Brazil: Government announces major plan for transport sector permits
The governor of the State of Sao Paulo, Gerardo Alckmin, announced a major concessions plan for the State’s transport and mobility sector valued at more than 3 billion euro, naming the following priority sectors: airports, inter-urban bus lines, motorways and metro lines. The five airport concessions concerned include: Antonio Ribeiro Noronha Jr. (Itanhaem), Gasto Madeira […]
Read moreItaly-Mexico – Striving for more cooperation
Italy and Mexico are working together to strengthen bilateral cooperation on various fronts. To that end, our ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, was recently received by the president of the Mexican Senate Roberto Gil Zuarth for a meeting on principal bilateral concerns and the reinforcement of the two countries’ strategic collaboration. The ambassador also […]
Read moreOttawa – Italian ambassador to Canada visits FCA plant
Italian ambassador to Canada Gian Lorenzo Cornado made a visit to the FCA assembly plant in Windsor, Canada, where he was received by FCA Canada president Lori Shalhoub and plant director Michael Brieda. Cornado praised the FCA’s extraordinary success in the crucial automotive sector not only within the Canadian and North American framework but also […]
Read moreEcuador – Two FIE-funded projects completed
A delegation from the Embassy of Italy in Ecuador, the Italo-Ecuadorian Fund (FIE) and the Chancery of that Latin American country visited the Province of Carchi, an area at the border of Colombia where the FIE has funded a seriesof initiatives. The area has been afflicted for years by chronic instability as a result of […]
Read moreCartoline dall’altra Italia – The “spatial” brain that made it in Russia
His is not a question of a brain on the run but of one on the road: a professional track that led him to Russia by way of the United States. After completing a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics at MIT in Boston, in 2012 thirty-year-old Romanian born Alessandro Golkar moved to Moscow to become […]
Read moreDei – Canada: BC Hydro chooses Peace River Hydro Partners for dam project
BC Hydro, Canada’s state-run energy monopoly in British Columbia, selected the Peace River Hydro Partners consortium as its preferred proponent for the main contract for the construction of the “Site C” system of hydroelectric dams. The project is valued at an overall 6 billion euro and once installed will have a capacity of 1100 MW. […]
Read moreAmsterdam – Francesco Candeloro’s “Other Lights” charmes Holland
Venetian artist Francesco Candeloro opens his exhibition “Other Lights” on Saturday 5 December at the Red Stamp Gallery of Amsterdam. Designed especially for the exhibition the piece “Suspensions of Light (Amsterdam)” is dedicated to the Dutch capital and belongs to a series of works on skylines that the artist was able to capture photographically while […]
Read moreMusic Diplomacy – The 49th instalment of “Diplomazia e dintorni” airs on Radio LUISS on Tuesday December 1st
The theme of the 49th instalment of “Diplomazia e dintorni” is “Music Diplomacy”, and will air on Radio LUISS on Tuesday December 1st. Music has always been considered a means for fostering understanding among peoples, a common language that facilitates communication and is therefore capable of bridging the differences between cultures and traditions. It can […]
Read moreLisbon – The Triennale di Milano leaves for Portugal
The Triennale di Milano will be in Lisbon from 2 April to 12 September 2016 with “21st Century, Design After Design”. Thanks to an institutional synergy involving Italy (Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute and the Triennale itself) and Portugal (the Mude, the Esad and curators of the ‘Objects after Objects’ projects), however, a preview […]
Read moreItaly – Cuba: Collaboration growing thanks to culture
The two main themes of the 18th edition of Italian Culture Week in Cuba are the National Art Schools of Havana (designed by Cuban architect Ricardo Porro and two Italians, Vittorio Garatti and Roberto Gottardi) and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The event has been organised by the Italian embassy in Cuba along with the local Ministry […]
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