
Read moreTel Aviv – Three young Italian writers tell the story of modern-day Israel
Three young Italian writers will be at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv on 21 July to present their works which narrate the story of modern-day Israel. The Literary Aperikucha will feature the young writers: Gabriele Barbati and his “Trappola Gaza. Nel fuoco incrociato tra Israele e Palestina”; Fiammetta Martegani with “Life on Mars”; […]
Read moreItaly-US, Italian California Dreaming show in Los Angeles
“Italian California Dreaming”, an exhibition displaying drawings, photographs, paintings and sculptures, will be on show at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Los Angeles from tomorrow until 30 September 2016. The exhibition is organised by the IIC and the Biennale of Contemporary Art of Anagni and Frosinone, in partnership with Peter Frank, art critic and […]
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