Italy-China – Second Shanghai Prize
A press conference was held recently for the second edition of the Shanghai Prize, which is focused on the “young emerging Chinese artists living in Italy”, and was organised by the Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin (GAV). Read more, in […]
Read moreUsa – New York pays tribute to Piero della Francesca
The Metropolitan Museum of Art pays tribute to Piero Della Francesca in an exhibition of paintings from Venice and Urbino that runs from 14 January to 30 March. Read more, in Italian
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Jordan: new EBRD funding
Jordan: new EBRD funding The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recently granted Jordan the status of “recipient” country and launched various operations there. The most important of these concerns100 million USD in financing for a new 240-MW IPP4 Al-Manakher electrical power plant to be built 15 kilometres from the capital. Others concern 80 million […]
Read moreBonino in Sierra Leone, second phase of African tour
In a meeting today with her colleague Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara, Minister Bonino began the second phase of her African tour, which brought her to the capital of Sierra Leone, Freeport, yesterday evening, after having been in Ghana and Senegal last week. She held meetings this morning with the local authorities, and then attended a […]
Read moreSyria: Humanitarian conference in Rome on 3 February, announces Bonino
Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime “does not have a future”. This was the message to emerge from the meeting of the “Friends of Syria” Group in Paris on Sunday 12 January. Participants included the President of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, and the foreign ministers of 11 countries, including Emma Bonino and the American Secretary […]
Read moreBonino in Paris for Friends of Syria Group, then tour in Africa. Foreign Minister will then fly to Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast (ANSA)
First, a stopover in Paris for the meeting of the 11 countries making up the Friends of Syria Group. And then Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will be continuing her tour of “a changing Africa” with a visit to Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. After her recent mission to Ghana and Senegal, Minister Bonino will be […]
Read more340 Libyan troops in Italy for training
Within the framework of the Italian government’s efforts in support of Libya, and in keeping with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidane’s pledges in the margins of the Lough Erne G8 regarding the reconstruction of the Libyan armed forces, the first 14-week training cycle of began, under the aegis of the Defence Ministry, at the 80th […]
Read moreSwitzerland: Da Vinci Invest Ag buys Bruno Magli
Zurich-based Da Vinci Invest AG has acquired full control of the Bruno Magli fashion brand, which produces shoes, accessories and luxury men’s and women’s ready-to-wear apparel. The seller is the London-based investment fund Fortelus that bought the Magli group in 2007. The new owner has appointed Manfred Ebensberger CEO, effective immediately. The company, which will […]
Read moreItaly-USA – Study bursary agreement
An agreement was signed, financing three study bursaries to be offered to Italian citizens for the 2014-2015 academic year, by the Commission on Cultural Exchanges between the U.S. and Italy and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research. Read more, in Italian
Read moreColombia – Rossini’s Cinderella at festival internacional de música
The Festival Internacional de Musica, held in Cartagena de Indias, comes to an end on 12 January. Organised by the Foundazione Salvini with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute, its main theme is the narrative fantasy of 20th century music, with Rossini’s Cinderella presented in semi-scenic form with an all-Italian cast and accompanied by […]
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