Uruguay – Italian films feature in Montevideo
Uruguay’s International Film Festival, now in its 33rd edition, begins today, 1 April and runs until 12 April 2015. Italy will be taking part with a number of films including “L’intervallo”, by Leonardo Di Costanzo (2012) and “Gli equilibristi” by Ivano De Matteo (2012). Also featured will be “Il gesto delle mani” (2015) by Francesco […]
Read moreItaly-USA Mutual recognition by airworthiness authorities
Lieutenant General Francesco Langella (Director of DAAA – Air Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate) has signed an agreement with his U.S counterpart, Brig. Gen. Timothy Gowen, on the mutual recognition of authorities between their respective military agencies. Lieutenant General Langella was acting in his capacity of national director for the airworthiness of all military aircraft and […]
Read moreItaly–Serbia: EU should open negotiating chapters within the year. “We cannot keep such a significant process at a standstill”
“Italy is utterly convinced that Serbia’s European integration must make progress, with the opening of negotiating chapters by the end of 2015”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment at the press conference in Belgrade with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. “We cannot keep such a significant process for the EU at a standstill. Serbia has […]
Read moreArgentina – La Plata – promoting the Italian language through song
Autumn 2015 will see the first edition of the Festival of Italian Song in La Plata, an event that will run from 7 to 8 October at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá. The official presentation was attended by festival coordinator Nicolás Moretti; the Italian Consul General, Iacopo Foti; the Director General of Entidades y Colectividades, Mauricio […]
Read morePrague – Costanzo Rovati exhibition entitled “Un percorso nella materia”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has organised a new exhibition entitled “Costanzo Rovati. Un percorso nella materia”. The Milanese artist works with traditional materials such as stone, marble, wood, ceramic and bronze, but also draws on more unusual sources such as plastic, nylon and industrial waste. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBudapest – I-Talents 2015 musical review featuring Beatrice Rana
Young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana will be appearing in the I-Talents 2015 musical review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest in collaboration with the city’s Spring Festival. The recital, featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin and Maurice Ravel, will take place at 19.00 on 13 April 2015, at the Institute’s […]
Read morePrague – Alba Rohrwacher captivates Prague audiences at FebioFest
Alba Rohrwacher has captivated Prague audiences at FebioFest, now in its 22nd edition. The festival paid tribute to the Italian actress with screenings of “La solitudine dei numeri primi”, by Saverio Costanzo, “Il comandante e la cicogna”, by Silvio Soldini and “Le meraviglie”, by Alice Rohrwacher. Her latest films, “Hungry Hearts” and “Vergine Giurata”, will […]
Read moreArgentina – “Indie” film festival celebrates Monicelli
The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI), which runs from 15 to 25 April 2015, will celebrate Mario Monicelli with a retrospective featuring the great Italian director. The event will also include an exhibition entitled “Rap per Mario”, the work of Monicelli’s widow, Chiara Rapaccini. The retrospective, part of the Year of Italy […]
Read moreIsrael – Expo Milano, focus on food and design
With just over a month to go until expo 2015 opens in Milan, a conference dedicated to the link between food and design has taken place at the Holon Museum in Tel Aviv. Entitled “Food for Thoughts”, the event was organised by the Italian Embassy in Israel in collaboration with the Italian-Israeli Chamber of Commerce, […]
Read moreDEI – Turkey: Minimum price in 4G auction set at 2.3 billion euros
The minimum price for the allocation of frequencies (from 800 to 2600 MHz) for the new 4G network in Turkey has been set at 2.3 billion euros. The price was set by the Turkish telecommunications regulator, which specified that the network will be launched in late 2015. According to information provided by the regulator, in […]
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