The Italian Ambassador visits the Lampi Island Marine National Park
The Italian Ambassador, Pier Giorgio Aliberti, visited Kawthaung and the Lampi Island Marine National Park, in the south of Myanmar, where the Italian NGO Istituto Oikos implemented the project titled “COAST – Building Local Capacity for Conservation and Tourism Development in Myeik Archipelago”, financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Istituto […]
Read moreAmbassador Varricchio’s visit to Tennessee (21-23 March 2018)
The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Armando Varricchio, concluded his trip to Tennessee with a visit to the plant that Beretta opened in Gallatin in 2016. His meeting with the Italian company’s top management crowned his visit to Tennessee to highlight the strong economic ties that unite Italy to the south-eastern American State but […]
Read moreJapan: “Italia, amore mio” presented in its third edition
The third edition of “Italia, amore mio!” was presented at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo. It is the largest festival dedicated to Italy organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ICCJ). This year, “Brand Italy” will be showcased in three cities: Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, respectively in April, July and November. The event, […]
Read moreFrom Florence to the Bardo, an exhibition on the antiquities of Roman Africa
On the 3rd anniversary of the tragic terrorist attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis on 18 March 2015, the same museum opened an exhibition entitled “Antiquities from Africa at the Uffizi. Giovanni Pagni, Pisa-born doctor and archaeologist in 17th Century Tunisia”, displaying ancient Roman items from Tunisia that, for over three centuries, have been […]
Read moretwo new Italian cooperation projects inaugurated in schools and in a medical centre
On 18 March, during an intense morning which saw the participation of the local authorities and communities of Wasatyyeh and Yarmouk, in northern Jordan, 5 km from the Syrian border, the Italian Ambassador to Jordan, Giovanni Brauzzi, inaugurated three photovoltaic plants in as many schools and a medical centre, which were realised under Italy’s cooperation […]
Read moreLa Farnesina per lo sport: rugby e integrazione
Nell’ambito delle manifestazioni organizzate dalla Federazione Italiana Rugby, in occasione dell’incontro internazionale con la Scozia per il campionato “Sei Nazioni”, domani sabato 17 marzo alle ore 16.00 a Roma presso lo Stadio dei Marmi (complesso del Foro Italico) avrà luogo un evento speciale, con la partecipazione di tre associazioni attive nell’inserimento sociale di giovani extracomunitari […]
Read moreItalian poetry and music in Egypt
Infinite Mediterranean: Bennato, Leopardi and the Zabbaleen The Cairo Italian Cultural Institute will hold a series of poetry and musical events in a “Mediterranean Weekend” (17-19 March), part of the “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” programme. The event will include poetry contests and the Egyptian leg of Eugenio Bennato’s Mediterranean tour. “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi […]
Read moreMarionettes and Jazz: Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean in Izmir
Marionettes and jazz: this is the title chosen by the Italian Consulate in Izmir to promote the “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” programme in the Turkish city. The programme presented by the Consulate features two performances to be staged in March that are on the billboard of two important international festivals: the Izmir Puppet Days and […]
Read moreItalian in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Over one hundred people (including University professors, teachers, students and business people) attended the first “Italian studies meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina” today at the University of Zenica. It was organised by the Italian embassy in order “to understand together how to use Italian for human and professional growth,” as tweeted by the ambassador, […]
Read moreThe excellence of Italian agro-food on show in Tokyo
The excellence of Italian agro-food on show in Tokyo. The Foodex Japan 2018, the largest and most important food and beverage fair in Japan and Asia that ran from 6 to 9 March, attracted 170 exhibitors from 16 Italian regions. Inside the 2,400 sq. m. exhibition space that turned the Italian Pavilion into the biggest in […]
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