Czech Republic – Italy bring 3 films to the European Film Festival
All eyes are on Italy at the 22nd edition of the European Film Festival under way in the Czech Republic, which continues through 16 April in Prague and moves to Brno from the 17th to the 20th. Italy’s three entries are Michele Alhaique’s ‘Senza nessuna pieta”, Daniele Gaglianone’s ‘La mia classe’, and Paolo Sorrentino’s award-winning […]
Read moreDei – Korea: EU-Korea Innovation Day in Seoul, focus on science and technology cooperation
Korea: EU-Korea Innovation Day in Seoul, focus on science and technology cooperation Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and Korea was at the centre of the EU-Korea Innovation Day organised by the Delegation of the European Union and the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, which was held on 25 march in Seoul. […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – The Genoa Aquarium “Teaches”
President of the Casa America Foundation of Genoa Roberto Speciale, and Costa Edutainment leader Giovanni Battista Costa flew to Argentina on a mission aimed at introducing the authorities of the city of Buenos Aires to the experience of the Genoa Aquarium, whose creation contributed to the relaunch of that Ligurian city in the early 1990s. […]
Read moreDiplomazia e Dintorni – 13th segment dedicated to “Writer Diplomats”
Radio Luiss will air a new segment of the Stefano Bald-conducted programme “Diplomazia e Dintorni” at 20:00 on Tuesday 14 April. The segment will feature a series of interventions by writer-diplomats that originally took place in the context of a cultural event devoted to publications by diplomats. This first part will include Gaetano Cortese, Marco […]
Read moreOman – Italian high fashion lecture and show
Italian high fashion took centre stage in Oman, where the embassy organised two promotional events. The first was a lecture on the evolution of Italian fashion since the 1950s by Guillermo Mariotto, Creative Director of the Maison Gattinoni, and the other a fashion show featuring the maison’s 2015 Spring-Summer collection. Both were for the benefit […]
Read moreAnkara – Turkish debut for Italian robot pianist
Italian robot pianist “Teo Tronico” and pedal keyboard played by Roberto Prasseda made their Turkish debut in Ankara, accompanied by the Orkestra Akademik Baskent conducted by Ertug Korkmaz. The event was a joint effort by the Italian Embassy in Ankara, Institute of Culture of Istanbul, the Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation and the University of Baskent, […]
Read moreDei – Kazakhstan: Italcementi signs MoU for Shymkent plant
Shymkentcement/Italcementi signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the local government of Shymkent, capital of the South Kazakhstan Region, involving the Italian firm’s commitment to maintain current employment levels for the next 2 years. The plant is working on modernising, with an overall investment of 100 million euro, for the transition of 4 production lines dating […]
Read moreDiplomacy to the aid of Italian publishers around the world
“Le lingue per lo Strega” is a travelogue of the Italian language through the languages of the world, and is the title of a collection of translations in various languages of the openings of the 12 finalists for the 2014 Strega Prize for best novel. The idea came out of a collaboration between BooksinItaly, the […]
Read moreGentiloni in Nairobi, alarm for the world’s Christians
One week on from the massacre at the University of Garissa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni flew to Kenya because in the face of the cruel murder of 148 persons, for the most part Christian students, “it is, first of all, important to be thre and bear witness to Italy’s solidarity”. […]
Read moreTirana – Italy and Albania working together for the ‘Palace of Brigades’
A conference on the history, the current state and the potential of the “Palace of Brigades”, built with the help of Italian architects, will take place on Monday 13 April 2015 in Tirana. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Institute of Cultural Monuments in Tirana, in collaboration with the […]
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