Second IBAC Italy day at the Farnesina – Gentiloni cites reforms to facilitate foreign investments
The Farnesina is hosting the 5th edition of IBAC Italy, and event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini and Minister for Economic Development Federica Guidi opened the first day’s sessions. Knowledge, development […]
Read moreDei – Ghana – Italian architects build new GNPC headquarters
A group of young Italian architects (under 40) of the Bicuadro, O.C.R.A and Studio 3+1 firms will build the headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) in Accra, under the leadership of architect Stefano Farcomeni. The group was awarded the 80 million euro project after an international invitational competition. Construction is scheduled to begin […]
Read moreBeijing – Stories of Italian masks and tales of the folk of Trentino
Music, song, festivities, rituals, culture, memory and tradition: these and much more will be the topic this evening in Beijing (at 19:00) at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute, where the project “Stories of Italian masks and tales of the folk of Trentino” will be presented. The project is one of cultural dissemination curated […]
Read moreMadrid – Photo exhibit “Mirada interior” by Valerio Bispuri
Italian photojournalist Valerio Bispuri’s “Mirada interior” photography exhibition will go on display from 12 June to 11 September at the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid. The event coincides with PhotoEspaña 2015, and includes some of the photographer’s most significant work from the 1990s to the present, particularly in Latin America. Read more, in Italian
Read moreBuenos Aires – “Ipotesi dell’inferno” staged
“Ipotesi dell’inferno”, a theatrical tribute to Dante by actor Ivan Espeche, will be staged on 16 June at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires. For the 750th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important authors of Italian and world literature, the “Mate Kusasai” group will present a technologically revolutionary theatrical piece […]
Read moreItaly-Vietnam – Accord on 7.7 million euro fund
Italian ambassador Cecilia Piccioni and Deputy Minister for Finance of Vietnam Truong Chi Trung signed a technical accord regulating the use of a 7.7 million EUR fund to be used for a number of projects in priority sectors of socio-economic development and environmental protection in the poorest areas of central Vietnam. During the ceremony, both […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – Italian 20th century graphics on display in Argentina
The Sala Roma of the Italian Cultural Institute will host an exhibition, which opens tomorrow (19:00 hours) and runs through through 30 June, of the graphic works of Italian artists of the 20th century from the collection of the Sartirana Foundation of Pavia. The Foundation is collaborating on promotion of the exhibition along with the […]
Read moreLisbon – Amalia Ercoli Finzi to hold conference on Rosetta, “the wings of man on a comet’s tail”
The Italian Cultural Institute of Lisbon (Rua do Salitre, 146 – 1250-204 Lisbon) will host a conference entitled “Rosetta: the wings of man on a comet’s tail” at 18:30 on Tuesday 16 June, as part of a cycle of events associated with the dissemination of scientific discoveries. Chairing the conference will be Hon. Prof. Amalia Ercoli […]
Read moreDenmark – Italian cuisine for diabetes
Italy stepped in on behalf of diabetes sufferers in Denmark. Our embassy in Copenhagen, in agreement with the Steno Diabetes Center, presented a set of Italian cooking lessons in the residence of Ambassador Stefano Queirolo Palmas, featuring two chefs teaching disease sufferers how to prepare tasty carbohydrate-balanced meals. Apart from offering support to the country’s […]
Read morePeru – Focus on “Italian Travelers and Explorers”
A delegation from the Italian Geographic Society (SGI) will make a visit to the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute in Lima for the event “Italian Travelers and Explorers”, to be held on 11 June in the Pier Paolo Pasolini Auditorium. The event will examine the contributions of Italians such as Milanese geographer, cartographer, […]
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