Italy-USA – Caravaggio works displayed in Williamsburg
Caravaggio comes to the United States. Three celebrated masterpieces by the great Italian painter will be on display from 8 February to 6 April at the Muscarelle Museum of Art di Williamsburg: two versions of “St. Francis in Meditation” – one on loan from the Church of the Cappuccini in Rome and the other from […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council – Syria and Ukraine a priority, Bonino – bring marines home
The Syrian crisis and its repercussions in Lebanon and Iraq, the Southern Neighbourhood, and Ukraine are among the main topics on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting of EU foreign ministers today in Brussels. Minister Emma Bonino will outline Italy’s position on the various items on the table, and will also reintroduce […]
Read moreImprenditoria femminile – Alla Farnesina un’occasione di confronto (in translation)
Si e’ tenuta nei giorni scorsi presso il ministero degli Esteri la visita di tre imprenditrici dalla Tunisia e dal Marocco, Nadia Mabrouk, Aaicha Benarfa e Soumaya Chouikha. La missione, organizzata dalla Direzione generale per la promozione del paese della Farnesina in collaborazione dell’Associazione Corrente Rosa, rientra nel quadro del progetto di scambi giovanili “Incontro […]
Read moreItaly-Germany – Bonino-Steinmeier discuss Europe’s need for political future
A Europe dedicated to the growth of its citizens, and a Europe of the world, i.e. with a common foreign policy. These will be the priorities of the Italian EU duty Presidency, as Minister Emma Bonino outlined in a meeting today in Rome with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. And, on a German request that […]
Read moreZagreb: Ferrero presents 2012 CSR Report
Croatian Under-Secretary for the Economy Kruzic and numerous institutional and business world representatives joined a large audience for the presentation at the Italian Cultural Institute of the 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report of the Ferrero Group, along with a photographic exhibition of images from a book dedicated by Ferrero to the workers of the group’s […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Made in Italy: Ferrari Brand spin-off created
Ferrari officially separated its automotive activities from its brand marketing, which in 2013 alone has generated nearly €100 million in revenue. The operation was completed over recent weeks with the creation of the Ferrari Brand spin-off, which will be responsible for the licensing and sale of Ferrari accessories. According to Brand Finance, Ferrari is the […]
Read moreSofia – Rediscovering Michelangelo the poet
At 450 years from his death, Sofia celebrates the genius of Michelangelo on 11 February in the ballroom of the National Gallery of Art in Sofia, with the presentation of the special edition of a book tracing the history of this celebrated Renaissance luminary through his poetry and letters, sculpture and frescoes. Read more, in […]
Read moreLatin America – Business opportunity, Rome meeting
Italian firms interested in joint ventures in Latin America will have an opportunity to meet at Rome’s Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) with the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Russia: fiera italiana packaging festeggia i 30 anni (in translation)
Russia: fiera italiana packaging festeggia i 30 anni Sono più di 60 le aziende che hanno partecipato a Upakovka/Upak Italia, la piu’ importante Fiera delle macchine per confezionamento e imballaggio in Russia, di cui quest’anno si celebra il trentennale. La prima edizione di Upak Italia (prima fiera italiana nell’Unione Sovietica) risale, infatti, al 1984; la […]
Read moreRosso Fiorentino in Paris
An exhibition on Renaissance genius Rosso Fiorentino has been organised by the Italian embassy under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, in collaboration with the Commission for the Architectural and Landscape Heritage (Soprintendenza) of Florence and the Louvre Museum. “Rosso Fiorentino: return to France” “Rosso Fiorentino: return to France” is an […]
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