Cape Town – Italian Film Focus, an opportunity for Italian cinema in South Africa
The 16th edition of the Italian Film Focus (IFF) will be held in Cape Town from 22 to 27 November. The Festival is the fruit of a long-standing cooperation between the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, the Associazione Controluce and the Labia Theatre. It aims to offer South African film-lovers and […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 november: latest news from the world
USA: 90 Italian companies at the Chicago Pack Expo 2016 Chicago hosted the 2016 edition of the Pack Expo, the largest biennial American trade fair for packaging technology, machinery and material, with a section devoted to food and prescription drug packaging technologies, in which over 90 Italian companies participated. At the Expo, a study conducted […]
Read moreThe promotion of Brand Italy abroad also leverages football
The signing of the Cooperation Programme between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in Milan today, officialised the cooperation between the two organisations, which is grounded on four strategic pillars: the Foreign Ministry’s support for the candidacies of Italy as the venue for football events; capitalising on […]
Read moreUndersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, begins mission in Australia
Undersecretary of State Vincenzo Amendola started off his Australian mission today in Sydney’s Club Marconi where he met the representatives of the Italian community together with the Club’s President Vincenzo Foti and the members of the Board. Later in the morning Mr Amendola visited the SWIAA nursing home, where he addressed a special greeting to […]
Read moreIran – 25 Lombard companies in Teheran for business seminar
The Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture of Tehran will host the “Iran-Lombardy Region Business Seminar” organised for 25 Lombardy enterprises, to be attended by the deputy governor of the Lombardy Region, Fabrizio Sala, and the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Mauro Conciatori. Federico Bega, director of Promos, an agency of Milan’s Chamber of Commerce […]
Read moreSouth Africa – Emilia Romagna unveiled in Pretoria between food and music
“Cucina all’Opera – Musica e Cibo in Emilia Romagna” (“Cooking at the Opera – Music and Food in Emilia Romagna”) is the title of the book that will be presented on 23 November in Pretoria. For the first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World – which will kick off on the 21st and end on […]
Read moreFrance – Paris stages the event “Recounting Venice: Six Contemporary Writers Grapple with the ‘Serenissima’”
The event “Recounting Venice: Six Contemporary Writers Grapple with the ‘Serenissima’” will be held in Paris on Tuesday 22 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. Every year MEET (Maison des Écrivains Et Traducteurs) organizes the Saint-Nazaire International literary meeting, which invites two cities and their writers to talk about their towns. The literary director of […]
Read morePostcards from the other Italy – Italian sustainable luxury in Dubai
An Italian lady from Rome who lives in the capital of luxury: Michela Simone, 39, made this choice eleven years ago, as she told “Postcards from the other Italy”, the web series produced by the news agency ‘9colonne’ with the support of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign […]
Read moreAustralia – Viva Rossini! 2016 cycle of screenings of Gioachino Rossini’s Operas is back
The second season of the Viva Rossini! 2016 cycle, has come to its fifth and last 2016 screening. The initiative, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sydney in conjunction with the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival- ROF, presented a selection of movies of operas by the famous Italian composer from Pesaro. Matilde of Shabran, or Beauty and […]
Read moreUnited Kingdom – Italian Consulate in London hosts panel to discuss civil partnerships
Senator Monica Cirinnà will be at the Italian Consulate in London next 14 November to participate in a conference entitled “Ieri. Oggi. Domani” (“Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow”) which will debate the issue of civil partnerships and the rights of LGBTIs. The Italian law on civil partnerships and cohabitations passed this year bears the Senator’s name. The […]
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