DEI – Kuwait: Saipem wins 2 lots in new Al-Zour refinery project
Saipem has won the contract for 2 lots (numbers 4 and 5) for the new Al-Zour refinery. The lots are worth 475 Kuwaiti dinars (1.4 billion euro) and 454,256 million dinars (1.3 billion euro) respectively. The client for both tenders is the Kuwait National Petroleum Company. Lot 4 consists of storage tanks, pipes and underground […]
Read moreHong Kong – Red carpet for Cinema Italian Style
Hong Kong rolls out the red carpet for the fourth edition of Cine Italiano – Cinema Italian Style, which opens on 16 September 2015. Italian films featuring in the event include “Il nome del figlio”, directed by Francesca Archibugi, who will be attending the screening. Cine Italiano is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and […]
Read moreBrazil – Film and food, featuring Italy and its pasta
The 6th edition of “Slow Filme – Festival internacional de cinema, alimentacao e cultura local” will take place from 10 to 13 September 2015 at the Cine Pireneus in Pirenopolis, a town near Brasilia in the state of Goias. This year, the festival will enjoy the support of the Italian Embassy in Brasilia and pasta […]
Read moreItaly-Malta – Earthquake response exercises by civil protection teams
Earthquake response exercises were conducted by civil protection teams in Malta from 3 to 6 September 2015 as part of the SIMIT strategic project funded by the Italy-Malta Operations Programme for 2014-2020. The exercises were organised by Malta’s Civil Protection department in collaboration with the Civil Protection Department of Sicily Region, with the involvement of […]
Read moreMoscow – Caravaggio on display at Italian Embassy
Caravaggio’s “Boy Bitten by a Lizard” is being displayed at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, with a presentation by Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini and the director of the Pushkin Museum, Marina Loshak. The painting will then be shown at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts from 15 September to 10 January 2016, as part […]
Read moreNew York – Dissonanzen Ensemble pays homage to “Assunta Spina”
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York has organised an event for Monday 14 September dedicated to the Italian silent film masterpiece “Assunta Spinta” at 100 years from its production, with the Ensemble Dissonanzen providing the live soundtrack of the film directed and starring, among others, silent film diva Francesca Bertini, and produced a full […]
Read moreOslo – Italian ambassador speaks on Dante and Ibsen
Italian ambassador in Oslo Giorgio Novello will hold a conference on 16 September in which he will discuss Dante and Ibsen, drawing a comparison on the basis of a series of common aspects. The conference will be held at the Ibsen museum in Skein, birthplace of the renowned Norwegian author. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSan Francisco – Cinema marathon of 4 De Sica films
San Francisco pays tribute to director Vittorio De Sica on 26 September, a day to be dedicated entirely to his Neo-Realist masterpieces at the historic Castro cinema, where a four-film marathon will begin at 11:30 in the morning. The series has been organized in association with the Ministry of Culture under the patronage of the […]
Read moreUdine and Farnesina – Donate laboratory to Kurdistan museum
The University of Udine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated the Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk museum’s first archaeological restoration laboratory within the framework of the “Terra di Ninive” training project funded by the Task Force Iraq of the Farnesina and conducted by the University of Udine under the direction of Daniele Morandi Bonacossi. Read more, […]
Read moreGlobal security and immigration challenges – Gentiloni at the Forum Ambrosetti and Gymnich
Global security and its implications for business and persons will be the topic of Minister Gentiloni’s speech at the 41st edition of the Forum Ambrosetti this morning at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio. Other themes will include the Middle East peace process and implementation of the Iran nuclear accord and its impact on EU-Iran and regional […]
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