Nato: Balkans integration and future
The Balkans’ integration and future will be the theme of an international conference to be held at the Farnesina on 7 and 8 October. Organised by the NATO Defence College Foundation within the framework of the Italian EU Presidency, and in collaboration with the Balkan Trust for Democracy, this is the first high-level collaboration between […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Construction industry: ANCE report on Italy’s presence around the world on 8 October at Villa Madama
Construction industry: ANCE report on Italy’s presence around the world on 8 October at Villa Madama The annual ANCE report on trends in the Italian construction industry will be presented at Villa Madama at 11:00 on Wednesday 8 October. The report offers an analytic picture of works in progress and completed in various countries and […]
Read moreGeneva – ‘Around the world with Verdi’
The Italian Permanent Mission to the International Organisations in Geneva will host the concert “Around the world with Verdi” in honour of the European Presidency. To be held at the Palais des Nations on 9 October, the concert will be introduced by Ambassador Maurizio Enrico Serra and Director General of the UN Office Michael Moller. […]
Read moreQuito – Italy supports restoration of convent complex
Italy once again earned recognition for its contribution to the project for the restoration and upgrade of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. The Ecuadoran capital recently hosted a ceremony during which the most important of the interventions already completed were illustrated along with a complete management plan for the complex, the most important […]
Read moreFrankfurt, Italian Language in the World Week begins – Exceptional guests to include Bignardi, Baricco and Bolaffi
The 14th edition of Italian Language in the World Week, to be held from 9 to 12 October in Frankfurt during the Book Fair, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, which also collaborated on our country’s participation in the Fair. The event’s many exceptional guests will include Andrea Bajani, Alessandro Baricco, Nicolò Bassetti, Luca […]
Read moreWashington: Events to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Galileo
Two winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, Carlo Rubbia and Adam Riess, will be among those taking part in “Galileo: Exploration of the Universe”, an initiative being held in Washington from 9 October to 12 December 2014 to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the father of modern science. The programme is made possible by […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant
Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant Georgia’s Gudauri Development Agency and DemacLenko (Leitner Group, based in Vipiteno) have signed 2 contracts to supply artificial snow plant for the ski resorts of Gudauri and Bakuriani, in the Caucasus mountains. Both projects will be completed and ready for use by December. Leitner recently supplied a turnkey […]
Read morePrincipality of Monaco – the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo
30 days of the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo to showcase Italian art, fashion, literature, theatre, film, crafts, music, and food and wine. That’s the essence of the “Month of Italian Culture and Language” which each October captures the imagination of the Principality of Monaco. Conceived by the Italian Ambassador, Antonio Morabito, the […]
Read moreMogherini in Lampedusa – Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of tragedy
Institutions, non-governmental organisations and society must join forces in a “civil alliance” to tackle the major issue that is immigration. In her speech at the ceremony in Lampedusa to commemorate the disaster of 3 October 2013, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini stressed the need to work together at a number of levels. “It is a moral, […]
Read moreFrankfurt Book Fair: Franceschini to open “Punto Italia”
Dario Franceschini, the Minister for Culture, will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th Frankfurt Book Fair, the most important international event for the sale of publishing rights and Italy’s most important event for the promotion of Italian literary culture and publishing abroad. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th […]
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