Buenos Aires – Olivo Barbieri photo exhibition to open in Buenos Aires
“Olivo Barbieri: images 1978-2014” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires from Mar. 2 at the Recoleta Cultural Centre. The event has been organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Argentine capital, by the hosting Centre and by the Maxxi Museum in Rome. The exhibition illustrates the […]
Read moreLondon-“Cinema Made in Italy” festival to begin in March
The “Cinema Made in Italy” festival will be held from March 10 to 14 at the Cine’ Lumiere in London’s South Kensington area. The festival has been organised by the Istituto Luce Cinecitta’ and the Italian Institute of Culture in London. Many of the movies in the festival’s programme will be screened for the first […]
Read moreE.U. Founding Countries meet in Rome
The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six E.U. Founding Countries discuss migration challenges and integration at Villa Madama The Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are meeting today at Villa Madama in Rome to discuss the future of the European Union and […]
Read moreChile exhibition celebrates artists Ciccarelli and Mochi
“Arte italiano, una huella en Chile” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Santiago de Chile from Mar. 1 to 21. The show will celebrate artists Alessandro Ciccarelli and Giovanni Mochi who, in the mid-nineteenth century became respectively the first and third directors of the newly established Academy of Fine Arts in […]
Read moreItaly – Launches competition at Karachi Literature Festival
The Italian consulate in Karachi, together with the publishing house “Metropoli d’Asia”, launched a literary competition in Pakistan at the prestigious Karachi Literature Festival, which drew tens of thousands of visitors to the city. Italy played a major role in the cultural festival, as the four scheduled panel discussions show. Discussions focused on Italian and […]
Read moreAthens – Winner of 2015 Strega Prize meets public
The winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Nicola Lagioia, was invited to an evening in Athens. It was organised by the Italian Institute of Culture with Megaron Plus cultural programme organiser. Athens was chosen because one of the committees concurring in awarding the prestigious literary award is there, and each year, the winner is invited […]
Read moreNew Delhi – “Bravo, Bravissimo!”, Teatro Verde Company fascinates Indian audiences
After winning last year’s “Best puppet musical cabaret award” at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival (the world’s most famous marionette and puppet festival), this year Rome’s Teatro Verde Company represents Italy at the 14th edition of the Ishara International Puppet Festival 2016 in India. The Roman company gave life to the Festival alongside eight more […]
Read moreItaly-USA – Friendly basketball diplomacy match
The basketball teams of the Italian Foreign Ministry and of the United States Embassy in Rome played in a friendly match on Feb. 6 with a view to consolidating the friendship between Italy and the U.S. in an afternoon spent playing a charity basketball game while the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is on […]
Read moreItalian Consortium wins largest ESO contract for giant E-ELT telescope
A consortium formed by three Italian companies (Astaldi, Cimolai and EIE Group) was the winning bidder of the international tender to build the dome and the main structure for the (ESO) European Southern Observatory’s giant optical telescope E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). In an extraordinary meeting held in Garching, Germany (Munich) on February 3, […]
Read moreAssolombarda – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Event
A joint event was held today in Milan by Assolombarda and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the internationalisation of companies operating in the Lombardy Region. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assolombarda to promote the greater internationalisation of local enterprises, particularly in […]
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