SOFIA – Taviani retrospective at Cinema Festival
The 17th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (Siff) will showcase a retrospective dedicated to the Taviani brothers and 12 of their best known films from March 1st to 27th at the Bulgarian capital’s House of Cinema. Paolo Taviani will be on hand for the screening of “Cesare deve morire”. The event’s organisers are […]
Read moreBRUSSELS – “Champions” photo exhibition opening
The Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels will host the opening of “Champions”, an exhibition of photographs by Stefano Nicolini, whose work, entirely without digital manipulation, depicts the sports champion and the role the artist has attributed to it in a nascent global society.
Read moreBRAZIL – Infrastructure Collaboration Workshop
Italo-Brazilian collaboration on infrastructure will be the central theme of a technical-operational workshop scheduled for 13 March in Brasilia and organised by the Italian embassy there. Participants in the event (sponsored by Azimut, Cogip, Ever Green Power, Ghella, Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Impregilo, Rina, Trevi) will include, among others, Minister for the Environment Corrado […]
Read moreA green foreign Ministry – refurbished canteen environmentally-friendly
As part of its newly implemented environment-friendly policy – “A Green Foreign Ministry” – the foreign ministry recently refurbished its staff canteen in an effort to modernise and streamline what is now an environment fully attentive to the latest in eco-responsible requirements. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreWASHINGTON honours Renato Dulbecco
On the first anniversary of the death of Renato Dulbecco, distinguished Italian biologist and physician and winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, the Italian Embassy in Washington has organized a conference in his honour. “The Dulbecco Legacy from cancer biology, molecular genetics and novel therapeutic applications, to science […]
Read moreMADRID – New Italian theatre sold out
A sold-out house for the performances by Italian theatrical companies “Teatro Sotterraneo” and “Ricci&Forte” at the 13th edition of the Madrid theatre festival “Escena contemporánea”. The event is one of Spain’s most important as a result of its ability to draw young experimental theatre companies from all over Europe. The Italian companies mounted their performances […]
Read moreROMANIA – Ambassador Brasioli meets with Italian business persons
Italian Ambassador to Romania Diego Brasioli met on 22 February informally at his residence in Bucharest with a group of approximately 100 Italian business persons operating in Romania and the heads of Italian economic/trade institutions. In light of the strategic importance of economic/trade relations between the two nations, the ambassador underscored the function of the […]
Read morePARIS – The future of italian architecture
After the exhibition dedicated to the “Tendenza” movement at the Pompidou Centre, France turns the spot light once again on the art of building in Italy. The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will host an exhibition of projects by Startt (Studio di Architettura e Trasformazioni Territoriali) on the future of Italian architecture. Read more, in […]
Read moreClosed Ministerial Meeting on Syria – Also in Rome US Secretary of State Kerry
Italy once again takes centre stage in international diplomacy’s quest for a solution to the Syrian crisis. The spotlight will be on Rome on 28 February for the meeting of the “Closed Ministerial Meeting on Syria” organized by the Italian foreign ministry at the request of US Secretary of State John Kerry (in Rome as of […]
Read moreFarnesina: School for young female Arab diplomats
To facilitate access to the international foreign service for young women from Northern Africa and the Middle East, is the goal of the “Women in Diplomacy School”, an idea realised by the Italian Foreign Ministry and the SIOI on Minister Giulio Terzi’s initiative, that began this morning. 20 Young women from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, […]
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