Malta – Can we predict earthquakes? An analysis of the earthquake in Central Italy
“Can we predict earthquakes?”: this is the key question that will be posed in the lecture by Sebastiano D’Amico (Department of Geosciences – University of Malta), scheduled for 19 January (at 6:30 p.m.) at the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta. The Association of Italian University Professors and Researchers in Malta (ADURIM) was especially established […]
Read moreChile – Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago offers an introductory course to opera
An introductory course to explore and understand the wonders of opera will be running until January 12 in Santiago, Chile. The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago and the Institute of Advanced Studies (IDEA) of the University of Santiago have jointly organized the course, which is dedicated to a form of art that brings together music, […]
Read moreChile – Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago offers an introductory course to opera
An introductory course to explore and understand the wonders of opera will be running until January 12 in Santiago, Chile. The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago and the Institute of Advanced Studies (IDEA) of the University of Santiago have jointly organized the course, which is dedicated to a form of art that brings together music, […]
Read moreGermany – Cologne to feature the “Vivere alla Ponti” exhibition
On Monday, the Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne will open the exhibition “Vivere alla Ponti” (“Living Ponti’s Way: experiments of household living and architecture for homes and workplaces”). Molteni & C, one of the world’s most renowned interior design companies, together with the Ponti family, has decided to manufacture several projects of pieces furniture designed […]
Read moreIreland – The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin presents a translation of James Joyce
The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin will present the third volume of the Italian translation of James Joyce’s ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ on Friday. A representative of Edizioni Mondadori will introduce the work, to be followed by a conversation in Italian on the theme of untranslatability. The event will be attended by Enrico Terrinoni and Fabio Pedone, the translators […]
Read moreItaly in the UN Security Council – Minister Alfano in New York: “The Mediterranean is our priority”
On 1 January, 2017, Italy began exercising its mandate within the United Nations Security Council. Italy’s agenda will be illustrated to the 15 members of the UNSC by Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, who is in New York to attend Italy’s first UNSC meeting as a non-permanent member. The mandate will last throughout 2017 and will […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy – 9 January: latest news from the world
Mexico introduces fuel price liberalisation The energy regulator has published the fuel liberalisation timetable that will bring to an end the 79-year fuel distribution monopoly by State company Pemex in Mexico. This is one of the most important stages in the energy reform approved in 2013, which will allow the price of fuel to fluctuate, […]
Read moreAlbania – “Studying in Italy 2017”, Italian universities promote their courses in Tirana
“Studying in Italy 2017”, the fifth edition of the Fair of Italian Universities, will be held in Tirana on 31 March and 1 April. The event, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Tirana, aims at promoting the Italian academic system by setting up stands and organising presentations […]
Read moreSwitzerland – La Fenice Philharmonic Orchestra on tour in Swiss theatres
La Fenice Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing in the most prestigious Swiss theatres of Geneva, Lucerne and Zürich, performing music by Rossini, Wagner and Rachmaninov. The concerts – also advertised on the website of the Italian Institute in Zurich – will take place on 15 January at the Victoria Hall, Geneva (6:00 p.m.), on 16 January […]
Read moreConference of Scientific Attachés opens at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the presence of Minister Alfano and Minister Fedeli
There is a part of Italy that produces high quality innovation and is celebrated around the world, and could be promoted further. Based on this premise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will host a new edition of the Conference of Scientific Attachés on 9 and 10 January, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
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