China – Italian driver sets record on the most hazardous road in the world
With the amazing time of 10 minutes and 31 seconds, Italian driver Fabio Barone broke the world’s record speed on the “Tianmen Mountain Road”, in China’s Hunan Province, known as the most dangerous road in the world. Fabio Barone was awarded the winner’s trophy by the Italian Consul Laura Egoli, who attended the Roman-born pilot’s […]
Read moreBrazil – Infrastructure and energy companies meet
Some seventy Italian and Brazilian entrepreneurs met in Brazil to discuss partnership opportunities in the infrastructure and energy market. The event, organized by “Banco do Brasil S.A.” and the Italian Embassy in Brazil in conjunction with the Brazilian Chamber of the Construction Industry (CBIC), was attended, among others, by Brazilian interim Minister of Planning, Development and […]
Read moreUSA, 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists shown online
As of today, it is possible to admire online 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists from 39 museums in the United States. The artists span from Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio to Modigliani, Stradivarius and Canova. The “Italian Treasures in the U.S.” online gallery can be seen on the site www.ItalyinUS.org, which displays a vast and […]
Read moreGermany – “The Human Side” by Francesca Picchi explains the relationship between designer and industry
One of the keys of the success of Italy’s post-war design was having designed an industrial product like a cultural product. This humanistic approach was expressed through a dialectic relationship between the emerging Italian industry and the post-war generation of designers: a generation of intellectuals committed to changing the state of affairs. “The Human Side”, […]
Read moreANCE Report 2016
Today the ANCE Report 2016 on the presence of Italian construction companies in the world will be presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.The event, which is organised by the Foreign Ministry in partnership with ANCE – NationalAssociation of Construction Companies, will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]
Read more“Postcards from the Other Italy” – In the heart of Europe to build a future
Jacopo, 27, has a degree in Political Science and is in Brussels in order to add zest to his curriculum. He is the interviewee of this new episode of “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 […]
Read moreColombia – Architects and engineers on show in Ibaguè
“Italian Architects and Engineers in Colombia” is the title of an exhibition sponsored by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Bogotá recently opened in Ibaguè. The exhibition will run until 23 October. The aim of the exhibition is to give an overview of the contributions of Italian architects and engineers: Battista […]
Read moreBulgaria – The artistic history of Sofia told by Angela Occhipinti
The solo exhibition “Il mondo del mito e la spiritualità tra passato e presente” (“The World of Myth and Spirituality of the Past and Present”) by Italian artist Angela Occhipinti, an icon of Italy’s contemporary art scene, will run at Sofia’s National History Museum until 16 October. Organised by the city’s Italian Cultural Institute in […]
Read moreCzech Republic – Mario Ferrante on show in Prague
A solo exhibition by Mario Ferrante, “L’amore al tempo delle stelle cadenti,” will open in Prague at the Italian Cultural Institute on 6 October at 6:00 p.m. The catalogue of the exhibition, which will run until 30 October, features contributions by Aldo Amati (Ambassador of Italy to the Czech Republic), Giovanni Sciola (Director of the Italian […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy – Argentina: National Production Plan presented at Investment Forum
The ‘Plan Nacional de Produccion’ (National Production Plan) presented by the Minister of Production, Francesco Cabrera, focuses on the following areas: investing in infrastructure, tax reforms, streamlining and removing barriers to investment, defending competition and transparency, reducing the cost of funds, bolstering the labour market and integrating innovation and technology in the production system. The […]
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