Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey prepares maglev rail network
After completing the Marmara underwater railway line connection its European and Asian shores, Istanbul is ready to launch a call for tenders for the construction of a series of railway infrastructure projects with magnetic levitation trains. The project will start with 8 lines, equally subdivided between the Asian and European sides, in the central and […]
Read moreOsaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings
Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]
Read moreCaracas – Italy celebrates the month of the Oscars
The Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas is celebrating the month of the Oscars with the screening of four Italian films that have won the famed Academy Award over the years: Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 “New Cinema Paradiso”, Gabriele Salvatores’ 1991 “Mediterraneo”, “Roberto Benigni’s 1998 “Life is Beautiful” and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 “The Great Beauty”, to be […]
Read moreMiami – All’s ready for Simply Italian Great Wines
The 5th edition of the event “Simply Italian Great Wines” will take place on 11 February in Miami, and is one of the world’s most important wine tasting events. Italy will be represented by no less than 40 stands that will feature tastings, conferences and workshops. The initiative have been organised by International Exhibition Management […]
Read moreBrussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon
The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Addis Ababa mega-airport launched A predicted exponential increase in air traffic through the Ethiopian capital (flows of 18-25 million passengers annually by 2025, compared with a current 5-6 million), and its goal to make Addis Ababa the undisputed hub of African air industry, has led the government of Ethiopia to […]
Read moreMarseilles – Pompei and Europe, nature and history
Art historian and CNRS(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) researcher Maria Teresa Caracciolo, expert on European painting of the 18th and 19th centuries and Franco-Italian relations during the Revolution and the Empire, will hold a conference entitled “Pompei and Europe. Nature and History”, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseilles on 10 February. The conference […]
Read moreAthens – Conference on “Extermination of Jews in Greece”
On Thursday, 29 January, a conference will be held in Athens entitled, “From Salonika to Athens. The extermination of the Jews in Greece”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event is part of the international Holocaust Remembrance initiatives and commemorates, in particular, Italy’s attempt to save as many Jews as possible – including non-Italians […]
Read moreMoscow – IE Presents the ‘Architects of Expo 2015’
An event organised by the Moscow ICE will centre on the presentation of the Italian and Russian EXPO 2015 pavilions in two brief seminars held by the architects that designed them, respectively Micheles Molé of Nemesis and Serghei Choban of Speech. The event is intended to promote the upcoming MADE Expo (Milan, 18-21 March) by […]
Read moreCooperation – Emergency contribution for people of Eastern Ukraine
In light of the serious humanitarian crisis resulting from clashes in Eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has earmarked an overall contribution 200,000 euro for emergency humanitarian interventions by the International Red Cross Committee (IRCC). Emergency assistance activities in concert with Ukraine Red Cross and local authoritiesA 100,000-euro contribution to the IRCC will go toward emergency […]
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