“Speaking, writing, inventing”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has set up a rich programme of events to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the world. The event organized on 15 October and entitled “Parlare, scrivere, inventare: la lingua italiana tra YouTube e letteratura” (Speaking, writing, inventing: the Italian language between YouTube and Literature) […]
Read moreSeminar on social media and the promotion of fashion and style
The Miami Marangoni Institute, with the support of the Consulate, hosted a seminar on 17 October, which focused on the impact of social media in promoting Made in Italy fashion and style. The event was divided into three parts: the first part started from changes in our language due to the influence of the Internet as […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy, 19 October: Latest global news
Democratic Republic of Congo: three Italian construction companies to build agri-food processing platforms Work has recently started on the construction of three agri-food processing platforms in the city of Lukula, in the Bas Fleuve district in Kongo Central Province, on the border with the Kabinda Angolan enclave, entirely built by three Italian companies: Societa’ Italiana di […]
Read more“Campiello al Fairmont”
On 12 October, to kick off the 18th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Embassy in Munich held the Campiello Literary Prize, a contemporary Italian novel-writing contest organised by the Fondazione II Campiello-Confindustria Veneto. The speaker on behalf of the authors was Francesco Targhetta who won the second prize with his “Le […]
Read more“Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies”
On 15 October, the Round Table on “Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies” was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Beijing and held at its Auditorium. The initiative offered a forum for the exchange of experiences and opinions by Italian and Chinese teachers and experts and to debate the new MOOC (Massive […]
Read more“My story continues…”, collective writing attempts
A meeting was held on 17 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin to present the online collective writing project “Continua la mia storia…”, [My story continues], marking the 18th edition of the Italian Language in the World. The event was held in association with the Berlin Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society and […]
Read moreTask Force for Disputed Minors
Today the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Italians Abroad hosted the meeting of the Task Force for Disputed Minors, chaired by the same Foreign Ministry. The meeting, which was aimed at taking now consolidated coordinated action, was also attended by representatives of the Ministries of Justice and the Interior. Once again, the meeting served as […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 17 October: latest world news
OICE 2018 Report: engineering, architecture and consulting are consolidating their activities abroad The Italian Trade Agency, ICE, will launch, on 19 October, the 2018 edition of the OICE Report, drafted in conjuction with CER – Centro Europa Ricerche – on the activities of Italian engineering, architecture and technical and economic consulting firms across the world. […]
Read moreItalian Investment Attraction Tour: Friuli Venezia Giulia
The second leg of the Italian Investment Attraction Tour was held today at the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Giulia. The Tour is organised by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in association with the State-Region Coordination Group for the attraction of investments, which includes the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), the Foreign Ministry (MAECI), the Conference of Regions […]
Read moreFarnesina: “Women in diplomacy” training course
“Women in diplomacy”, the first of a cycle of training courses on gender equality organised by the British Foreign Office in cooperation with the Foreign Ministries of Italy, France, Germany and Spain, kicked off today in Madrid. In addition to the Madrid event taking place today and tomorrow, the project schedules an event in Paris on […]
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