Ljubljana – Events celebrating the city’s links with Italy a great success
Ljubljana’s links with Italy have been showcased in a number of recent events organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Slovenian capital. Highlights were the exhibitions on “The Brain. Inside story”, featuring recent discoveries in neuroscience, and “Emona: A City of the Empire”, celebrating the city’s first two millennia. Both opening events were attended […]
Read moreTel Aviv – Italian cultural events are a great success
Italian music and theatre events have been a great success in Tel Aviv. The events, which included the first ever Italy-Israel Jazz Festival to mark UNESCO’s International Jazz Day, were organised by the Italian Cultural Institute “to disseminate Italian culture, in its various sectors, throughout Israel”. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreLondon – Italians in tour for Pontignano Conference
Ten young people, 5 of them Italian, are in London for the Pontignano Fellowship Scheme, an exchange programme organised in the run-up to the Pontignano Conference. The theme of this year’s Conference, which will take place in Pontignano, near Siena, from 3 to 5 October 2014, is “Better together or better apart?” Italian and British […]
Read more“Italy and space” – Parmitano and Cristoforetti meet the UN in Vienna
Italian astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano were guests of honour at “Italy and Space”, the event organised in Vienna by Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The event was organised with the support of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the collaboration of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Italian […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore: Romania: punta a investimenti automotive, turismo, infrastrutture (in translation)
Romania: punta a investimenti automotive, turismo, infrastrutture Si è tenuta a Sibiu, storica città della Transilvania, una conferenza internazionale sulle opportunità di investimento. La località è economicamente attiva con diversi parchi industriali di cui due particolarmente importanti (settori: componentistica auto e macchinari industriali, tessile, agroalimentari, elettrotecnica) ed è anche una delle principali mete turistiche del […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore:Brasile: apre a import da Italia di salumi breve stagionatura (in translation)
Brasile: apre a import da Italia di salumi breve stagionatura Le Autorita’ brasiliane hanno comunicato l’approvazione del nuovo certificato sanitario per l’esportazione dall’Italia verso il Brasile di prodotti derivati dalle carni suine. In particolare, le Autorita’ locali hanno riconosciuto la regionalizzazione della malattia vescicolare, come proposto dal nostro Ministero della Salute, e quindi autorizzato l’ingresso […]
Read more“Women & Diplomats” – at the SIOI, a collective view of women in diplomacy
The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, will be opening the “Women & Diplomats – career and life pathways” exhibition at 12.00 on Thursday 19 June at Piazza San Marco 51, Rome. The exhibition was conceived and funded by the Association of Italian Women Diplomats (Italian initials DID) to present, for the first time […]
Read moreMadrid – Laura Giardino con ‘Aperture’ (in translation)
Si arricchisce il fitto programma di mostre organizzato dall’Istituto italiano di cultura di Madrid per promuovere l’arte contemporanea: Laura Giardino ha portato nella capitale spagnola la sua “Aperture/Aperturas”. Lungo il percorso espositivo, ospitato nei saloni dell’Istituto, hanno trovato spazio la serie pittorica “Vertigine”, la serie ‘installativa’ di disegni “Mirror-Mirror” e la serie pittorica “Tiles”. L’artista […]
Read moreItalia-Norvegia – Successo a Tromsoe per la “Giornata italiana” (in translation)
Si e’ tenuta nei giorni scorsi a Tromsoe, capitale “artica” della Norvegia, la “Giornata italiana”, un’iniziativa ideata e organizzata dall’ambasciata d’Italia a Oslo – con il sostegno dell’Istituto italiano di cultura – e dedicata alla collaborazione tra i due paesi nella regione artica. I lavori si sono articolati in quattro sessioni: istituzionale-politica, scientifica, economica e […]
Read moreOsaka – Italian Soave wine a hit in Japan
Italian wine has been showcased in Japan with a “Soave Educational Day” in Osaka. The event was organised by the Soave Wine Consortium and the ICE – Italian Agency for the Promotion Abroad and Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises. The President of the Soave Consortium, Arturo Stocchetti, and the Italian Consul General in Osaka, Marco Lombardi, […]
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