”Italy, Cultures, Mediterranean” presented in Amman
The director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and area coordinator Paolo Sabbatini presented on 4 February in Amman the extensive programme of the event entitled “Italy, Cultures, Mediterranean” to take place throughout the current year. From Dante to Petra and passing through Matera, the event will encompass conferences, exhibitions, and ornamental fountains. The presentation […]
Read moreEUNIC Project: an Italian-German joint headquarters opened in Strasburg
Within the context of the close cultural cooperation relations binding Italy and Germany, the Italian Cultural Institute in Strasburg has been hosting the offices of the local Goethe Institut on its premises for several months. It is a targeted pilot project that was finalized last March through the signing of a convention between the two […]
Read moreFive performances of the Verdi Festival to take in Oslo
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) will kick off the first of the five instalments of the Verdi Festival in Oslo on 7 February with the screening of the opera Rigoletto at the attendance of Ms Anna Maria Meo, Director General of the Fondazione Teatro Regio, who will present the 2018 Verdi Festival programme running from […]
Read moreSecond edition of Italian Design Day Shanghai to be held in March
Italian Design has always been synonymous to global excellence thanks to the high quality of the materials, the great creativity and innovativeness of Italian designers, the respect for the environment throughout the production phases, in addition to the care for graphic design, advertising and packaging. Conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]
Read moreMaire Tecnimont and SOCAR sign contract for the Baku refinery upgrade
Baku hosted the signing ceremony today for the 800 million dollar contract between the subsidiaries of the Italian Group Maire Tecnimont and the Azerbaijani state-owned oil company, SOCAR. The aim of the partnership is to upgrade and reconstruct the Heydar Aliyev refinery, a major Azerbaijani crude oil refining plant. The Italian Ambassador in Baku, Augusto Massari, […]
Read moreItalian Educational Fair in Belgrade and Podgorica
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade and the Ino Agency present the Italian Educational Fair, a student fair on the educational opportunities in Italy. Present at the Fair will be the representatives of Italian universities to illustrate to the students of Serbia and Montenegro the courses taught in Italian and in English, the procedures […]
Read moreItaly’s Cultural Promotion and Innovation Meeting held in Ottawa
The coordination meeting of the institutions to promote Italy in Canada took place in Ottawa on 26 January under the chairmanship of the Italian Ambassador to Canada, Claudio Taffuri. The meeting was attended by the Consul Generals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes, the representatives of the Ministry of […]
Read moreBrundibar staged in Zagreb to celebrate Holocaust Remembrance Day
To commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute, in association with the Tolerance Centre and the City of Zagreb, will stage Brundibar, the children’s opera performed in the lager of Theresienstadt (in the modern-day Czech Republic) by young detainees, none of whom survived the imprisonment. It is the first time that […]
Read moreMostar will commemorate the sacrifice of three Rai journalists
In Mostar, the 26th of January will begin with the laying of a wreath of flowers and keeping a minute of silence in remembrance of the sacrifice of the three Rai-Trieste journalists Marco Luchetta, Dario D’Angelo and Alessandro Sasha Ota, who were killed 28 years ago by a grenade while shooting a programme on the […]
Read moreItaly takes centre stage at Bangkok Design Week
A symbolic maze made up of 2,500 cardboard boxes will take visitors on an evocative adventure showcasing iconic Italian design works: ‘A*Maze*ing Journey to the Italian Design House’ is an installation commissioned by the Italian Embassy in Thailand for the Bangkok Design Week 2018. The event, which runs from 27 January to 4 February, takes […]
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