Minister Alfano in Udine
Speaking to an audience of entrepreneurs from Friuli, in the presence of the chairman of the Udine Chamber of Commerce, Giovanni Da Pozzo, the chairman of Confindustria Udine, Matteo Tono, and the chairman of Confartigianato – Imprese Friuli Venezia Giulia, Graziano Tilatti, Minister Alfano said: “Foreign policy is a strategic tool for supporting the growth […]
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Japan: MSC Crociere opens new routes from Okinawa MSC Crociere announced its plans to expand cruise routes to and from Japan. During a promotional event held at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tokyo, the company explained that new routes will be launched in 2018, starting in Okinawa and stopping over in the harbours […]
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Intesa San Paolo Bank has officially opened its onshore branch for corporate/wholesale services in Abu Dhabi. As the one and only Italian bank with an onshore branch, Intesa San Paolo can handle local currency operations, although only in the corporate sector. This represents a significant enhancement of the Italian financial presence in the United Arab […]
Read moreSeoul – Bilateral Symposium on Personalized Medicine to take place at The Plaza Hotel
Seoul hosted the Korea-Italy Bilateral Symposium on Personalized Medicine, organised by the Italian Embassy and ICE, the Italian Trade Agency in Seoul. The Symposium was opened by the Deputy-Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea, Dr. Ganglip Kim, and by the Italian Ambassador to Korea, Marco della Seta. Korean and Italian experts in biomedical […]
Read moreUnited States – Calvino and videogames: fusion in Jonathan Blow’s art
In 1984, Italo Calvino was invited to hold a series of lectures at Harvard University. Before his death, he completed five of the six Lessons planned on the imaginative possibilities of language and literature. His lessons were collected under the well-known title of “American Lessons: Six Memos for the Next Millennium”, now available with a […]
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Final Communiqué Declaration on responsible States behaviour in cyberspace Statement on Non Proliferation and Disarmament
Read moreTosca to be staged at Kiev’s National Opera Theatre until May
The National Opera of Ukraine will be the stage of Tosca, Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera, with performances continuing until May. The initiative, which forms part of a long-standing cooperation between the Italian Embassy in Ukraine, the Italian Cultural Institute in Kiev, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and the National Opera of Ukraine, celebrates the 60th […]
Read moreGermany – Books, “The Cyclops” by Paolo Rumiz presented in Germany
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Munich hosts the presentation of “Il ciclope” (“The Cyclops”) by Paolo Rumiz. The book will be presented by the author at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 21 April, at the Italian Cultural Institute on Hermann-Schmid-Straße 8. The chat will be moderated by Andrea Bachstein, a journalist at the Süddeutsche Zeitung, one […]
Read moreConference “Migration and Development”
On Monday, 10 April 2017, the Farnesina hosts the Conference “Migrations and Development”, organised by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency, and to be opened by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro. The main theme of the event and the primary objective of Italian Development Cooperation is uprooting poverty, reducing inequalities, […]
Read moreParis – Nicolò Degiorgis’s ‘Eurotunnel’ to open on 10 April
The exhibition ‘Eurotunnel’ will open in Paris on 10 April. The concept of the exhibition was developed in February, during photographer Nicolò Degiorgis’s artist-in-residence stay at the Italian Cultural Institute in the French capital. The artist conceives the Eurotunnel as a space that is at the same time material and symbolic and that serves to […]
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