SEOUL – ITALIAN SHOE PRODUCERS LOOK TO THE EAST
The Italian footwear sector is looking increasingly to the Far East, an expanding market that appreciates the high quality of our niche products. Products such as footwear, where traditional craftsmanship combines with rigorous selection of materials and highly innovative design. Starting from this premise, 37 Italian companies, most of them from the historic footwear production […]
Read moreJerusalem – Italian events at the book fair
From Lina Wertmuller to Giuseppe Ayala, and from Bruno Arpaia to Marco Ansaldo. These are just some of the names featured in the rich programme of events taking place in the Italian Pavilion at the 26th International Book Fair in Jerusalem, which opens on Sunday 10 February 2013. The programme was organised by the Italian […]
Read moreThe Agency for a Digital Italy gives the Farnesina top marks
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is once again at the cutting edge of Italian government initiatives to develop IT infrastructure. The Director of the Agenziaperl’ItaliaDigitale (Agency for a Digital Italy), Agostino Ragosa, has paid a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs data processing centre, where he admired the development of the MFA Cloud project. […]
Read moreItaly-Mexico – Cruzando Fronteras Festival presented
The international “Cruzando Fronteras” Festival will take place from 18 to 24 February 2013. The event aims to bring Italy and Mexico closer together through culture, the ethos of territory and an innovative concept of tourism. The Festival was introduced at the Foreign Ministry in Rome in the presence of Renzo Sicco (artistic director of […]
Read moreBratislava – Roberto Ciotti’s Mediterranean Blues
Blues musician Roberto Ciotti will be appearing at a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Bratislava on 7 February 2013. The concert will take place at the “Babylon”. This is a first visit to Slovakia for Ciotti, a leading figure in the blues-rock hall of fame. He has performed […]
Read moreAN ITALIAN “PIAZZA” AT THE TOURISM FAIR IN ISRAEL
A “piazza” measuring 100 square metres to showcase the delights that Italy offers the millions of visitors who chose it as a holiday destination every year. That is the space organised by ENIT, the Italian Tourism Board, at the International Mediterranean Tourism Market, the main Israeli tourism fair currently being staged in Tel Aviv. Over […]
Read more“Laying out a legacy – Can Obama do more the second time?” Il nuovo numero di Longitude (in translation)
In copertina “Laying out a legacy – Can Obama do more the second time?” è il titolo del servizio di copertina del nuovo numero di Longitude, rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco ed in edicola da oggi: un’analisi delle sfide e prospettive del secondo mandato di Obama, con contributi di Christopher Caldwell, del consigliere diplomatico del […]
Read moreHATS ON FILM: TUSCAN CRAFTSMANSHIP IN LOS ANGELES
The “Hats on Film” exhibition, a celebration of Italian style and craftsmanship, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles on 19 February 2013. The event is being promoted by the “Cappello di Firenze” consortium and Artigianato e Palazzo, a fair featuring the best of Italian craftsmanship. On display will be hundreds of straw […]
Read moreBULGARIA – AGREEMENT ON PROMOTING ITALIAN CULTURE
Radio Plovdiv and the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia have signed an agreement on promoting the Italian language and culture in Bulgaria. The agreement envisages seven programmes throughout 2013 dedicated to “Great Italians”, including Giuseppe Verdi, Federico Fellini and Raphael. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBanning female genital mutilation: a battle of civility. Italy in the front line
BACKGROUD THE ORIGINS OF ITALY’S CAMPAIGN A commitment to banning female genital mutilation (FMG) is central to Italy’s international work. Since 2004, in its work at the United Nations Italy has been actively pursuing the goal of eliminating this horrific practice, which is so deeply damaging to women’s dignity. In 2006, Parliament passed a law, […]
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