Stockholm – Campania’s best agri-food products
The region of Campania put the best in its agri-alimentary production on display in Stockholm during an event entitled “Eccellenze Campane” aimed especially at local suppliers and distributors. The event was held at the city’s Grand Hotel and was organised by the Campania region with the collaboration of the Italian embassy in Sweden and the […]
Read moreDei – Ecuador: 2015-2017 investment plan for strategic sectors gets go-ahead
The government of Ecuador presented an investment catalogue of over 94 projects for the 2015-2017 triennial, in the strategic sectors of energy, telecommunications and basic industries, with an estimated value of more than 37 billion USD. One of the plan’s main objectives is to strengthen all forms of energy production. Remaining prominent therefore are the […]
Read moreTokyo – Japan in search of Siena, from origins to the present
“Storia di Siena. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri” (Edizioni Biblioteca dell’Immagine, 2013), written by Prof. Mario Ascheri of Roma Tre University, is a history of the city of Siena. The author will hold a conference at the Umberto Agnelli Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo entitled “Siena, a Medieval City-State and its Heritage”, […]
Read moreUSA – The Italian embassy is “Chasing Ice”
The Italian embassy will host a screening on 19 March of the award-winning documentary “Chasing Ice” for the “Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital” to be held in Washington from 17 to 29 March. Speaker Tommaso Valente, himself a filmmaker, will introduce the film discuss whether or not we should be worried. “This documentary […]
Read moreJapan: Tokyo accelerates energy reforms
Energy reforms go rapidly forward in Japan. The Abe government has approved laws for a third set that contains changes in the generation, marketing and distribution of electrical, gas and thermal energy. With regard to the electricity sector, the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators, an energy authority, will be operational as from April, […]
Read moreBudapest – Theatre – Journey in the world of Eduardo De Filippo
Entering into the world of Edoardo De Filippo means going back over a century of Italian history, changes in habits, tastes and fashions and always recounted with the same passion and lucid insight of the great Neapolitan playwright (Naples 1900—Rome 1984). The conference will be held at the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest and see […]
Read moreDublin – Poetry of Domingo Notaro and his “E-le-menti delle parole”
Domingo Notaro is not only a Calabrian painter and sculptor whose works have been exhibited in Italy and abroad, but he is also a poet. His book of poetry “E-le-menti delle parole, The mind-elements of words” (Dedalus Press), a bilingual collection of his works (translated by Catherine O’Brien and Kay McCarthy, is to be launched […]
Read moreBucharest – Messages in Braille to Italian embassy
Italy is in the forefront in the defence and promotion of the rights of the visually impaired. The embassy of Italy in Bucharest has joined the campaign launched by the Romanian Consumer Protection Association (Anpcpps Romania), equipping the mission with all standard signage for use by the public in Braille. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreMontreal – Italy at the Festival International du Film sur l’Art
Italy will take part in the 33th edition of the Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) taking place in Montreal from 19 to 29 March, which will feature three documentaries by as many Italian directors: “Castle of Postignano, Spontaneous Architecture from Abandonment to Recovery” by Paolo Barone, “Piero Manzoni, Artista” by Andre Bettinetti and […]
Read moreLa Valletta – Italian a bridge between Mediterranean cultures: focus on Malta
What is the current status of the Italian language in the Mediterranean? What sense is there to studying Italian today? Is Italian merely a cultural vestige or can it lead to professional growth? These and other questions will be the focus of an encounter-debate on 25 March at 11:00 at the Italian Cultural Institute of […]
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