Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 31 May: Latest news from the world
Thailand launches Food Innopolis Thailand is betting on its agrifood sector, which is among the country’s most important economic drivers. It recorded a 26 billion dollar turnover in 2015 which made up 12.3 percent of total exports and 6.7 percent of Thailand’s GDP. The government is launching Food Innopolis, an innovation and development centre aimed […]
Read moreFarnesina-University – The Foreign Ministry’s Legal Service signs a convention with University of Trento
On 31 May 2016, a Convention was signed between the Foreign Ministry’s Legal Service for litigation and Treaty Law and the “Law Faculty” Department of the University of Trento. The Convention was signed, in representation of the Foreign Ministry by Plenipotentiary Minister Andrea Tiriticco, the director of the Service, and on behalf of the Law […]
Read moreWorld No Tobacco Day – The Farnesina joins the anti-smoking campaign
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), through its Sole Guarantee Committee, joined the World No Tobacco Day (http://www.iss.it/pres/?lang=1&id=1650&tipo=1&csss=002), by promoting an awareness raising campaign in favour of the smoking and non-smoking personnel, with the support of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ladisa company. The organisational wellbeing initiative fostering a healthy work […]
Read moreEuropean E-ELT Supertelescope – Big success for Italy’s high-tech industry
On 25 May the European Southern Observatory (ESO) officially awarded the biggest industrial contract every signed, worth almost 400 million euros, to a consortium of Italian companies The contract, won by Italian industries Astaldi, Cimolai, and sub-contractor EIE Group, concerns the construction of the rotating dome of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), ESO’s futuristic project […]
Read moreFarnesina – Italy-USA: guidance meeting for Fulbright scholars
The Farnesina’s International Conference Hall hosted the first meeting of the Fulbright Scholars, a joint event aimed at counselling Italian scholars leaving for the U.S.A. and American scholars coming to Italy on the different types of scholarship awarded by the Fulbright Commission. The Italian presidency of the Commission, which alternates between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the […]
Read moreParis – Italian architects return Hotel Galliffet to its past splendor
An exhibition devoted to the reconstruction of the two wings of the historic Hotel de Gallifret opens in Paris on June 13. The exhibition is promoted by the Italian Institute of Culture, which has its headquarters in the building. Nine architectural firms, selected by an international committee of experts formed by Cino Zucchi, Jean-Louis Cohen, […]
Read moreTurku – “Of Seas and of Fates”, the fascination of wrecks in photos by Stefano Benazzo
Stefano Benazzo, photographer, sculptor and model ship maker, exhibits his passion for wreckages after 40 years in the diplomatic career: from ambassador to artist, in the pursuit of what he defines “forlorn places”. Stefano Benazzo’s works will now be exhibited in Finland in the show entitled “Of Seas and of Fates – in the Wake […]
Read morePrague – Marco Tagliaro’s “Beyond Time” cityscape exhibition
There is an Italian painter who is at home in Prague. His name is Marco Tagliaro: he has been living in the Czech capital during the past four years and is now the focus of a personal exhibition organised at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The guests of honour at the inauguration were the […]
Read moreSydney – Italian modern art with Loris Liberatori
A promotional campaign for Italian modern art has been launched in Australia’s cities of Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, where Italy’s diplomatic network has organised a series of events centred around Loris Liberatori, whose work is featured in the Farnesina Collection. Three of Liberatori’s pieces are on permanent display at the Ambassador’s residence in Canberra. The […]
Read moreMadrid – “Passione Italia” back with food, music and tourism
Food, tourism and music will be offered in addition to a large number of activities for adults and children alike. Again this year the excellence of Made in Italy products will be showcased in the eighth edition of “Passione Italia”, an event organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Spain (CCIS), in partnership with […]
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