Buenos Aires holds exhibition in celebration of Matera
“Matera…. south of Eboli. Photographs by Victoria Troiani” is the title of an exhibition hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) of Buenos Aires from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8. The event coincides with Matera’s designation as European Capital of Culture 2019 (together with Plovdiv) and the annual meeting of the regional committee of “Lucanians […]
Read more“Bike the Nobel” Initiative Arrives in Oslo
Paola Giannotti, the first Italian woman to travel around the world by bicycle and the second ever after Greece’s Juliana Bhuring in 2012, will be in Oslo today for “Bike the Nobel”. The initiative was launched by the Caterpillar programme on RAI Radio 2 to present the candidacy of the world’s most popular two-wheeler […]
Read moreChina – Minister Lorenzin promotes food security cooperation with China
Italy and China have agreed to strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the sector of health and food and nutrition security. Italian Health Minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, had a series of high-level meetings in Beijing during a visit organised by the Italian Embassy in Beijing led by Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi. The day’s agenda opened with an […]
Read moreSudan – Italo-Russian archaeological mission “sets an example”
The discoveries made by an Italo-Russian archaeological mission in the Abu Erteila site in Sudan have aroused great interest. The mission at the site, about 200 kilometres north of Khartoum, is headed by Professor Eugenio Fantusati of the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (IsMEO). Among the finds, of particular significance is a […]
Read moreShanghai – The Consul General commemorates Holocaust victims
“Not forgetting the past is the premise for a better future,” were the words used by Stefano Beltrame, the Italian Consul General in Shanghai, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust at the celebration of the International Remembrance Day in Shanghai. He also mentioned the important role Shanghai played as the last port to remain […]
Read moreLos Angeles – Head of Hades returned to Italy
The Head of Hades, a work of exceptional artistic value that had been looted from the area of Enna, Sicily, during the late 1970s and illegally exported to the United States, where it was sold to the Getty Museum in 1985 for 500,000 dollars, will be returned to Italy. The return was made possible thanks […]
Read moreSudan – Italy takes centre-stage at Khartoum International Fair
Italy is taking centre-stage at the International Fair of Khartoum (IFK). The First Vice President of Sudan, Bakry Hassan Salih, visited the pavilions of the 33rd edition of the Fair and expressed his wish to open the Italian pavilion. Accompanied by Italian ambassador, Fabrizio Lobasso, Vice President Bakry as is customary cut the tricolour ribbon […]
Read moreGuatemala – ‘Avant-Garde XXI’ Exhibition opens
“Avant-garde XXI: Art and fashion in Italy and Guatemala” is the title of an exhibition organised and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Guatemala City, which will run from Feb. 9 to 23. This collective exhibition is a preview of a show that Guatemalan artists and fashion designers will hold in March at […]
Read moreAfrican Union Summit – Minister Gentiloni on mission in Addis Ababa
Human rights, security, migration, fighting radicalism, Libya: these are the items on the agenda of the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa that will be attended by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni today. Minister Gentiloni will also hold bilateral meetings with his African counterparts and with the executives of the AU and IGAD. The event is organised […]
Read moreDEI – USA: Wow Technology amongst the winners of the 2016 International Projects contest
The Italian Wow Technology Group was amongst the winners of the “2016 International Projects” competition launched by the Environmental Management Division of the US Department of Energy (DoE). More specifically, the company based in Este, in the province of Padua, was one of the competition’s ten winning projects. Wow Technology thus obtained financing from the […]
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