ITALY-ANGOLA: economic and commercial links increasing
Italy’s presence in Angola is growing. Links between the two countries are increasing, especially economic and commercial links. The recent international fair in Luanda saw ten or so Italian companies exhibiting and establishing new partnerships and contracts, with support from the Italian Embassy in the Angolan capital. And on 29 October 2013 the Angola International […]
Read moreLONDON: a summer of Italian actors and directors
The season of Italian film events continues in London, featuring some of our greatest actors and directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini and Anna Magnani. The weekly screening are hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in London. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreITALY-USA – Leonardo’s masterpiece on display at the National Air and Space Museum
One of Italy’s greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds”, will be exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. for 40 days this autumn, from 13 September until 22 October 2013. The extraordinary document, created ca. 1505, shows da Vinci’s interest in human flight by exploring […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – latest news from around the world. Ethiopia: (ACIMIT) market-evaluation trade mission to Addis Ababa
Ethiopia: (ACIMIT) market-evaluation trade mission to Addis Ababa Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – latest news from around the world. Ethiopia: (ACIMIT) market-evaluation trade mission to Addis Ababa. The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) recently organised a trade mission to Addis Ababa. The delegation was led by ACIMIT president Raffaella Carabelli. More news (in […]
Read moreBANGKOK: Moviemov a great success
Bangkok’s cinemas speak Italian, with Thai subtitles. The Moviemov Italian Film Festival, now in its third year, opened with a gala evening for 700 guests and an Italian delegation that included director Marco Risi. Moviemov 2013 includes an Ettore Scola retrospective and a selection of independent Thai productions selected with the help of the Ministry […]
Read moreWARSAW: jazz by Pieranunzi
The heart of Warsaw is beating to an Italian rhythm. At the International Open-Air Jazz Festival, Enrico Pieranunzi on piano, Mauro Beggio on drums and Luca Bulgarelli on bass delighted an audience of 4000 in the city’s Old Town Square. The performance was supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw. Read more, in Italian
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – latest news from around the world – Sub-Saharan Africa
Macfrut: Promoting the Italian model for the fruit and vegetable sector An Italian model to develop the fruit and vegetable sector in Africa. That’s the goal of a presentation to representatives of the embassies of Sub-Saharan Africa, illustrating the Macfrut trade fair taking place in Cesena from 25 to 27 September 2013. More news (in […]
Read moreMIAMI: 49 Unesco sites in Italy
The photography exhibition of Italian sites included in UNESCO’s World Heritage list closed today, 7 August 2013, in Miami. The travelling exhibition features 150 photographs and stills from famous films shot at the sites in our country, which has the world’s greatest concentration of world heritage sites. Italy plays an important role in helping emerging […]
Read moreBULGARIA: Verdi’s Nabucco on the silver screen
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be screened at the opening of the 3rd Nikolay Ghiaurov International Musical Film Festival on 8 August 2013. The performance, featuring Ghena Dimitrova, Renato Bruson and, Dimitar Petkov among others, was filmed at the Verona Arena and broadcast by the RAI on 13 November 1981. The screening was organised in collaboration […]
Read moreItaly-Russia: agreements for growth. Year of tourism to be launched in November in Trieste
“We’re working on a series of agreements that, once signed, will make a marked and positive impact on the lives of Italian companies and households. And we’re doing so as part of our diplomacy for growth policy in the framework of economic recovery”. Work on the agreements is on-going, in the run-up to the Italian-Russian […]
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