Vancouver – “Flavours of Italy”: CIA (Italian Confederation of Farmers) in Canada to promote high quality agriculture
Exports to Canada of Made-in-Italy agrifood products totalled 661 million euros last year. It is an emerging market that has been growing uninterruptedly for the last ten years, +64%, and that can further grow thanks to a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada (Ceta) that is being negotiated. The Italian Confederation of Farmers […]
Read moreTokyo – Wine, Ornellaia and the Harvest d’Auteur celebrate elegance at the Embassy
Every harvest is different from the previous one: this is something the Ornellaia wine producer (Livorno) knows all too well. Since 2009, Tenuta dell’Ornellaia has been celebrating the exclusive characteristics of each year’s production through the project entitled “Harvest d’Auteur”. Each year a contemporary artist is invited to sign a work of art and a series […]
Read moreFuturism takes centre stage in Santiago de Chile
“Primera Vanguardia” is the title of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Santiago de Chile’s Parque Forestal. The exhibition runs until August 14, and includes 36 original futuristic manifestos owned by the Echaurren Salaris foundation as well as other manifestos, books, and documents from the Vicente Huidobro Foundation, and a series […]
Read moreBusiness Networks
Cooperation for growth is the topic of debate at the Farnesina today. The meeting aims to inform Rome’s diplomatic community and sectorial experts on the “business network” system and how to use it to advantage. “Cooperation for growth: the business network model and its impact on economic development” is the title of the event organised […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry supports the promotion of Brand Italy in the world
The Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation, Vincenzo De Luca, was heard by the Committee for Italians in the World and the Promotion of Brand Italy of the Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Commission. The hearing enabled Mr De Luca to illustrate the strategy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Read moreParis – France unveils the “new” Palazzo Butera, its art and restoration work
France unveils the “new” Palazzo Butera, one of the most fascinating and historically significant dwellings in all of Sicily, in an event entitled “The Rebirth of Palazzo Butera in Palermo” hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. Abandoned decades ago and left in a state of complete neglect, the famous building – one of […]
Read moreTokyo – Leonardo takes centre stage for 150th anniversary of Japan-Italy relations
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory – Friuli-born actor, playwright and director – will once again play the part of Leonardo Da Vinci. The popular play “Essere Leonardo da Vinci. Un’intervista impossibile” (“Being Leonardo da Vinci. An impossible interview”) – a play based on authentic quotations from the words of the Italian genius combining his thought, science and […]
Read moreShanghai – Milan Polytechnic given Golden Panda Award for academic research in China
The Milan Polytechnic is a scientific and technological university that trains engineers, architects and industrial designers and that has always focused on quality and on innovative teaching systems and research but, most of all, on internationalisation. A few days ago the Polytechnic received a new and prestigious award from China: the Golden Panda Award, under […]
Read moreThe Chapel of the Italians to be restored in Prague
The Italian Embassy in Prague is supporting the restoration of the Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Chapel is one of the major testimonies to the presence of the Italian community in the Czech Republic since the year 1500. It is unique for its artistic prominence and its importance in Prague during the […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy – 23 June: latest news from around the world
Foreign Talents for Globalizing Businesses Verona is the point of departure, on 28 June next, of the national Roadshow presenting “Invest your Talent in Italy”, a project promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in association with the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, Uni-Italia and with the support of Unioncamere and Confindustria. The project […]
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