Lima – “Il tempo di alzare lo sguardo”
Gea Casolaro’s exhibition entitled “Il tempo di alzare lo sguardo” was especially designed for Peru, beginning with its title, taken from a song by Ce’sar Calvo and Chabuca Granda. The event will take place at the Galeria Mario Sironi from 23 to 27 November and has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima. […]
Read moreTokyo – From baroque to jazz, Italians in concert
Italian artists conquered the musical scene in Tokyo with 90 minutes of performances ranging from baroque to contemporary classical to pop and jazz music, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute. The event concluded with an unplanned performance in which Danilo Rea offered a Japanese version of the Italian song “parole, parole”. Read more, in Italian
Read moreMoscow – “Studying in Italy” fair gets under way in Russia
The 4th edition of the “Studying in Italy” educational fair opens tomorrow in Russia at Moscow’s Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel. The event, which each year attracts over 2,500 visitors, moves on to St. Petersburg on Sunday and, for the first time ever, will make stops in Kazakhstan (20 October in Amaty and 21 October in […]
Read more“Better data, better lives” – MFAIC and the 2nd World Statistics Day
“Better data, better lives”. This is the theme of the 2nd World Statistics Day (20 October 2015) called by the UN General Assembly, in which the MFAIC will be a participant, convinced of the strategic role in official statistical data in sustainable development policies.“Better Data, Better Lives” is the title of the 5th Italian Day, […]
Read more15th Italian Language in the World Week – For a week, the world will speak and sing in Italian
The “Italian Language in the World Week”, now in its 15th edition, will run from 19 to 24 October 2015. This event, which takes place in the third week of October each year, is central to the promotion of the Italian language abroad. The “Week” is a collaboration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Read moreWorld Food day – Chinese-Italian dialogue in Beijing
Food security, the quality of agri-food production and consumers’ health are topics on which Italian and China have developed a fruitful relationship. A relationship that will be reinvigorated in Beijing on 16 October 2015 with the “3rd Chinese-Italian Dialogue on Food Security”, marking World Food Day. Organised by the Italian Embassy in China in collaboration […]
Read moreLisbon – A reading with music: “La strage dei congiuntivi” on tour
Contaminated by English, threatened by WhatsApp icons and ill-treated by text-speak, the Italian language seems increasingly under threat. But it’s time to celebrate our language worldwide. For the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, which runs from 19 to 24 October 2015, the theme is “The Italian of Music, the Music of Italian”. Lisbon […]
Read moreMoscow – Italian design at WorldWide to consolidate its leading position
Saloni WorldWide Moscow, a key home furnishing and design trade show for Russia and neighbouring countries, will see a strong Italian presence of 280 out of 335 participating companies. Now in its 11th edition, Saloni WorldWide Moscow runs until Saturday 17 October. The Italian presence was organised by ICE-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FederlegnoArredo. […]
Read moreFarnesina – Istituto Sant’Anna and Foreign Ministry to sign agreement
The Farnesina’s Legal Affairs Service is to sign a framework agreement with the Institute of Law, Politics and Development at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, headed by Andreas De Guttry. The agreement, which will be signed tomorrow 16 October 2015, is intended to intensify the Farnesina’s presence in the Italian academic world, in the […]
Read morePrague – Valensise in mission to Prague for institutional meetings
The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, has visited Prague for meetings with a number of Czech institutions, including in light of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s participation in the forthcoming Visegrad Group summit in mid-November. As the Italian Embassy in Prague reports, Valensise met the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Jakub Kulhanek, and the […]
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