Dei – USA: SEC approves implementing rules on equity crowdfunding
The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued the implementing regulations to foster access by small businesses to the capital markets through instruments such as equity crowdfunding. For the first time, it will be possible at federal level to issue securities to small investors through specialised internet portals. The new rules aim to provide small businesses […]
Read moreFarnesina: Intellectual property, Chinese delegation in Rome
Meetings at the Farnesina with the main institutions and business associations working to combat counterfeiting and digital piracy China looks to Italy as an example in the protection of intellectual property, as evidenced by a visit to Rome by a delegation from the legal affairs office of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic […]
Read moreAmsterdam – “The Netherlands for Beginners”: advice and suggestions for life in the land of tulips and happiness
The Dutch labour market is profoundly different from Italy’s. So, with the aim of providing advice to young Italian emigrants, the Committee for Italians Abroad (Com.It.Es) at The Hague, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam, has organised an event entitled “The Netherlands for Beginners”. The event enjoys the patronage and support of […]
Read moreNew York – Olivetti, 50 years of Italian innovation on display in the Big Apple
Olivetti will be taking part in an exhibition in New York entitled “Make in Italy – The Exhibition” and running from 13 to 25 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. The company, which produced P101, the first personal computer conceived by Pier Giorgio Perotto, will also be presenting the new 3D-S2 printer. Designed for digital […]
Read moreHelsinki – Italian start-ups at Slush, a global showcase for innovation
Italian innovation will be showcased in Helsinki, where 20 of our start-ups and accelerators will be taking part in “Slush”, a two-day event featuring big global names from the ICT and digital worlds. This is the first time Italy has taken part, with a pavilion supported by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by a […]
Read moreItaly has been re-elected to the UNESCO Executive Council for its fifth consecutive mandate
Italy was re-elected today, 11 November 2015, for its fifth consecutive mandate as member of the Executive Council of UNESCO. The election took place during the 38th meeting of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The election saw Italy and Greece winning the highest number of votes – 165 from 186 voters – from the western […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation has allocated a further 2 million euro for Syrian refugees
Italian Development Cooperation has allocated new funding of two million euro to help Syrian refugees housed in camps in Jordan and Lebanon. The emergency funding is part of Italy’s humanitarian aid plan for the Syrian crisis, which for 2015 amounts to about 20 million euro, making a total of nearly 79 million since the start […]
Read moreArte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio
This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair. Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]
Read moreAfghanistan – Support for the international community against the growing threat posed by Da’esh, says Gentiloni
The international community’s commitment in Afghanistan should be aiming to “close the last chapters of a story that has gone on for 12-13 years. It should also be aiming to tackle a threat that in part is new, most notably the growth of Da’esh, and to manage migration, given that this year Afghanistan has become […]
Read moreRabat – Castiglioni unveils Italian excellence in design
Excellence in Italian design will be unveiled by architect Piero Castiglioni at a lecture in Rabat, in Morocco, entitled “Luce-Architettura, la luce in-visibile”. Castiglioni will illustrate projects where lighting plays an important part, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the […]
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