NEW YORK – American tribute to Gio’ Ponti
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York organised and is hosting an exhibition on one of Italy’s great masters of architecture and design, Gio’ Ponti, entitled ”Vivere alla Ponti/Living Ponti Style, which features furniture designed by Ponti along with letters, photos, videos and other forms of documentation illustrating the modernity of his approach. The show […]
Read moreIn Rome the EU considers the ‘Cocaine Route’ programme
Europe will be assessing the “Cocaine Route” Programme on 28 May in the course of an international conference in Rome entitled “Improving responses to organised crime and drug trafficking along the Cocaine Route”. The conference has been organised by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in cooperation with the Italian Ministry […]
Read moreANALYSIS: 63% of Milanese businesses engaged in internationalisation activity
Assolombarda, Lombardy Region’s principal business association, has published the results for its annual survey on internationalisation processes for businesses in Milan and its hinterland. The survey included about 3,600 Assolombarda member companies. The association’s deputy president, Giuseppe Castelli, underscored during the presentation that an international outlook is no longer an option: it is a necessity. […]
Read moreSouth Korea is growing, and looking to Italy. A new frontier for Italian businesses
A webinar to illustrate opportunities in a country that’s looking to Italy Business opportunities in South Korea were the topic of the third webinar in the “Internationalisation Just a Click Away” initiative conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Emilia-Romagna branch of Unioncamere (chambers of commerce). The project aims to provide information and […]
Read moreICE: an agency at the service of Italian businesses abroad
The goal of the new ICE, the Italian Trade Promotion Agency established after the Italian Foreign Trade Institute was closed down, is to provide ever-stronger support for Italian businesses. It listens to their needs on a daily basis – in Italy and abroad – and translates them into integrated services. The aim being to enable […]
Read moreTHAILAND – Italian food and drink at Thaifex 2013
Italy is present in force at the “THAIFEX – World of food Asia 2013” trade fair in Thailand, which runs until 26 May. The most important food and drink event in Southeast Asia, THAIFEX has attracted over 70 Italian companies. The Italian presence was coordinated by the Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE), Federalimentare, Fiere di […]
Read moreMESSICO – Il golf ambasciatore dell’imprenditoria italiana (in translation)
Successo in Messico per la quarta edizione del torneo di golf Italia-Ferrari. L’evento si e’ svolto presso il Club “Los Encinos” (Stato di Messico), ed e’ stato organizzato dalla Camera di Commercio Italiana in Messico in collaborazione con l’ambasciata italiana nel paese americano. Hanno fornito il loro sostegno la casa di Maranello e numerosi marchi […]
Read moreITALY-POLAND – meeting on role of President of the Republic
Warsaw’s Leon Kozminski University has hosted an Italian-Polish meeting on “The President of the Republic in Italy and in Poland”. The event, which enjoyed the patronage of President Giorgio Napolitano and President Bronisław Maria Komorowski, was organised by the University’s Law School and the Italian-Polish Association of Constitutional Lawyers. Speaking at the opening session, Italian […]
Read moreFORUM PA 2013: Europe closer to citizens as we approach the 2014 elections
Democratic deficit and strategies to bring citizens closer to the EU, in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. Those were the features of the Europe that emerged from today’s conference on “The European Union, European Citizenship, European Democracy: the position one year before the European elections in 2014”, organised by the Ministry of […]
Read moreThe Conference: ‘European integration: an assessment’
The conference will be an opportunity to assess one of the crucial challenges to European integration: ensuring that European citizens can identify with their institutions through instruments guaranteeing decision-making processes based on transparency and participatory democracy. This means that fully applying the principle of European citizenship, in its widest sense, is vital to achieving full […]
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