EDINBURGH – Italian ‘Invasion’ at Jazz Festival
Italian artists are getting ready to “invade” the 35th edition of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, one of the most eagerly awaited events in Scotland’s summer season, running from 19 to 28 July, a special section of which will be dedicated to “Jazz Italia”. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreRenaissance Masters in Brazil for the first time
Raphael’s Christ, a triptych by Beato Angelico, Lorenzo Lotto’s Adoration of the Shepherds, Botticelli’s St. Augustine: 57 masterpieces of Italian painting from the most prestigious public and private collections tell the story of our Renaissance for the first time ever in Brazil. The exhibition will run in Sao Paolo through 23 September and move to […]
Read moreBonino meets with Scientific Attachés – Research essential for competitiveness and economic recovery
Research must be the central focus of economic recovery efforts, because it is “an indispensable component in business dynamism”, declared Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino as she opened the meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome of scientific attachés assigned to Italian diplomatic missions abroad. “Diplomacy and science are natural allies”, since there is […]
Read moreLIMA – Italy at the 18th International book fair
Italy will be participating at the 18th International Book Fair in Lima, to take place in the Peruviain capital from 19 July to 4 August. The Italian Cultural Institute will represent Italy with its own stand, and with panels of “Que viva Bibi” by cartoonist Sergio Staino. This year’s fair’s guest of honour will be […]
Read moreDUBAI – Shopping temple hosts Leonardo’s machines
The Grand Atrium of the Dubai Mall, temple of shopping and leisure activities among the most visited in the world, is hosting 40 faithfully reproduced and full-scale models of Leonardo’s machines, based on the drawings in the Codex and chosen as exceptional expressions of innovation and technical ability. The show has already been mounted in […]
Read moreInternational Criminal Justice Day – Bonino: CCI a tool for peace and preventive diplomacy
Minister Emma Bonino’s International Criminal Justice Day message Today, 17 July, we celebrate International Criminal Justice Day, dedicated to a fundamental tool for the promotion of legality, defence of human rights and punishment of criminals who undermine peaceful co-existence among peoples. On 17 July 1998 the International Criminal Court statute was adopted in Rome: an […]
Read moreMEXICO – Pirelli doubles investments
The new 200 million USD investment “Pirelli Green Performance” in Mexico was presented recently in Mexico City during a ceremony whose participants included Secretary of the Mexican Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal, Governor of the State of Guanajuato Miguel Marquez Marquez, new Director General of ProMexico Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, Pirelli Vice President for Operations Giuliano Menassi, […]
Read moreITALY – ARGENTINA – Online a new call for joint scientific research projects
Now on-line a new call for joint science and technology research projects within the framework of the 3-year executive science and technology cooperation protocol between Italy and Argentina for 2014-2016. The goal is to encourage bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in the sectors of environment and energy, nanotechnologies, medicine and health, basic sciences (mathematics, physics, […]
Read moreFarnesina and Touring Club – “Touring Card for Foreign Members” facilitates vacationing in Italy
Promoting quality tourism in Italy is the goal of the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Touring Club” initiative that today launched a new card for Italian members living abroad and other foreigners that should facilitate their vacationing in Italy. A network of conventions, discounts and initiatives MFA Secretary General Michele Valensise and Touring Club President Franco Iseppi […]
Read moreBULGARIA – Italian futurist ‘Aereopainting’
Bulgaria is getting ready to host “Aeropainting” an exhibition, which will open in Pavlikeni on Thursday, of the works of noted Italian Futurist painter Mino delle Site. The show runs through 16 August. Read more, in Italian.
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