Italian cuisine master class hosted by Embassy
The kitchens of the Italian Embassy in London will be hosting a master class by the Federazione Italiana Cuochi (Italian Federation of Chefs). The class will be held by Francesco Mazzei, President of the Federation’s British delegation and chef at the Sartoria restaurant; Danilo Cortellini, Deputy President and chef at the Embassy; and Guglielmo Arnulfo, […]
Read moreTirana – Cinema: an Albanian showcase for Italian short films
The 13th International Film Festival, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, is taking place in the Albanian capital and runs until 5 November 2015. This year the event includes a programme of Italian short films curated by the Italian Short Film Centre, featuring some of the most successful Italian shorts from 2014 and […]
Read moreLa Scala’s String Quartet performs at the Glyptotek
Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum provided a splendid setting for a performance by the string quartet of La Scala theatre in Milan. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Copenhagen Metro Team, the event featured music by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Petr Ilic Tschaikovsky. The performers were Francesco Manara and Daniele Pascoletti […]
Read moreDEI – UAE: Memorandum of Understanding on halal certification signed
During the 5th Joint Italy-United Arab Emirates Commission a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Italian National Accreditation Body (Accredia) and the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA) on cooperation on the accreditation of halal certification bodies. The Memorandum was signed on 20 October 2015. The agreement is the first of its kind […]
Read moreTriennale di Milano will support economic recovery, says Gentiloni
The 21st International Exposition of the Triennale di Milano “will be a way to support the recovery of our economy. It will also help us recover confidence in our ability to attract foreign investment, in our export system, and in the possibility that the country, its businesses, its institutions, its reforms and its civil society […]
Read moreEarthquake on Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Italian development cooperation earmarks emergency funding of 500,000 euro for International Red Cross.
Roma – Italian development cooperation has decided to allocate multilateral emergency funding of 500,000 euro to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help the communities hit by the earthquake in the vast region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 300 died in the earthquake and over 2000 people were injured. The Italian cooperation […]
Read moreSan Francisco – The Italian Cultural Institute re-opens with an exhibition by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco is opening its doors again in grand style, in its new premises at Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F. To celebrate the re-opening, the Institute has organised a reception andexhibition of artworks (many of them never displayed before) by Italian-American Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Now 96 years old, […]
Read moreASEM – Seminar at the Farnesina to support SMEs in Europe and Asia
Italy’s commitment to the development of cooperation between European and Asian countries continues. In this light, an international seminar on “Access to Finance for SMEs in Europe and Asia” will be taking place at the Farnesina on 29 and 30 October 2015. The event is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]
Read moreBeijing – European Union Film Festival opens its doors
The 8th European Union Film Festival, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, has opened. Films being screened range from “Happy Together” by the Czech director, Sasha Dlouhy, to “Kung Fury” by Sweden’s David Sandberg. The festival director is Peter Sallade, while the films were selected by Gianluigi Perrone. Read more, in Italian.
Read morePrague – Cecchi Paone is special guest at Italian Language Week
Television journalist Alessandro Cecchi Paone was the special guest at the events held in the Czech Republic to celebrate the 15th Italian Language in the World Week. Cecchi Paone gave a lecture on “Radiotelevisione, allaricerca del servizio pubblico perduto” and held a class at the Charles University in Prague, on “Tradizione e vantaggi della lingua […]
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