Kenya: the Italian experience in renewable energy
Today and tomorrow at Strathmore University in Nairobi will take place an event on the theme of renewable energy organised by the Italian Embassy in Kenya, in collaboration with the Res4Africa Foundation (supported by Enel Green Power and other companies in the sector) and the Politecnico of Milan. The meeting, which saw the participation of […]
Read moreItaly-China 2020: Year of Culture and Tourism
A forum, a photo exhibition and a concert will launch today, at Rome’s Auditorium, the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. This joint initiative by the two countries, which rank at the top of the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites, is sponsored by the Ministry of […]
Read moreNicaragua: celebrations to mark the centenary of the birth of Federico Fellini
The centenary of the birth of Federico Fellini has been celebrated in Nicaragua with a ceremony at the National Cinemateque that was filmed by the media and was broadcast on national television. During the ceremony Idania Castillo, Director of the National Cinemateque, described the personality of Maestro Fellini and his work. The Ambassador of Italy, […]
Read moreCroatia: Fellini’s centenary birth celebration kicks off
The programme of celebrations for the centenary of the birth of the great Italian director and artist Federico Fellini, coordinated by the Italian Embassy in Zagreb, has begun in Croatia and will run throughout 2020 with initiatives in various locations in Croatia. The first of the events was an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural […]
Read moreHappy Birthday Maestro! Federico Fellini’s dreams on show
Federico Fellini’s imagery, his dreams and visions are at the centre of the tribute paid by the foreign network of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to this great cinematic genius, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, which occurred on 20 January 1920. Eleven Embassies, six Consulates and twenty Italian Cultural Institutes worldwide will […]
Read moreMeeting of Minister Di Maio with the Commission for the internationalization of the “Made in Italy” and the fight against counterfeiting of the Naples Bar Association
Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Commission for the internationalization of the “Made in Italy” and the fight against counterfeiting of the Naples Bar Association
Read moreThe Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio visits the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (Nassau, January 15-17, 2020)
Washington, January 16 2020. The Ambassador of Italy to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Armando Varricchio, is paying an official visit to Nassau. In agenda meetings with Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Minnis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K. Peter Turnquest and Ministers of Foreign Affairs Darren A. Henfield and Tourism and Aviation Dionisio James […]
Read more“Save Venice” fundraising campaign in the Netherlands
The Italian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Dutch Association Poorters van Venetië (https://poortersvanvenetie.nl) and the Stichting Nederlands Venetië Comité have launched the Red Venetië (Save Venice) campaign to raise funds for the recovery of the artistic and cultural heritage damaged by the recent floods in Venice, a legacy that belongs to all […]
Read moreJhumpa Lahiri presents ‘Racconti Italiani’ (Italian Short Stories) at the Foreign Ministry
“A dynamic, rich and open country”. These are the words used to describe Italy by the American Pulitzer Prize winner of Bengali descent, Jhumpa Lahiri, during her visit to the Italian Foreign Ministry, also defining “literature as a useful tool for learning the language and reality of a country”. Born in London, she grew up in […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano chairs the Fifth Italy-Azerbaijan Commission
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano chaired today at the Farnesina (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) the work of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Commission between Italy and Azerbaijan on Economic Cooperation, together with the Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov. “Italy is Azerbaijan’s first global trading partner with an exchange in 2018 of 5.8 billion euros” – […]
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