Italy and Mexico intensify cultural cooperation
Italy is bolstering its cooperation with Mexico in the field of culture. Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Luigi Maccotta, recently had a long and cordial meeting with the Secretary of Culture, Maria Cristina García Cepeda. The Ambassador was accompanied by the director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City, Marco Marica, and by the […]
Read moreItaly at the Shanghai International Film Festival
Anybody who knows the Shanghai International Film Festival (abbreviated as SIFF) knows that it is one of Asia’s major film festivals. This year the Festival, celebrating its twentieth edition, will run from 17 to 26 June in all the city’s major cinema theatres. Italy too will be reserved a space for its exlusive use. This […]
Read moreMission in Belgium of the Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Maria Vignali
Director General Vignali met with the Presidents of the Comites of the Consular District of Brussels and Genk (Raffaele Napolitano and Antonio Enna, respectively), the President of the Comites of Mons, Ezio D’Orazio, along with the members of the CGIE elected in Belgium (Eleonora Medda and Fernando Marzo) and the staff of the consular chancery. The mission […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy 12 June: latest news from the world
Australia: Government annunces the “Brisbane Metro” project The Government has announced the “Brisbane Metro” project to build two new lines in Brisbane. Although the project envisages the expansion and upgrade of the “Busways”, the city’s fast track bus network, it is no less significant than if it concerned real metro lines. The first phase of […]
Read moreBrazil – Italy takes part in the Vitoria Stone Fair
Italy was one of the exhibitors at the 43rd Vitória Stone Fair – Marmomacc Latin America event from 4 to 8 June this year. The Fair is one of the leading global events dedicated to marble and natural stone. Our ambassador in Brasilia, Antonio Bernardini, attended the opening ceremony along with a number of Italian […]
Read moreAustria – Festival of Music, Italy in Austria with the music of Bellini, Mozart and Rossini
Francesca Dego (violin) and Francesca Leonardi (piano) are preparing to perform in Vienna for the European Festival of Music. The two promising Italian talents, with a back catalogue of recordings for the prestigious German record label Deutsce Grammophon, which specialises in the production of classical music recordings – will give a concert at 7.00 p.m. […]
Read moreExhibitions, all eyes on Enrico Prampolini’s drawings
Enrico Prampolini was a painter, sculptor, scenographer, choreographer, architect and designer, an artist who created advertising, posters, photo-montages and large scale murals. His aim, as he said himself, was to express the extreme latitudes of the introspective world. Poland is paying tribute to him today by hosting an exhibition – with the support of the […]
Read moreUndersecretary Della Vedova at the Expo inauguration in Astana
The International Expo in Astana, the first Expo after the Universal one in Milan in 2015, is dedicated to the theme of “Energy of the Future” and will be open to the public from 10 June to 10 September 2017. There will be 115 countries and 22 international organisations participating. The official opening ceremony on 9 […]
Read moreAlfano: “We are following with great concern the evolution of the relations between the member countries of the Gulf Coopertion Council (GCC)”
“We are following with great concern the development of the relations between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)”. These are the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, with regard to the current tensions in the Gulf region. The Minister added: “We reaffirm the need to stop this […]
Read moreItaly-Montenegro bilaterali consultations on consular matters
Italy-Montenegro bilateral consultations on consular matters were held today at the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The meeting was attended by Montenegro’s delegation led by the acting Director General for Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Montenegro and also by the […]
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