Zambia – Italy’s new humanitarian mission
A new Italian humanitarian mission has started in Zambia. Following the success of the initiative launched last February, ten voluntary professionals, coordinated by two heart surgeons, Stefano Marianeschi and Carlo Massini, are currently working at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka to operate on 10 children suffering from serious heart pathologies and to upgrade the […]
Read moreFarnesina assembles ‘Control Centre’ members for Italy’s Internationalisation
“A continuously evolving global scenario, marked by both crises and opportunities, is the backdrop for the interantionalisation process of Italian enterprises. The Farnesina and the Italian government’s foreign policy promote these enterprises, which aim to facilitate growth in international settings, in accordance with the expansion of Italy’s cultural and economic promotion and innovation. I am […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy – 27 October: latest news from around the world
Kuwait: Pizzarotti signs contract to build new maternity hospital Italian construction company Pizzarotti SpA and the Ministry of Public Works of Kuwait have signed a contract for the construction of the “New Maternity Hospital”. It will be a building of over 200,000 square meters for young mothers and newborn babies in need of intensive care. […]
Read moreMozambique – Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival attracts big audiences
The Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival is back and ready to enliven the nights of Maputo. Now at its 12th edition, the musical kermesse is considered a consolidated event that further cements the ties of friendship and cultural exchange between the two countries also by promoting a fruitful interaction between Italian and local musicians. The Festival opening […]
Read moreMalta – Music event with Vincenzo Balzani Piano Recital
The Vincenzo Balzani Piano Recital will be held at Malta’s St. Patrick’s Church in Sliema at 7 p.m. on 29 October. The concert is organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture, in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta, as part of the “Classical Music Stars in Malta” cycle of concerts […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin hosts a retrospective dedicated to Gianni Croce
The retrospective exhibition dedicated to Italian photographer Gianni Croce will open on November 7 at 7:00 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Berlin. The exhibition showcases 100 photographs that Croce shot between 1921 and 1964 in the wake of the Italian and European experimentation trends of the 20th century: not the realism of […]
Read moreBrazil – Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute organise a Solo Exhibition by Salvatore Garau in Brasilia
From Nov. 8 to Dec. 4, Brasilia will experience a new dimension where infinity meets the profound, a dimension at the same time so minute and energising. This is the intensity expressed by the cross-cutting antagonisms that will be on show in Brasilia, with the works of one of Italy’s most complete and original contemporary […]
Read moreChina – Food Safety, 4th Italo-Chinese Dialogue on beef
The Italian Embassy in China confirms its commitment to support Italian agrofood companies interested in accessing the Chinese market. The 4th Italo-Chinese Dialogue on Food Safety took place today in Beijing. It represents an important forum of debate between high-level experts of the Italian Ministry of Health and of the China Food and Drug Administration, […]
Read moreLaunch of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’
Promoting Italy’s culinary tradition abroad as one of the most distinctive features of Brand Italy. This is the aim of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’ initiative which will be presented this morning at Villa Madama. The event intends to provide continuity to the themes successfully developed by Expo Milano 2015 and […]
Read moreRelations between Italy and Japan
Today and tomorrow Rome will play host to two seminars celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan. The seminars, to be respectively held at the Chamber of Deputies and at the Luigi Sturzo Institute, will discuss the economic and political issues that bind the two Countries together. The Italian Foreign Ministry […]
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