Argentina – Ambassador Castaldo visits Lomas de Zamora
A mission to Lomas de Zamora for the Italian Ambassador in Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, to meet the consular agent, Francesca Cardurani Meloni, and the Agency staff. The mission is part of a programme of visits by the Ambassador to Italian consular offices throughout Argentina to maximise their efficiency and effectiveness in providing services to Italian […]
Read moreItaly-Latin America Forum – Internationalisation a winning card for business, says Gentiloni
“Internationalisation helps trigger a virtuous mechanism that increases firms’ capacity to diversify and determines the end uses to which production factors are put”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni during the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on SMEs taking place in Rome. “Experience tells us that, conditions being equal, companies […]
Read moreWashington – The concept of womanhood represented by the Virgin Mary
“Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea” is the title of an exhibition recently opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington with a mass celebrated by Cardinal Wuerl. The exhibition, organised as part of the American celebrations for the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will run until 12 […]
Read moreIstanbul – 7 Italian films for Turkish cinema-goers
Italy and its films have been a huge hit with Turkish cinema-goers. Seven films were featured during the 5th “Italian Cinema in Istanbul” season organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà. The initiative, which attracted over 1500 film-lovers, was supported by the Italian Embassy in Turkey and our Consulate General in […]
Read moreEU: modernisation and investment-readiness for the Italian system – Discussion Day at the Farnesina – 15 December 2014
“International harmonisation instruments in the commercial field: an opportunity to modernise the Italian system and open it up to investment within the framework of European Union law”. That is the title of a discussion day that will take place on 15 December 2014 in the Aldo Moro hall at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Internationalisation: Italy for business, Perugia 18 December
Internationalisation: Italy for business, Perugia 18 December A new internationalisation road show event will take place in Perugia on 18 December 2014 at the Chamber of Commerce’s Conference Centre. Entitled “Italy for Business: with SMEs towards foreign markets”, the initiative aims to illustrate the various instruments provided by the state and the organisations in the […]
Read moreLondra – In Residenza quinto ‘lunch’ di lavoro per il semestre italiano (in translation)
Si e’ tenuto presso la residenza dell’ambasciatore d’Italia a Londra, Pasquale Terracciano, il quinto appuntamento della serie di breakfast e lunch di lavoro organizzati dalla sede diplomatica nell’ambito della Presidenza Italiana dell’Unione Europea. Ospiti d’onore per il lunch, il ministro degli Esteri del governo ombra Douglas Alexander e quello per gli Affari europei Pat McFadden, […]
Read moreCile – Europa costruisce il piu’ grande telescopio del mondo (in translation)
Il consiglio dello European southern observatory (Eso) ha dato il via libera alla costruzione dello European extremely large telescope (E-Elt), il piu’ grande telescopio ottico del mondo. Lo strumento avra’ 39 metri di apertura e sara’ il piu’ grande “occhio del mondo rivolto al cielo”. La costruzione avverra’ sul Cerro Armazones, nel deserto cileno di […]
Read moreBarcelona – Servillo to stage “Le voci di dentro”
Eduardo De Filippo’s “Le voci di dentro” is being staged in Barcelona by Italian actor/director Toni Servillo as part of a tour that has already seen performances in Chicago, St. Petersburg, Paris, London and Madrid. The play will run until 13 December 2014 at Barcelona’s Lliure theatre. Future dates include Liège, Lyons and Budapest. Read […]
Read moreHanoi – Fashions by Gaudiomonte on display
Italian fashion designer Michele Gaudiomonte is showing his collections in Asia, with an exhibition in Hanoi that will run until 15 December 2014 to coincide with Vietnam’s spring-summer 2015 Fashion Week. As the Italian Ambassador, Lorenzo Angeloni, pointed out, Gaudiomonte’s creations are works of art produced using the finest Italian silks. The event was organised […]
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