Melbourne – University, Turin Polytechnic cooperates with Australia
“The collaboration between universities is one of the fundamental building blocks on which the mutual understanding of two nations sharing ideals is based. At the same time, it enables a great many young men and women to better understand a new context, building a baggage of knowledge, relations and experience that will last for many […]
Read moreHamburg – “Romanzo per signora” by Pallavicini at the centre of the literary café
“I took two elderly couples and a widower – all suffering from varying degrees of physical ailments – from the region of Lombardy, on holiday in Nice. In a Jaguar. To a four-star hotel with a list of luxury restaurants in my hand and an unlimited-account American Express card in my pocket. Amidst the gardens […]
Read moreItaly-Mexico: Heritage Science takes centre stage in Mexico
The “Study, conservation and restoration of cultural and archaeological heritage: technologies and research infrastructure for Heritage Science” will be discussed during a conference by the same title on Feb. 2 and 3 in Mexico City. The event is the second of three scientific meetings organised by the Italian embassy in partnership with the National Research […]
Read moreStockholm – “City of Soul”, the image of Rome in travel literature
There is an immense quantity of literature on the city of Rome, its history and beauty. The “Cittá Eterna”, or Eternal City, that is Rome, as it is experienced and told by writers, is at the centre of a meeting scheduled for Thursday February 4 (at 6pm) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm. Organised […]
Read moreDe Luca new Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System
Vincenzo De Luca took office on 1 February 2016 as Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System after having served in the same Directorate General as Deputy Director-General and Central Director for the Internationalisation of the Italian Economic System and of the autonomous local authorities (since January 2014). He has been a career […]
Read moreNew York – Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli draw “An American Story”
“Una Storia Americana” (“An American Story”) is the title of an exhibition hosted from 30 January to 11 March at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The show will focus on a selection of works produced over the past five years by Italian illustrators Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. These artists are two of […]
Read moreLisbon – “Ithaca”, the art of Enzo De Leonibus in Portugal
Luisa Violo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, presented the exhibition “Ithaca” by the artist Enzo De Leonibus: “The image chosen as the emblem of the exhibition presents us with a question: Who is really in the cage? What is the cage for? To stop the birds from flying off or rather so […]
Read moreBuenos Aires holds exhibition in celebration of Matera
“Matera…. south of Eboli. Photographs by Victoria Troiani” is the title of an exhibition hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) of Buenos Aires from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8. The event coincides with Matera’s designation as European Capital of Culture 2019 (together with Plovdiv) and the annual meeting of the regional committee of “Lucanians […]
Read more“Bike the Nobel” Initiative Arrives in Oslo
Paola Giannotti, the first Italian woman to travel around the world by bicycle and the second ever after Greece’s Juliana Bhuring in 2012, will be in Oslo today for “Bike the Nobel”. The initiative was launched by the Caterpillar programme on RAI Radio 2 to present the candidacy of the world’s most popular two-wheeler […]
Read moreChina – Minister Lorenzin promotes food security cooperation with China
Italy and China have agreed to strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the sector of health and food and nutrition security. Italian Health Minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, had a series of high-level meetings in Beijing during a visit organised by the Italian Embassy in Beijing led by Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi. The day’s agenda opened with an […]
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