Malta – Conference on nutrition in the run-up to EXPO 2015
The Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta will be hosting a conference on 19 November to examine nutritional issues in the run-up to EXPO Milan 2015. The event will be opened by the Italian Ambassador, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, and the former EU Commissioner for Malta, Tonio Borg. Supporters include the Maltese Ministry of Energy […]
Read moreTirana – Book Fair dedicated to Girolamo De Rada
The 17th Tirana Book Fair is under way at the city’s Congress Hall and will run until 16 November. This year’s Fair, in which the Italian Cultural Institute in the Albanian capital will be taking part, is dedicated to Girolamo De Rada, to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. Read more, in Italian.
Read morePrague – Security in the next 25 years
“World, European Union, and Czechia: 1989 – 2014 – 2039”. That was the title of a conference in Prague organised by the city’s Charles University under the aegis of the Italian Presidency of the EU Council, with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy to the Czech Republic. In his presentation, the Italian Ambassador to Prague, […]
Read moreRelease of Italian technician kidnapped in Libya in July announced by Gentiloni
Marco Vallisa, the Italian technician from the Piacentini company who was kidnapped in Zwara, in Libya, on 5 July 2014, has been freed. The announcement was made by Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who added that “Vallisa is on a plane headed for Italy”. The minister expressed his great satisfaction over Vallisa’s release and his “warm thanks […]
Read moreMadagascar L’Italia riprende le relazioni diplomatiche (in translation)
L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Sud Africa Vincenzo Schioppa ha presentato al nuovo Presidente del Madagascar le proprie credenziali, firmate dal Presidente Napolitano, ristabilendo cosi’ le relazioni diplomatiche ufficiali con la quarta Isola piu’ grande al mondo, “congelate” per oltre quattro anni. Un colpo di Stato del marzo del 2009 aveva infatti trascinato il Paese in una […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Internationalisation: Italy for Business event on 14 November in Rome
A new “instalment” of the internationalisation road show “Italy for Business: supporting SMEs entering foreign markets” will take place on 14 November at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome (address: Piazzale Kennedy 1). The aim of the road show is to illustrate to small and medium-sized enterprises the instruments provided by the state and the […]
Read morePeru – The languages of Italian kinetic art
The second stage of the “Occhio Mobile, linguaggi dell’arte cinetica italiana. Anni ’50 – ’70” exhibition has opened in Peru. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lima, the initiative will run until 5 January 2015. The main part of the exhibition – produced in Rome by Glocal […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – Celebrating the influence of the tango
The Italian influence on the tango. That as the theme of “Domani salpa una barca”, a performance organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires and curated by Irma Rizzuti, singer and COMITES adviser in the Argentine capital. Rizzuti was accompanied by dancers and 3 young artists who performed tango and Italian folk music, […]
Read moreSanremo – Afghan military personnel and officials at law school
A training course for Afghan military personnel and government officials will be taking place from 29 November to 8 December 2014 at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo. Organised with support from the Farnesina and NATO, the course is designed to improve participants’ awareness of the issues surrounding the application of international humanitarian […]
Read moreWashington – Embassy hosts ISSNAF event
The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the 2014 ISSNAF Annual Event on 12 and 13 November. With over 3000 members, ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, is the principle network of its kind in the country. The event will host “Cyber-Sciences and Research: Promoting a Perfect Match, Avoiding a Perfect […]
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