Israel – IIFCA auction preview 9 February
The preview of an auction to raise funds for the Italo-Israeli Foundation for Culture and Art (IIFCA) will be held at the Anna Marra Contemporanea gallery in Rome on Monday 9 February. The goal of the event is to support and promote the IIFCA, created during the third Italo-Israeli Intergovernmental Summit in 2012, for the […]
Read moreIsrael – IIFCA auction preview 9 February
The preview of an auction to raise funds for the Italo-Israeli Foundation for Culture and Art (IIFCA) will be held at the Anna Marra Contemporanea gallery in Rome on Monday 9 February. The goal of the event is to support and promote the IIFCA, created during the third Italo-Israeli Intergovernmental Summit in 2012, for the […]
Read moreTirana – Journalism discussed at Cultural Institute
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana resumed its cycleof “Encounters with the Authors” one of which will be held on Wednesday at theInstitute’s Library and dedicated to journalism and the growth of Internet andnews media. Piepoli Institute President and professor at the University of RomaTre Roberto Baldassari will present his latest essay “Journalism, news andcommunication”, […]
Read moreAlliance of Italian Cooperatives – “Cooperation a leading force in development of poor countries”
“Within the context of international development cooperation, thanks to its values of mutual assistance and solidarity, the Cooperation can set an example for partner countries. What’s more, precisely through these values and the ideals on which the concept of human equality and dignity rests, the Italian Cooperation offers to play a decisive role in the […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey prepares maglev rail network
After completing the Marmara underwater railway line connection its European and Asian shores, Istanbul is ready to launch a call for tenders for the construction of a series of railway infrastructure projects with magnetic levitation trains. The project will start with 8 lines, equally subdivided between the Asian and European sides, in the central and […]
Read moreOsaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings
Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]
Read moreCaracas – Italy celebrates the month of the Oscars
The Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas is celebrating the month of the Oscars with the screening of four Italian films that have won the famed Academy Award over the years: Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 “New Cinema Paradiso”, Gabriele Salvatores’ 1991 “Mediterraneo”, “Roberto Benigni’s 1998 “Life is Beautiful” and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 “The Great Beauty”, to be […]
Read moreMiami – All’s ready for Simply Italian Great Wines
The 5th edition of the event “Simply Italian Great Wines” will take place on 11 February in Miami, and is one of the world’s most important wine tasting events. Italy will be represented by no less than 40 stands that will feature tastings, conferences and workshops. The initiative have been organised by International Exhibition Management […]
Read moreBrussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon
The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched A predicted exponential increase in air traffic through the Ethiopian capital (flows of 18-25 million passengers annually by 2025, compared with a current 5-6 million), and its goal to make Addis Ababa the undisputed hub of African air industry, has led the government of Ethiopia to […]
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