Italy and South Korea sign a new scientific and technological cooperation protocol
The Italian Ambassador in Seoul, Marco della Seta, and the Director-General of the Creative Economy Policy Bureau at South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Choi Young-Hae, signed the two countries’ new bilateral scientific and technological cooperation Executive Protocol for 2016–18 in the South Korean capital on 9 December 2015. In addition to […]
Read moreItaly and Poland agree on 10 projects for researcher mobility
Italy and Poland signed the new Executive Programme (EP) of Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Warsaw on 21 December 2015. The EP relaunches and renews Italo-Polish relations for the 2016–18 three-year period, within the framework of the Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement of 27 November 1960, which came into effect on 31 July 1961. The new EP […]
Read moreMontreal – Design, the modernity of Bruno Munari showcased in Canada
The exhibition “Bruno Munari, Pioneer of Modernity, 1928–1945” will be running in Montreal from March 10 to April 17 and will be partly hosted at Québec University and partly in the Artexte Gallery. The show is organised in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal. With works by Bruno Munari (1907-1998), a pioneer of […]
Read moreSan Francisco – Italian musicologist to hold four events in January
Four events with musicologist and composer Luciano Chessa will be held between January 21 and 27 in San Francisco. Luciano Chessa is one of the most interesting and creative minds in the world of music in the Bay Area. Currently professor of composition at the San Francisco Conservatory, Chessa works as a composer, musician, musicologist […]
Read moreMalaysia – Italian film features in Malaysia’s European film festival
The 2016 activities of the Italian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur will kick off on January 13 with a screening of the film “La nostra terra” (“Our Land”). The screening is part of the “Cinema in Europe” festival, which is dedicated to European films that shed light, through their stories, on life in the Old World […]
Read moreToronto – Italian opera from Tosca to Othello on screen in Canadian capital
Italian opera will brighten up the Canadian winter in Toronto with three events at the Alliance Francaise theatre organised by the Italian Cultural Institute. The evenings will be dedicated to some of Italy’s most iconic composers and their works. The programme will begin on Tuesday, January 19 with the screening of the second act of […]
Read moreDei: Bolivia announces USD 48.5 billion national development plan
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced a 48.57 billion dollar national development plan. President Morales said the plan will be funded through national and foreign resources, aid from international cooperation and lines of credit with regional and international development banks. Over 60% of the investments will be channelled to three priority areas: the hydrocarbon sector, infrastructure […]
Read moreSt. Petersburg – Russian translation of Basile’s Pentamerone to be unveiled
The Russian translation of Giambattista Basile’s Pentamerone, “The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones”, will be presented at St. Petersburg’s House of Books on Saturday, January 9. The Italian poet’s work was translated with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation (Directorate General Country System). Interpreter Pyotr Epifanov […]
Read moreBrussels – Discovering the delicacies of Lucca’s countryside with Maria Adriana Giusti
The French translation of Maria Adriana Giusti’s gastronomic journey through Lucca’s countryside, “Villas de Lucques. Les délices de la campagne”, will be presented at the Italian Institute of Culture in Brussels on January 20 at 8 p.m. The author will speak at the event alongside the President of the Association of Palaces and Villas in […]
Read moreTokyo – Italian Institute of Culture holds symposium on Botticelli
The Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo will hold a symposium on Botticelli on January 16, chiming with the launch of the “Botticelli and His Time” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Leading Italian and Japanese experts attendin the symposium will include Osano Shigetoshi of Tokyo University, Alessandro Cecci, art historian and former […]
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