New York – Olivetti, 50 years of Italian innovation on display in the Big Apple
Olivetti will be taking part in an exhibition in New York entitled “Make in Italy – The Exhibition” and running from 13 to 25 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. The company, which produced P101, the first personal computer conceived by Pier Giorgio Perotto, will also be presenting the new 3D-S2 printer. Designed for digital […]
Read moreHelsinki – Italian start-ups at Slush, a global showcase for innovation
Italian innovation will be showcased in Helsinki, where 20 of our start-ups and accelerators will be taking part in “Slush”, a two-day event featuring big global names from the ICT and digital worlds. This is the first time Italy has taken part, with a pavilion supported by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by a […]
Read moreItaly has been re-elected to the UNESCO Executive Council for its fifth consecutive mandate
Italy was re-elected today, 11 November 2015, for its fifth consecutive mandate as member of the Executive Council of UNESCO. The election took place during the 38th meeting of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The election saw Italy and Greece winning the highest number of votes – 165 from 186 voters – from the western […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation has allocated a further 2 million euro for Syrian refugees
Italian Development Cooperation has allocated new funding of two million euro to help Syrian refugees housed in camps in Jordan and Lebanon. The emergency funding is part of Italy’s humanitarian aid plan for the Syrian crisis, which for 2015 amounts to about 20 million euro, making a total of nearly 79 million since the start […]
Read moreArte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio
This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair. Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]
Read moreAfghanistan – Support for the international community against the growing threat posed by Da’esh, says Gentiloni
The international community’s commitment in Afghanistan should be aiming to “close the last chapters of a story that has gone on for 12-13 years. It should also be aiming to tackle a threat that in part is new, most notably the growth of Da’esh, and to manage migration, given that this year Afghanistan has become […]
Read moreRabat – Castiglioni unveils Italian excellence in design
Excellence in Italian design will be unveiled by architect Piero Castiglioni at a lecture in Rabat, in Morocco, entitled “Luce-Architettura, la luce in-visibile”. Castiglioni will illustrate projects where lighting plays an important part, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the […]
Read moreDEI – Kuwait: Green light for new law on FDI, with fewer limits on foreign operators
Fewer restrictions for foreign investment in Kuwait. That is the aim of the new law on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which makes the authorisation process for 100% foreign-owned companies less complex. The Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), which replaces the Kuwait Foreign Investment Bureau (KFIB), is the body tasked with promoting inward investment. Licenses […]
Read moreTokyo – Dante in Japan: a linguistic and cultural divide?
Dante Alighieri, and the way his work was “imported” to Japan during the Meiji era, will be the topic of a lecture by Professor Iwakura Tomotada at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on Wednesday 11 November 2015. The lecture will discuss linguistic and ideological aspects of the “heroic” poet’s work, and its translation and […]
Read moreAnkara – Film – a week dedicated to the “Seventh Art”
Italian Contemporary Film Week, which runs until 15 November 2015 in Ankara, is an important channel for the cultural dialogue between Italy and Turkey. Films shown during the “Week” will include ““Tutti i santi giorni” by Paolo Virzì, “Buongiorno papà” by Edoardo Leo, and “L’ultima ruota del carro” by Giovanni Veronesi. The event is promoted […]
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