Maputo – A week of Italian culture
Italian Culture Week is under way in Maputo and will run until 20 June. The initiative includes piano concerts Hwith performances by DuoKeira, with Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo. The “Festa do cinema italiano”, with films by directors such as Ettore Scola, Paolo Virzi’, Carlo Mazzacurati and Rocco Papaleo, will also include screenings […]
Read moreDEI – China: New platform for online cross-border trade
Guangxin Trade Development, part of the Guangxin Group, a public holding with over 25,000 employees and over 23 companies, has developed a new electronic commerce platform called GTD (http://www.ggtdc.com). The platform will enable imported products with reduced customs duties to enter China. The company’s operational headquarters is in Nansha, one of the 3 hubs (along […]
Read moreAsunción – “L’Italia del futuro” arrives in Paraguay
An exhibition entitled “Italia del futuro” has opened at the Catholic University of Asunción and will run until 11 June 2015. The initiative was organised by the Farnesina and by the National Research Council (CNR) in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna […]
Read moreJakarta – Artemis Danza performs “Traviata”
Artemis Danza will perform “Traviata” in Jakarta, as the first chapter in its “Giuseppe Verdi” project. The performance will be hosted by the theatre at the Ciputra Artpreneur cultural centre to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Italy and Indonesia. The centre has organised the initiative in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in […]
Read moreSecond ‘IBAC Italy’ Day at the Farnesina: growing business interest in investing in Italy
International businesses are increasingly interested in investing in Italy, as emerged from the 5th edition of “IBAC-ITALY”, an event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Promoting the attraction of investments in Italy The goal of the initiative, being held for the second time at the Farnesina, […]
Read moreDei – South Africa: Enel Green Power awarded another 2 wind turbine projects
The South African Ministry of Energy announced it had awarded another 13 solar panel and wind turbine projects within the context of the so-called “over allocation” of the fourth stage of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), after the award in April of contracts for 1,000MW of installed power. In this new […]
Read morePeru – Exhibition “Tesori Di Cusco: L’impronta Di Raimondi”
The exhibition “Tesori di Cusco. L’impronta di Antonio Raimondi” will open on 15 June at the Palazzo Tupac Yupanqui in Lima. It has been organized by the Museo Raimondi with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy of Cultural Institute of Lima and local public and private sponsors. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDublin – Italian Institute celebrates Dante
A full calendar of events, both literary and otherwise, have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin in celebration of the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri. The events will include an evening tomorrow dedicated to Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, scholar of Dante and author of several translations of the cantos […]
Read moreSecond IBAC Italy day at the Farnesina – Gentiloni cites reforms to facilitate foreign investments
The Farnesina is hosting the 5th edition of IBAC Italy, and event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini and Minister for Economic Development Federica Guidi opened the first day’s sessions. Knowledge, development […]
Read moreDei – Ghana – Italian architects build new GNPC headquarters
A group of young Italian architects (under 40) of the Bicuadro, O.C.R.A and Studio 3+1 firms will build the headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) in Accra, under the leadership of architect Stefano Farcomeni. The group was awarded the 80 million euro project after an international invitational competition. Construction is scheduled to begin […]
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