Madrid – Italian Culture Institute showcases Italian excellence at ARCOMadrid
The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) participated in the 35th edition of the contemporary ARCOMadrid art fair with an exhibition entitled “Illustrations for Children: Italian Excellence”. The exhibition, co-organised by the Bologna Childrens’ Book Fair and the Italian Institute of Culture in Madrid, was included in the fair’s programme of collateral activities. The Madrid Institute […]
Read moreFarnesina: Uni-Italia Conference on Marco Polo and Turandot programmes
The Uni-Italia annual conference was held today on 1 March 2016 in the International Conference Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The conference is dedicated to the two governmental programmes called “Marco Polo” and “Turandot”, created respectively in 2006 and 2009, in order to attract Chinese students to Italian universities and […]
Read moreMaestro Ennio Morricone is honoured with an Oscar award
Italian composer Ennio Morricone won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’. ” I dedicate this award and this score to my wife Maria,” Morricone said while accepting the Oscar onstage before an audience who gave him a long standing ovation. “There isn’t a great soundtrack […]
Read moreDEI – Mozambique: Government approves Eni’s development plan for the Coral gas field
The Mozambique government has approved Eni’s plan of development (POD) for the Coral gas field regarding the construction and installation of an offshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the first on the African continent. About 8 billion dollars will be invested in the project and production should begin in 2020. The approval of the […]
Read moreDiplomazia e Dintorni – ‘Being a European Diplomat’ – The 52nd episode to be aired on Radio Luiss on Tuesday, March 1
The 52nd episode of “Diplomazia e Dintorni”, entitled “Being a European diplomat. Part I”, will be aired on Radio Luiss on Tuesday, March 1 at 8 p.m. The star guests in this episode will be three foreign diplomats on visit at the Farnesina through the European Diplomatic Program: Dario Jovic and Johannes Andreasson (Sweden) and […]
Read moreItaly-Brazil: focus on port sector opportunities
The port sector was the focus of the third meeting of the Italy-Brazil bilateral Working Group on investments, after the first two meetings held last December, which discussed energy, airports and motorways. During the meeting Brazilian Port Minister, Helder Barbalho, made an articulate presentation in which he outlined in detail the upcoming tenders and related […]
Read moreChina – Milan Furniture Fair arrives in Shanghai
The Milan Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile di Milano) is being staged in Shanghai from Nov. 19 to 21 at the 4,000 square-metre Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, told reporters at the presentation press conference: “History, tradition, research and innovation are the key words for the success of Italian design. The Chinese market […]
Read moreBaghdad – Carabinieri hold cultural heritage protection course in Iraq
Italy has launched the first Cultural Heritage Protection course in Iraq. It is held in Baghdad by the Carabinieri for the staff of the Iraqi ministries of Interior and Culture. The course was opened by Iraq’s Minister of Culture, Fryad Rawandozi, and Italian Ambassador, Marco Carnelos, at the Al Nahrain Centre for Strategic Studies in […]
Read moreThe Hague – Pioneers and new migrants: Stories of 1,001 Italians in the Netherlands
Nineteenth century chimney sweeps, ditch diggers, figure painters and ice-cream makers, together with today’s miners and workers, university teachers and researchers, scientists, expatriates and transmigrants are all portrayed in “1,001 Italians. History and Stories of Italians in the Netherlands” a book written by Daniela Tasca in Italian. It is the first organic study of the contribution […]
Read moreHargeisa – Sant’Anna-Maeci: Italy spearheads peace efforts in Somalia
“The course confirms its topicality but also the need to support, through targeted training courses, the African personnel in professionally managing the crisis and the post-war reconstruction efforts,” said Andrea de Guttry, full professor of international law, the Rector’s delegate for high-level training activities and Director of the Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica, Sviluppo) of the […]
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