ITALY-MEXICO – Record trade
According to the latest statistics, Italy and Mexico set a new trade record in 2012. Italian exports of goods and services peaked at €3.7 billion, with an annual growth rate of 15.9%. Performance was especially lively in the sectors of foodstuffs (+34.7%), beverages (+26.7%) and pharmaceuticals (+22.5%). Imports from Mexico of over one billion euro […]
Read moreLOS ANGELES – Emblema exhibition “Transparency”
The Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute will host a retrospective exhibition of the work of Salvatore Emblema entitled Transparency. Curated by American art critic Peter Frank, the show traces the variety of forms and styles that mark Italian artist’s 50-year career, and will be open to the public through 31 May. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSEOUL – Italian kiwi hit the korean market
Thursday 21 through two brands, Kiway and Jingold. The distribution launch took place at the headquarters of E-mart, one of the country’s major chains with 148 points of purchase. In 2012 the group marketed 35 million dollars worth of Italian products, of which 16 million in wines, 8 in pasta and 6 in sweets and […]
Read moreSHANGHAI – Promotion of italian language and culture
All eyes on Italy in Shanghai, thanks to the two Italian Language Days organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, in which public and private institutions both local and of the Italian community took part, with representation also from other cities such as Ningbo, Shaoxing, Suzhou, Nanchino and Hangzhou. Consul General Vincenzo De Luca introduced the […]
Read moreBRAZIL – Italy prepares for expovinis 2013
As a participant in Expovinis 2013 in Brazil, Italy will be doing it in style. The presence of Italian wine producers is being coordinated by the Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by our embassy in Brasilia. The 17th edition of the event, the most important wine fair in all of Latin America, will take […]
Read moreCULTURE – many Italian Olympic Athletes
The Italian language olympics have lots of “athletes” in the Italian schools abroad competing on-line – some of whom have scored as high as 90% – from countries ranging from Colombia to the United States, from Iran to Nigeria, Spain and France. Aimed at the promotion and dissemination of the Italian language abroad, the first […]
Read moreSYRIA: EU, “political solution” – Italy chimes in on EU approach
Italy’s position, i.e. the need to seek a political solution to the crisis, was in accordance with those of the EU foreign ministers who met over the weekend in Dublin. Indeed, the conclusion of the informal meeting was that the European Union confirms the will to find a “political solution” to the dramatic situation in […]
Read moreKenya: new Masters in Cooperation
The University of Kenya in Nairobi joins the Italian Cooperation, the Cooperation and Development Network (CDN) the UN Development Program (UNDP), Tangaza University College, NGOs CISP, COOPI and VIS and the Collegio Santa Caterina da Siena in offering the new Masters in Economics (Cooperation and Human Development)-MECOHD Programme at the Faculty of Economics of the […]
Read moreNEW YORK – Presentation of the 55th Venice Biennale
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York hosted a conference for the presentation to the press and public of the 55th Venice Art Biennale, set to run from June 1st through 24 November 2013. After Institute Director Prof. Riccardo Viale’s welcome address, Biennale President Paolo Baratta and curator Massimiliano Gioni illustrated the theme of this […]
Read moreMEDITERRANEAN: Valensise, Italy’s role on the southern shores
Italy maintains its leading role in cooperation with the countries of the southern Mediterranean shores, according to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise, who spoke in Cagliari at the 20th annual COPEAM Conference, a permanent audio-visual conference, on the panel entitled “The Mediterranean, between economic crises and sociopolitical change”. “We have […]
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