Italy and China discuss cooperation
Relations between Italy and China are becoming, “increasingly ambitious and increasingly concrete.” This in a nutshell is how Italian Ambassador to Beijing Ettore Sequi and Liu Haixing, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, with responsibility for Europe, agreed to define the status of the relations between the two countries at […]
Read moreNew York – Robert Gallo receives Leonardo da Vinci Prize
The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee (IHCC) has conferred the 2015 Leonardo da Vinci Award on Robert Gallo, an Italo-American and an internationally renowned researcher in the field of immunology. The Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine at the Maryland School of Medicine, Dr Gallo played a key role in […]
Read moreDEI – Argentina: Government launches plan for the development of the North Regions
Social development, the eradication of structural poverty and the fight against drug trafficking: these are the planned objectives for the development of the Regions of the North, launched by the Argentinian government. The plan will be able to rely on considerable public investment intended for the creation of social service centres, to improve public education […]
Read moreTirana – Italian writer Stefano Petrocchi launches book in Albania
Italian writer, Stefano Petrocchi, will present his novel “La polveriera” [The powder keg] in Shkoder and Tirana on Wednesday and Thursday, revealing the behind-the-scene story of the literary award ‘Premio Strega’ in Albania. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in collaboration with the Italian Department of the University of […]
Read moreArgentina – “Zorba, the Greek” returns to Argentina on February 11
“Zorba the Greek”, produced by Naples’ San Carlo theatre, will be back on stage in Argentina on Feb. 11, to participate in the second edition of the “Festival de musica en Plaza Vaticano”. The performance is a two-act choral ballet with 22 scenes designed by Lorca Massine in 1988. “Zorba the Greek” was inspired by […]
Read moreSantiago – “La Moneda” celebrates its tenth anniversary with Botticelli
The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago and the Italian Embassy in Chile participate in the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Centro Cultural La Moneda in the Chilean capital, promoting the display of one of Sandro Botticelli’s most important works: the Madonna and Child with six Angels. The display, which is completely […]
Read moreMadrid launches “Made in Italy, 1950-70 Graphic Design”
The exhibition “Made in Italy, 1950-70 Graphic Design, Creativity and Experience”, has been launched in Madrid, and will be hosted in the Palacio Quintanar in Segovia until Feb. 28. The Palacio is a centre connected with the Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo of the Junta de Castilla y Leon. The exhibition, that has been organised […]
Read moreItalia-Africa – Gentiloni, a central theme of our foreign policy
Africa today is a “continent of opportunity”, an area “destined to achieve interesting growth rates,” said the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni opening a conference held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled “Migrations and International Relations. The Italy-Africa Agenda”, organised by the Piedmont Centre for African Studies together with the Institute […]
Read moreCologne – The “Eternal Colours” of the Venini glassmakers shineat the Italian Institute of Culture
Venini is a byword for authenticity and for a perfect balance between a quest for excellence, contemporary design, and the great Murano glassmaking tradition. The intuitions of its international artists and designers have kept moving the company forward for over 90 years. A passion for glass and the art of glassblowing captivate Germany, too: as […]
Read moreTunisia and its Constitution – A seminar at the Italian Institute
A day dedicated to Tunisia and its new Constitution, as well as to the ‘opportunities’ for cooperation with Italy that this has opened up, especially at institutional and constitutional levels. The event takes place tomorrow, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis. It features the launch of the new book “Tunisia. La primavera della […]
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