The Netherlands: global players selected for ABN AMRO privatisation
ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley will be the global players in the privatisation process of the same ABN AMRO. The announcement was made by Netherlands Financial Investments (NLFI), the public holding controlled by the Finance Ministry and owner of the entire share capital of the ABN AMRO and SNS REAAL banks. The Ministry […]
Read morePeru – Italian archaeologists and intellectuals in the spotlight
“Archeologi e intellettuali italiani in Peru” is the title of a book published by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima and presented by Antonio Aimi at the 20th international Book Fair in the Peruvian capital. It features an analysis of the work of Italian travellers, intellectuals and religious who left their mark on the history […]
Read moreParaguay: Beta Studio wins consultancy project for recovery of Lake Ypacarai
Beta Studio, in association with the Thetis engineering company, has won a contract worth about 1 million dollars for consultancy services for the reclamation of Lake Ypacarai, an important natural and tourism resource for Paraguay. The project is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. The Padua-based engineering company, which provides advice and technical services for […]
Read moreChile – A personal show in August featuring works by Alejandra Rojas Contreras
The paintings of Italian-Chilean artist Alejandra Rojas Contreras will be on display in Santiago from 6 to 29 August at a personal exhibition entitled “Algo Pendiente”. The exhibition was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile. Algo Pendiente is the second exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural […]
Read moreMontreal – Canadian jazz meets Italian folk: Sicilian Jazz Project and Pilar
Canada’s Sicilian Jazz Project will be performing with Italian singer Ilaria Patassini, known as Pilar, at the “Pilar and the Sicilian Jazz Project” concert on Saturday 1 August 2015. The concert, sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, will take place at the Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts in Ottawa. The event is […]
Read morePoland: Salini-Impregilo and Astaldi win two contracts
Salini-Impregilo and Astaldi have won two important contracts in Poland. Salini-Impregilo will work on the planning and construction of a 20.27 kilometre stretch of the A1 motorway south of Warsaw near the city of Katowice. The contract is worth about 170 million euro and works will last for 33 months. Astaldi, with its Turkish partner […]
Read moreCartoline dall’altra Italia: From Salerno to Dundee – the biologist fighting tumours
Laura Spinelli is a biologist from Campania Region. Aged 33, since 2008 she has lived in Dundee, in Scotland, where she works as a cancer research scientist currently specialising in tumour suppressors. Dr Spinelli is featured in the latest instalment of “Cartoline dall’altra Italia”, the web series produced by the 9colonne media agency with support […]
Read moreShanghai – Works by Andy Warhol and Mimmo Rotella shown together for the first
Andy Warhol and Mimmo Rotella will be shown together for the first time in the “You are art – Andy Warhol + Mimmo Rotella Art Exhibition” in Shanghai. Organised by the MetaMorfosi Cultural Association and Shanghai’s Resource Valley IMC in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition will run for 3 months and feature […]
Read moreUruguay – Celebrating the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with “Sudamericanamente”
The history of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Latin America in the early years of the 20th century is the theme of the “Sudamericanamente” exhibition being held in Montevideo from 15 August to 18 October 2015. The event is being organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Uruguayan capital and by the archive […]
Read moreRio de Janeiro – Discovering Edoardo Demartino: from sailor to court painter
Seascapes and naval battles painted with remarkable realism, in an exhibition featuring sailor-turned-artist Edoardo Demartino that runs until 20 September 2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Hosted by the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), the exhibition was organised by MNBA and IBRAM/MinC and the Diretoria do Patrimonio Historico e Documentação da Marinha in collaboration with […]
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