Italian language and culture – Farnesina and Dante Alighieri Convention
The collaborative relationship between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dante Alighieri Society was given a new lease of life with the signing today, Tuesday 29 July 2014, of a new Convention. The agreement was signed in the Farnesina’s Aristide Sartorio room by the Director General for Country Promotion, Ambassador Andrea Meloni, and the […]
Read moreItaly-USA: Celebrating Futurism in New York
Italian Futurism will be celebrated in New York on 26 August 2014. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event will feature a performance by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory based on the ideas of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Giovanni Papini. Read more, in Italian
Read moreUsa – Investment in renewables features in an event organised by our Embassy in Washington
Renewable energy and clean technologies were the focus of a webinar organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in close coordination with Confindustria, GSE and the World Bank. The event attracted about 100 Italian businesses in the sector, taking part in Rome in an interactive, multi-media format. […]
Read moreParaguay – Asuncion celebrates Boggiani
An exhibition entitled “The Incomplete Circle” dedicated to the life and works of Guido Boggiani opens on 6 August 2014 at the Museo del Barro in Asuncion. Boggiani was an Italian painter, photographer, explorer, ethnologist and trader who spent many years in Paraguay and forged close bonds with its people. Organised by the Italian Embassy […]
Read moreMogherini in Belgrade and Podgorica – “Ahead with EU integration and reforms”
The process of EU integration and reforms, as well as bilateral relations, were the focus of Minister Federica Mogherini’s meetings in Serbia and Podgorica, on the final leg of her mission to the Balkans. At the end of the meeting in Belgrade with her Serbian colleague Ivica Dacic, Mogherini expressed the hope that Serbia would […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: Zegna purchases Merino sheep farm for
Men’s suit designer Ermenegildo Zegna bought a 60% share in “Achill”, a 2,500 hectare farm specialised in raising Merino sheep (12,500 head), particularly prized for their wool. The farm is situated in New South Wales and has a 175-year history. Minor partner Tyrell Coventry, former president of the Australian Superfine Woolgrowers Association, will maintain responsibility […]
Read moreJapan – Embassy and ENIT launch “Visit Italy” contest
The goal of “Visit Italy”, a photography contest organised by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo and ENIT (Italian National Tourism Board) is to allow Japanese people who have travelled to Italy to show what they learned and to increase the number of Japanese who choose to travel to Italy in the future. The contest […]
Read moreMaputo – Embassy of Italy offers literary aperitifs
The Embassy of Italy in Maputo Mozambique has begun a cycle of literary aperitifs in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society. They are dedicated to poetry, and recently offered an opportunity to announce the local winners of the “Nosside” prize who won honourable mention for their verse in either Portuguese or the local language, in […]
Read moreItaly-Sudan – Healthcare collaboration guidelines
Italian ambassador to Khartoum Armando Barucco joined Sudanese Minister for Health Bahar Idriss Abu Garda in signing the Country Health Compact on collaboration between that ministry and international partners on healthcare sector development. The document’s main points include compliance with the healthcare guidelines – most specifically those of the National Strategic Plan –, Sudanese actors’ […]
Read moreMogherini in Belgrade and Podgorica – Final stops on her Balkans mission
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini concludes her Balkans mission today with stops in Belgrade and Podgorica, after last week visiting Bosnia, Kosovo, FYROM and Albania. Mogherini is to meet in Belgrade with Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, Premier Aleksander Vucic and President Tomislav Nikolic, and after that at the parliament […]
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