Dei – Albania: Milan-based Studio Boeri Awarded Contract to Develop Tirana’s New Masterplan
A consortium formed by UNLAB, Stefano Boeri’s Milan-based architecture firm and Inter.National.Design, a Dutch firm, won an international competition for drafting the new masterplan of Tirana. The new plan will be completed within the next five months. The process will include setting up an integrated database of the territory, developing the city’s territorial strategy, a […]
Read moreStrasbourg – On show Italian posters from when graphic design was a public service
The exhibition that will open on Monday, Jan. 25, at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Strasbourg is entitled: “Useful Graphic Design. Italy’s public service posters”. The show, displaying the posters of public interest produced by the institutions and local agencies of the different Italian Regions in the period from 1975 to 1990, is curated […]
Read moreColombia to host Italian writer Alessandro Baricco
Italian writer Alessandro Baricco is due to visit Colombia from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6. He will attend the Hay Festival in Cartagena from his arrival until Jan. 31. The Festival will conclude with a conference with journalist and editor Marcel Ventura at the Adolfo Mejia theatre. The festival, now at its 10th edition, is […]
Read moreItalian Chamber of Commerce opens office in Chongqing
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in China will open its new office in Chongqing tomorrow. This rapidly growing metropolis in the southwest of the country has a population of over 30 million people. The office is in the Foreign Business District, the economic heart of the city, which also houses the offices of some big […]
Read moreAthens – Photography show to discover Matera, the land of Sassi
The “Matera, land of Sassi” photography exhibition was inaugurated on Friday, Jan. 22 at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Athens and will run until Feb. 20. The show, which was organised by the IIC, displays the shots taken by Greek photographer Jenny Lykourezou, who was fascinated by the magnificent setting of the “Sassi” of […]
Read moreTel Aviv – The Holocaust, the music of memory echoes in Israel
Amidst the horror of Nazi concentration camps, music continued to be written and played. In fact, may prisoners left behind the scores they wrote during their detention: notes that will be played once again thanks to pianist Francesco Lotoro who has collected over 5,000 scores of concentration camp music since 1989. The composers include Józef […]
Read moreItaly and Mexico boost bilateral cooperation
Italy and Mexico are increasing bilateral cooperation. The Italian ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, in recent days met with Director General of ProMexico, Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, to take stock of economic and trade relations between the two countries and upcoming promotional activities. Ambassador Busacca also told the Director of ProMexico about the difficulties that […]
Read moreBeijing – “The Three Days of Pompeii”, a trip through time with Alberto Angela
It was the 24th of October of 79 AD, apparently a Friday like any other in Pompeii, except that at 1 p.m. the nearby Vesuvius started releasing an amount of energy equal to that of 50,000 atomic bombs in less than 20 hours, burying the city under a scorching fallout of ashes and gas and […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni at the World Economic Forum
The Minister for International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, today will address the World Economic Forum, which is attended by the main players of the international political and economic scene from the public sector, the business world and civil society, together with the top-ranking officials of the most important International Organisations. The three-day event […]
Read moreOsaka –The “Da Vinci, the Legacy of a Genius” exhibition is a big hit
An exhibition entitled “Da Vinci, the Legacy of a Genius” is being held in Osaka to celebrate 35 years of twinning between the Japanese city and Milan. The event, which focuses on “Leonardo the scientist”, runs until Feb. 14. It is divided into sections: the first, dedicated to the past, includes reproductions of machines designed […]
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