Italian-Belgian cooperation increases in the aerospace sector
The Italian Ambassador in Belgium, Elena Basile, hosted an event to mark the cooperation between Italy and Belgium in the aerospace sector which was attended by the CEOs of the companies Avio, Giulio Ranzo, and of SABCA, Thibault Jongen, both involved in the Vega and Ariane satellite projects.Present at the event were also the Director […]
Read moreItaly takes centre stage at the Italy-United States Innovation Forum
Washington, 16 October 2019. An Italy-United States Innovation Forum will be held in California at Stanford University on October 18, 2019. The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by the Italian Trade Agency with the support of Confindustria, and in collaboration with the Schools of Materials Science and […]
Read moreVancouver: Focus on Italy at the Film Festival
‘Focus on Italy’ is the event that has put Italy in the limelight at the 38th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival, the largest and most important film festival in Canada after the one in Toronto. Every year, the Vancouver Festival, a.k.a. the “Hollywood of the North”, screens more than 300 films from 80 […]
Read moreSydney: two Italian films at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival
This year, two Italian films will be screened at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival of Sydney, an event now at its ninth edition and with a consolidated fame at both national and international level. As every year, the Italian Cultural Institute offered its cooperation to the festival, which will present a selection of the best […]
Read moreLeonardo goes digital in the historical centre of Jeddah
The exhibition entitled “LEONARDO DA VINCI. Masterpieces and Flying machines” opened in one of the most beautiful palaces in the historical centre of Jeddah. Organized by the Consulate General of Italy in Jeddah, the exhibition features stunning digital reproductions of paintings and drawings on flying machines by the genius of the Italian Renaissance who died […]
Read moreItaly donates 10 ambulances to the Niger Government
Italy donated 10 ambulances and 3 water tankers to the Government of Niger to enable the authorities to provide assistance to migrants and tackle human trafficking. The donation was made possible through Fund for Africa resources and carried out by the Italian Ministry of Defence who owned the vehicles. The handover ceremony was held in […]
Read moreThe issue of electronic ID cards kicks off in three consular offices
The experimental phase for the issue of electronic ID cards to Italian citizens residing abroad officially kicked off today at the Consular Chanceries of Athens, Nice and Vienna. The document, which is based on an innovative technology to avoid counterfeiting and frauds, will be sent to the applicant’s home after an appointment at the Consulate […]
Read moreItalian-Sweden Health Summit at the Karolinska Institutet
More than twenty Italian and international speakers took turns to speak on the stage of the first Italian-Swedish Health Summit on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease that was held yesterday at the Nobel Forum of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The Summit, which marks the strengthened partnership between Italy and Sweden in the medical research sector, […]
Read moreUganda: CONI and IOC join forces for the #Score Together Project
Support is growing for the #Score Together Project promoting sport as an instrument of inclusion launched in Uganda by the Italian Embassy in Kampala together with the Trento-based NGO, ACV, thanks to the cooperation with the Office of the Ugandan Prime Minister, the Ugandan Olympic Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Sampdoria […]
Read moreThe Day of Contemporary Art in Madrid: Marina Ballo Charmet’s gaze
“The background noise of our mind”, a “peripheral vision” that focuses on empty space, on anonymous, inexpressive elements, caught “out of the corner of the eye”: this is Marina Ballo Charmet’s area of research. Her photos and videos focus on forms and objects of our everyday life, captured in their unexpected solitude. The exhibition ‘Fuori campo‘, organized […]
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