Cartoline dall’altra Italia – The business administrator who loves China
He is 29 years old and holds a degree in business administration. Dario Mazzanti is the featured personality of this week’s instalment of “Cartolina dall’altra Italia”, the web series created by 9colonne with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation/Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies. Dario has been working […]
Read moreUruguay – Montevideo hosts two events dedicated to Expo Milan theme
Montevideo will host two events in the coming days organised by the Italian Cultural Institute there and dedicated to the Milan Expo theme “Feed the Planet, Energy for Life”. On Tuesday 22 September Serena Wiederkehr and Mathias Britos, who moved to a farm on the outskirts of Montevideo a few years ago, will speak at […]
Read moreOslo – Piedmont’s red wines in Norway, a exceptional market
Ambassador of Italy to Oslo Giorgio Novello will take part in the conference “Norway: an exceptional market for Piedmont’s red wines”, aimed at updating Italian producers on the latest developments in a market that accounts for 70 million litres of alcoholic beverages per year. A full 40% of that product comes from Italy, for an […]
Read moreStockholm – Books, Melania Mazzucco launches “Sei come sei” in Swedish
Melania Mazzucco will launch the Swedish-language version of her novel “Sei come sei” (Einaudi, 2013, 235pgs.) at the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm on Monday 28 September at 18:00. The author, whose works have been translated in 24 countries, will read from her moving story about the love between a father and daughter. The event […]
Read moreWashington – Movie’n’food to celebrate Expo Milan
The initiative “Movi’n’Food – Sapore in Cinema” includes two exhibitions, the screening of a film and a conference, and is the Embassy of Italy in Washington’s way of celebrating Expo Milan 2015. Maison Gattinoni’s historic apparel inspired by food will be the subject of the exhibition “Couture à la Carte” on display at the embassy […]
Read moreStuttgart – All eyes on the photography of Andrea Alfieri
Umbrian-born photographer Andrea Alfieri will present an exhibition in Stuttgart entitled “My Apple – New York visions” from 11 September to 25 October at the Italian Cultural Institute (Kolbstr. 6), which has organized the exhibition in collaboration with Volkshochschule Reutlingen. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBrazil – 8 unpublished essays by Norberto Bobbio presented at Sao Paulo
The Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo will host the presentation of the translation of Norberto Bobbio’s classic “Studi per una teoria generale del diritto” on 17 September in an initiative promoted in collaboration with the Norberto Bobbio Institute. Celso Lafer, former Brazilian foreign minister, and Tommaso Greco, professor of law at the University of […]
Read moreTokyo- Gelato World Tour makes a stop in Japan
The Gelato World Tour made a stop in Japan to the delight of a 55,000-strong crowd at Tokyo’s Komazawa Olympic Park, built for the 1964 Games. A total of 16 gelato producers from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan including an Italian who lives in Taipei, were given a chance to promote their products. Organisers included […]
Read moreAmsterdam – An exhibition on Antonioni, master of modern cinema
Director, screenwriter, film editor, writer and painter Michelangelo Antonioni will be the subject of the exhibition “Michelangelo Antonioni – Master of Modern Cinema” at the Eye Film Museum Institute from 12 September through 17 January 2016. The exhibit consists of a vast number of private documents that offer an opportunity to better comprehend his oeuvre. […]
Read moreAnna Lindh Foundation – Leaders for dialogue and peace meet
On the symbolic date of 11 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is hosting two important meetings for dialogue and peace. The first concerns the Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Foundation, made up of 43 Euro-Mediterranean nations, which proposes to strengthen international efforts in light of the challenges generated by the […]
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