UN tender – an opportunity for Italian companies in Geneva
Italian companies can submit their expression of interest until October 14 for the awarding of the construction contract for a new office building for the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG). As the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva pointed out, UNOG will soon launch tenders in the field of civil […]
Read moreItaly takes centre stage at Washington Book Festival
Italy scored an extraordinary success at the 2016 National Book Festival, organised by the Library of Congress and held on September 24 at the Washington Convention Centre. Over 220,000 people visited the festival in one day. Two events put Italy under the spotlight this year. First, a special panel in the international section of the […]
Read moreIsrael – The Basilica of Bethlehem, a docufilm to show Italian restoration work
The documentary “Restaurare il cielo” (Restoring Heaven) tells the story of the epochal restoration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. It shows the work of a group of Italian restorers that has been working on the recovery and the protection of the Church, a monument enshrined as a World Human Heritage site. The […]
Read moreThe Netherlands – Amsterdam hosts a course on Italian design
The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam organised a round of six panels on the “History of Italian Design from the Post-War Years to Today”. The initiative is part of the 16th Italian Language Week in the World, whose theme this year is fashion and design. Marco Nember, founder and director of Fondazione Blue439, conducted the […]
Read moreSlovakia – “Viva Italia!” ends with a concert
The exhibition, “Viva Italia! Italian Art of the 20th and 21st centuries,” sponsored by Slovak Minister of Culture, Marek Madaric, and Mayor of Bratislava, Ivo Nesrovnal, is about to end after running for three months in the prestigious Civic Gallery in Bratislava. A musical finissage by clarinetist Nicola Sulfonet, composer Davide Pitis, and performer Paolo Albani will take place […]
Read moreRussian Federation – Photo exhibition to celebrate Italian cinema
A photographic exhibition celebrating Italian cinema, “Viva l’Italia! Il cinema made in Italy visto dall’obiettivo di Angelo Frontoni” (Viva l’Italia! Italian cinema through the lens of Angelo Frontoni), is about to open in Moscow at the Manege, a historical palace across from the Kremlin. The exhibition, taking place from October 3 to October 8, is […]
Read moreUSA – A “Cover Revolution!” hits the publishing world
A revolution is underway across Italian bookshops: in recent years, a wind of change has swept across the shelves where historical fiction collections used to be displayed. Many publishing houses asked a group of world-renowned Italian illustrators with a very original style to reinvent book covers. The Italian Cultural Institute in New York organised the […]
Read moreInnovation Week opens in Trieste
The Macro-Regional Innovation Week (26-30 September), organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and Trieste’ AREA Science Park, will look at the Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and Alpine macroregions. Over 70 speakers and 250 participants, of which 80 are young people from the Western Balkans, will participate in different seminars and workshops during the Week. They will contribute […]
Read moreFarnesina hosts debate on the challenges to European security
On 29 and 30 September the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the 9th “Transatlantic Security Symposium” dedicated to “Europe’s Security Governance and Transatlantic Relations”, organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) with the support of the MAECI, the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO, the United States Embassy, the Compagnia di […]
Read moreJapan – Italy-Japan: “Fascination” of Italy” exhibition and conference in Kyoto
“The Fascination of Italy: Perceptions and Images of Contemporary Japan” is the title of the conference scheduled for 1 October in Kyoto to wind up this year’s numerous celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italian-Japanese relations. The meeting – sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Japan and organised by the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, the […]
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