Gentiloni meets Ambassadors of EU countries
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, today addressed the traditional meeting of ambassadors of European Union member states. The meeting, which took place in Rome, was organised by the Luxembourg Presidency. After the outcome of the meeting of EU home affairs ministers yesterday, 22 September 2015, and in the run-up to […]
Read moreDEI – USA: FDA introduces new food safety rules
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two new final rules on the preventive checks and controls that companies will be required to carry out on human and animal food. The new rules will enter into force on 16 November 2015. They are intended to up-date the FDA standards governing prevention systems and introduce […]
Read moreBolivia – Deputy justice minister on mission to Italy
A Bolivian delegation led by the Deputy Justice Minister, Ernesto Jimenez Guachalla, and accompanied by ProgettoMondo Mlal, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), will be visiting Rome and Milan from 23 to 25 September2015. In Rome they will meet the Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the Chair, Luigi Manconi. The event […]
Read moreSan Francisco – celebrating De Sica, from “La Ciociara” to “L’oro di Napoli”
San Francisco’s Castro Theatre is hosting a film event dedicated to Vittorio De Sica, one of the fathers of neo-realism, on Saturday 26 September 2015. The event is promoted by Cinema Italia SF, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco (in collaboration with the Leonardo da Vinci Society, the Italian […]
Read moreSydney – Macchiaioli Project – a jazz duo for Vivacissimo
Jazz duo Andrea Pellegrini and Mirko Guerrini will be performing with their “Macchiaioli Project” at the 8th “Vivacissimo!” concert hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney on 8 October 2015. The project is inspired by the paintings of the Macchiaioli, a Tuscan art movement that flourished in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Read more, […]
Read morePrague – A trek in the heart of the Majella
From the Majella plateau in the heart of the Apennines to Prague in a project by Francesca Consigli and William Santoleri. The project is the subject of an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in the Czech capital. Entitled “Desert – The Last Remaining Snow” the exhibition is curated by Chiara Serri.The aim now is […]
Read moreItaly-Brazil – Scientific research cooperation boosted by new agreement
Collaboration between Italy and Brazil in the field of scientific research has been boosted by 10 new agreements between the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) and the University of Brasilia. The agreements were signed by the director of ICRANet, Remo Ruffini, and the deputy rector of the university, Sonia Nair Bao, at a […]
Read moreTokyo – A coral “necklace” linking Naples and Japan
Gioia De Simone, head of the National Association of Coral and Cameo Producers (Assocoral), will be giving a talk at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on “Coral: Its history and relations between Torre del Greco and Japan”. Assocoral is engaged in protecting coral resources, developing and marketing member companies, and promoting coral products abroad. […]
Read moreBrussels – Italian design on display with “Innesti” by Andrea Anastasio
Italian design will be showcased at the “Innesti” exhibition, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels and running from 23 September to 11 October 2013. The exhibition features a selection of vases designed by Andrea Anastasio. For Anastasio, vases have been a presence in human life since prehistoric times and, with their changing meaning […]
Read moreCartoline dall’altra Italia – A freelance journalist in Olympic Brazil
Brazil was the setting of the 2014 football World Cup and in less than a year will once again be in the limelight with the 2016 Olympic Games. And Brazil is also a country offering great opportunities for young Italians who decide to move abroad. This was the experience of Alfredo Spalla, a 28-year-old freelance […]
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