Vienna – UN Committee on the Peaceful Use of Space meets
The 57th session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Use of Deep Space got under way in Vienna and will run through 20 June 2014. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreMadrid – Italy goes to the Book Fair
Italian art and history were the focus of Italy’s participation in the 73rd edition of the Madrid Book Fair, where the volume “Arte e Palazzo” was presented, which recounts, in a sort of virtual collective, seven exhibits organised by the Italian Cultural Institute over the course of the last two years. Read more, in Italian.
Read more#Farnesina – Müller looks at cinema
From the Venice’s Leone d’Oro (“Sacro Fra”) to the Oscar for best foreign film (“La grandebellezza”), and up to the recent CannesGrand Prix (“Le meraviglie”), Italian cinema has enjoyed a packed season of international acknowledgements. An industry that produces content for exportation and that in recent years has become a showcase for Made in Italy […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Indonesia: commessa per Sacmi da Arwana Citramulia (ceramica) (in translation)
La Sacmi di Imola ha siglato con l’azienda indonesiana Arwana Citramulia un contratto da 9 milioni di euro per la fornitura di macchianari destinati a un nuovo stabilimento localizzato a Mojokerto (East Java) per la produzione di piastrelle da rivestimenti esterni. Produzione prevista: 8 milioni di m2 anno. Entrera’ in servizio nel 2016. Arwana, che […]
Read moreCanada – Un mese di eventi in Ontario per Italian Heritage Month (in translation)
Giugno all’insegna del tricolore in Ontario, che ospita per tutto il mese numerosi eventi nell’ambito dell’Italian Heritage Month. Ad aprire la rassegna e’ stata la festa popolare ospitata nei locali e nei giardini del castello ‘casa Loma’ di Toronto, a cui hanno partecipato circa 2mila persone. Tra gli ospiti, il ministro federale della Cittadinanza e […]
Read moreIsraele – Tour itinerante per il cinema italiano (in translation)
Tour itinerante in Israele per il cinema italiano: il meglio della cinematografia tricolore e’ andato in scena a Tel Aviv, Gerusalemme, Haifa, Herzliya, Holon e Sderot. Grandissimo il successo di pubblico, con piu’ di 50 proiezioni e oltre 5.200 spettatori, per l’iniziativa ‘Cinema Italia’ organizzata dall’Associazione Culturale Adamas Italia-Israele in collaborazione con l’Istituto italiano di […]
Read morePeru’ – I tesori di Cajamarca in mostra a Lima (in translation)
Dal 18 giugno al 20 settembre, a Lima si potra’ ammirare la mostra: “Tesori di Cajamarca. L’impronta di Antonio Raimondi” L’iniziativa, organizzata dal museo Raimondi con la collaborazione del l’Istituto italiano di cultura, riunisce un corpus di collezioni naturalistiche, acquerelli, fotografie, documenti e strumenti che sintetizzano l’incredibile lavoro scientifico del naturalista italiano in Peru’ durante […]
Read moreMFA-MIUR – Schools to hold Cooperation Week in new academic year
Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs GiampaoloCantini, and Director General for Students, Integration, Participation and Communication of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Giovanna Boda, signed a joint declaration today at the Farnesinathat provides for establishment of an annual Cooperation Week in schools, beginning with the next academic […]
Read moreMogherini, support for Iraq against terrorist threat – Minister in Athens for EU-Arab League meeting
Italy spearheaded a declaration on Iraq at the EU-Arab League summit today in Athens, following the dramatic reports from Mosul. The Iraqi security situation was also the focus of a bilateral meeting the minister held in the summit margins with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The international community, the EU and naturally also Italy, must […]
Read moreTourism – Italy’s UNESCO heritage displayed in Moscow
An itinerant exhibition opened in Moscow of over 150 photographs by 14 renowned Italian photographers depicting the 49 Italian sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List, from the Coliseum to the Trulli, Cinque Terre, Val d’Orcia, Pompeii and Sicily. The show is entitled “UN.IT UNESCO Italia” and is on at the A.V. Scusev State […]
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