Italy-Japan: workshop on economic partnership with the EU
The workshop “Italy and European-Japanese relations: prospects and problems for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)” will be held on Friday 14 December at the Senate’s Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Participants will include Lamberto Dini (President of the Senate Foreign Relations Commission), Umberto Vattani (President of the Italy-Japan Foundation), Cesare Cursi (President of the Senate Industry, […]
Read moreMoscow: the Da Vinci Code on the Flight of Birds
The Pushkin Museum inaugurated an exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Code on the Flight of Birds”, one of the most exemplary of documents attesting to Italian artistic and inventive virtuosity. As Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Antonio Zanardi Landi pointed out, the manuscript was the protagonist of an interesting story that binds Italy to […]
Read moreSyria: humanitarian crisis, Italian initiatives – Terzi: aid to children freezing in border camps
Italy renewed its pledge to support the consolidation of the Syrian opposition to the Assad regime, as well as to “seek to alleviate the serious humanitarian crisis” and gave its consent to the “concrete solidarity” initiative with Turkey involving the deployment of Patriot missiles for the “exclusive defence” of the southeastern borders of NATO. “We […]
Read moreSyria: Monti, pledge to alleviate the humanitarian crisis – NATO: Terzi, concrete solidarity with Turkey
Italy renewed its pledge to support the consolidation of the Syrian opposition to the Assad regime, as well as to “seek to alleviate the serious humanitarian crisis” and gave its consent to the “concrete solidarity” initiative with Turkey involving the deployment of Patriot missiles for the “exclusive defence” of the southeastern borders of NATO. “We […]
Read moreITALY-GERMANY – University Days in Berlin
The fifth annual Italo-German University Days, a traditional event held in Berlin for the purposes of deepening cultural and scientific relations between Italy and Germany, consisted of a series of lectures, roundtable discussions and workshops. The initiative was promoted by the Italo-German University of Trento, in collaboration with the Italienzentrum della Libera University of Berlin, […]
Read moreMontevideo – Biennale reveals relationship between the South and modernity
The relationship between the South of the world and modernity is the theme explored by the Montevideo Biennale, which opened on 22 November under the auspices of the highest Uruguayan authorities. “El gran Sur” was mounted with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo and displays the work of over 50 artists from […]
Read more“TECH ME TO THE FUTURE” – Italian technology a superstar in Moscow
“Exhibitaly-Italian Excellence Today” is a project dedicated to the promotion of Italian products in Russia. Running from 12 September 2012 to 6 January 2013, it raises the curtain on its final event, dedicated to Made in Italy technology: the exhibition “TECH ME TO THE FUTURE”opens on 5 December 2012 in Moscow’s evocative industrial archaeology complex […]
Read moreTIRANA – Photo of the faces and landscapes of Albania
The series of events offered by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana for the 100th anniversary of Albania’s independence will conclude on 7 December at 18:00 at the National Museum of Tirana, with the opening of an exhibition of photos from the archives of the Italian Geographic Society entitled Faces and Landscapes of Albania, which […]
Read moreSyrian crisis on NATO ministerial agenda – political solution a priority, says Terzi. ‘No’ to regime’s use of chemical weapons
The Syrian crisis was one of the items on the agenda of the NATO ministerial meeting. Italy would consider the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons “absolutely unacceptable”, stated Minister Giulio Terzi, participating in the two-day meeting in Brussels. “We already informed the Syrian ambassador of that during the UN General Assembly in New York”, […]
Read moreNAIROBI – Mario Biondi concert for solidarity
The Italian Embassy in Nairobi will hold a concert this evening by Mario Biondi, one of the best-loved soul voices on the international musical panorama. The proceeds will go to an Italian Cooperation education project for the construction of a primary school for the poorest children of the coastal city of Malindi in Kenya. Every […]
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