Asuncion – Italian surgeons perform hundreds of free surgeries throughout Paraguay
Three plastic surgeons from the AICEP non-profit organisation, Marco Stabile, Gianluca Alessandro Gatti, and Alessandro Giacomina, were presented to the Paraguayan press by the Italian Embassy for their pro bono work under the “Nemyatyro Paraguay” reconstructive surgery project. Developed by Paraguay’s Health Ministry through the national Burn Centre Unit headed by Paraguayan surgeon of Italian […]
Read moreLisbon – A journey through time at the IIC: Christian Greco illustrates Turin’s renovated Egyptian Museum
The famed 19th century scholar and Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion, who largely relied on Turin’s collections to decipher hieroglyphs, once wrote: “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin”. The Egyptian Museum of Turin, the oldest Egyptian museum in the world and second only to Cairo’s in terms of importance, has recently been completely renovated. […]
Read moreArgentina -“Zorba, the Greek” goes back on stage in Argentina in February
Argentina’s “Festival de musica en Plaza Vaticano” in Buenos Aires will present “Zorba the Greek” on Feb. 11. The performance, produced by Naples’ San Carlo Theatre with music by Mikis Theodorakis, is a two-act chorus line ballet with 22 scenes designed by Lorca Massine in 1988. “Zorba the Greek” was inspired by the celebrated novel […]
Read moreBucharest – Roma Tre University presents Romania travel guide
The Roma Tre University presented the first volume of the e-book series entitled “Invitation to Travel” dedicated to Romania in the Auditorium of the University of Bucharest Central Library on Tuesday. The presentation, organised by the Italian Embassy in partnership with the Infoeuropa Centre of the Romanian Foreign Ministry, was attended by a large number […]
Read moreAnti-Daesh Summit at the Foreign Ministry – “We have made progress but the threat persists”
In the fight against Daesh, we have made “important progress, but we are facing a very resilient organisation and we must therefore not underestimate it,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, in his opening remarks to the third Ministerial Meeting of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, convened today at the Foreign […]
Read moreBarcelona – Music, Francesco Guccini celebrated at the Artesà Tradicionarius Centre
Just for an evening, put four exceptional characters to talk around a table, like the singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini; Carlo Petrini, the agnostic whom Pope Francis asked to prepare the preface for the “Laudato si’” encyclical, founder of Slow Food, Terra Madre, the University of Food Sciences of Pollenzo, the Turin Salone del Gusto; Sergio Staino, […]
Read moreBrussels – Posters and drawings, the creativity of Scarabottolo and Sdralevich at the Italian Cultural Institute
Those who mention the names of Guido Scarabottolo and Teresa Sdralevich are talking about two masters of graphics and illustration. They are ready to compare their creative worlds in an exhibition set to open on Thursday February 4 at 7pm at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels (38 Rue de Livourne). Organised by the Italian […]
Read moreMoscow – Kirov region offers opportunities for Italy
Russia’s Kirov region is promoting itself as a possible trading, economic and cultural partner of Italy. The opportunities offered by this region in the Volga district were discussed on Monday at a meeting at the offices of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) between the Italian Ambassador in Moscow, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, and the […]
Read moreItalian Foreign Ministry hosts ministerial meeting of the Coalition to Counter Daesh – Co-chaired by Gentiloni-Kerry, participants from 23 countries
The Italian Foreign Ministry opens today the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL in the so-called ‘Small Group’ format, comprising the most committed countries within the broader Coalition, which are responsible for setting the political and strategic orientation of the collective effort. The meeting is co-chaired by Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, and […]
Read moreDEI – Oman: approves the 2016 Budget, giving priority to diversifying production
Stimulating Oman’s economic growth by reinforcing policies to diversify the Countries production capacity. This is the goal of the Sultanate’s 2016 Budget which was recently approved together with the 2016-2020 five-year development plan. Special focus was placed on diversifying production in order to increase the contribution of the non-oil sector in order to raise revenue […]
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