Italy-Guatemala – Relations boosted through school students
Guatemala City’s Municipal Council held “Acto Civico”, a public event in honour of Italy, which was attended by students of the capital’s main schools. The appointment was part of the current celebrations of Italy in Guatemala. In his speech, the Mayor of Guatemala City, Alvaro Arzu, recalled the great generosity of Italy, which through the […]
Read moreSantiago – Italian Embassy and Culture Institute showcase Pablo Echaurren
From 16 June to 21 August, “Make Art not Money”, an exhibition by Pablo Echaurren, will be on show at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, one of most important visual arts conservation and dissemination centres in Chile and in the whole of Latin America. The exhibition was promoted by the Chilean […]
Read moreRomania – President Mattarella takes part in the Economico Forum
During his official visit to Romania, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, together with President Klaus Iohannis, took part in the Economic Forum entitled “Italian Investment in Romania: a European Route into the Global Economy”, organised by the Italian Embassy in Bucharest and Agenzia ICE, in association with Confindustria Romania, the Italian Chamber […]
Read moreNew York – Italian Ambassador in Washington, Armando Varricchio, congratulates Chef Massimo Bottura after the proclamation of his “Osteria Francescana”
The Foreign Ministry hails Italy’s haute cuisine around the world and Italian haute cuisine at the top of world rankings. The “Osteria Francescana” restaurant in Modena – Italy’s first since the award was created – was elected the best restaurant in the world in the 2016 edition of “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants”, the prestigious […]
Read moreCompasso d’Oro 2016 – The Farnesina promotes Italian design around the world
Vincenzo De Luca, Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, takes part in the 2016 Compasso d’Oro Award ceremony. “The Foreign Ministry has chosen design as one of the cornerstones of its international promotion action. Every year, starting from 2 March 2017, the network […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 June: latest news from the world
Business Day Ethiopia Business Day Ethiopia, scheduled in Rome next 21 June, aims to promote business ties between Italian and Ethiopian companies. The meeting, organised by Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will give the opportunity to acquire information on a Country that offers very promising […]
Read moreHamburg – Literature, the “Poeta dell’aria” by Chicca Gagliardo stars in Germany
“Lightness” has always been very popular among Italian writers: from Guido Cavalcanti’s little spirits, Ariosto’s cruet on the Moon, Calvino’s cities, all the way to Daniele Del Giudice’s flights of fancy in the company of ghosts in moon-lit nights. These were all sources of inspiration for Chicca Gagliardo’s “Poeta dell’aria” (“Poet of the Air”). The […]
Read moreFalun – From Dante to Ariosto, Italianists debate in Sweden
The debate at the 11th Congress of Scandinavian Italianists spanned from the success and stories of literary texts, linguistic variations, editions and reeditions, electronic publishing, inter-linguistic and inter-semiotic translations to the representation of spoken language in manuscripts and web pages. The Congress, entitled “Published, Unpublished, Republished”, was held from 9 to 11 June at the […]
Read moreAmsterdam – Images and words, a double take on Naples with Silvio Perrella
The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Netherlands and its director, Carmela Callea, have promoted an event dedicated to one of Italy’s most beautiful cities: “A Double Take on Naples”. The event is scheduled for tonight at the IIC (Keizersgracht 564, Amsterdam). It features a photographic show drawn from Silvio Perrella’s book “Doppio Scatto. […]
Read moreSarajevo – Italian cooperation aid to Bosnia’s flooded areas
Zvornik is a city and municipality in the north-east of Bosnia Herzegovina. The area has been repeatedly struck by floods and Italy’s Cooperation Directorate has intervened with prevention and reconstruction projects. Zvornik, together with Srebrenica, Maglaj, Derventa, Orasje and Sanski Most, is one of the six Municipalities in which Italy is implementing a one million euro […]
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