Science Diplomacy – Tuesday 11 March on Radio Luiss new segment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni”
All international policy activities concerning science and technology could be grouped under the heading “Science Diplomacy”. But what is this complex activity all about and what role do the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs play in this increasingly important sector? The 19th segment of “Diplomazia e dintorni”, which airs on Tuesday 11 March, […]
Read moreItaly-Chile: Giro, excellent political relations and promising economic developments
“I am very pleased to be in Chile at this moment”, stated Under-Secretary Giro, in Santiago to attend the inauguration of Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet. “Chile is close to Italy’s heart, a friendship born of our emigration and strengthened during the years of the coup and dictatorship, years in which Italy proved its great solidarity. […]
Read moreArgentina – Italian courses in Buenos Aires
The Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires will begin offering its first cycle of 15-week Italian language courses on 10 March. The courses will be divided into regular, intensive and super-intensive. The Institute also offers conversation courses, children’s courses and CILS and CELI exam preparation courses. Italian being one of the most studied languages in […]
Read moreCzech Republic – Italy main protagonist at Prague Carnival
Italy was the main protagonist at the Prague Carnival. Thanks to collaboration with our embassy and Italian Cultural Institute, a cycle of theatrical spectacles and concerts was organised for the Opera Barocca Festival, with the participation of counter tenor Alessandro Giangrande and the accompaniment of the “In vino veritas” ensemble. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreHong Kong – Carravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”
Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]
Read moreIzmir – Italian quartet enchants jazz festival
The Furio di Castri Quartet played at the opening concert the European Jazz Festival in Izmir to an enthusiastic audience of more than a thousand people, and later on in a jam session for a crowd of 400, while Italian jazz history professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University and the festival’s musical consultant, Francesco Martinelli, held […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Algeria: surplus commerciale 2013 scende a 2013 mld USD (in translation)
The Algerian customs department recently published preliminary 2013 trade data according to which the trade surplus has been halved as compared with 2012, from 21.49 to 11.05 billion USD. Exports levelled off at 65.9 billion USD, as compared with 71.87 in 2012, a reduction of 8.28% associated with the lower price and export volume of […]
Read moreUkraine crisis – Mogherini, curbing escalation also with words
“Putin’s military action” in Crimea “is not acceptable, and to be condemned, but we do not wish to contribute, with words or in any other manner, to the military operation spinning out of control; to causing an all out war”. Thus Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini responded in an interview for La Repubblica online […]
Read moreCooperation – Italian educational project for Palestinian concludes
A 3-year project, promoted by AVSI and financed by the Italian Cooperation, aimed at contributing to the improvement of Palestinian social conditions and encouraging forms of education oriented at dialogue and peace in the cities of Bethlehem, Jericho and East Jerusalem came to an end. The project involved approximately 6,700 students, over 1500 teachers and […]
Read moreBerlin – Palermo’s Teatro Massimo an icon
The Embassy of Italy in Berlin presented the 2015 season of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo as part of a broader range of promotional activities by that venue, an icon of Italian lyric excellence, within the context of the international tourism fair under way in the German capital through Sunday. Read more, in Italian.
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