MADRID – Technical University of Madrid-cnr agreement on joint laboratory
The Technical University of Madrid (Spanish initials UPM) and the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome have signed an agreement to set up a joint Italian-Spanish laboratory to study complex biological systems. The new lab will be located in Florence at the CNR’s Complex Systems Institute (ISC). Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSLOVAKIA – Kuasar String Kuartet to close the “Dolce Vitaj” Festival
The closing concert of the 6th Italian “Dolce Vitaj” Festival will take place on Saturday 29 June 2013 at the National Gallery in Bratislava. The concert will feature Italy’s Kuasar String Kuartet. The National Gallery is also hosting an exhibition of Italian paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries, which will run until 17 November […]
Read morePistelli in Lebanon: Syria, UNIFIL and Italian Development Cooperation discussed
A trip to examine Italy’s political, cooperation and military initiatives in Lebanon. That was the theme of the visit by the Deputy Foreign Minister with responsibility for Development Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, to Lebanon on 25 and 26 June 2013. He visited Beirut, where he met the President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman; the Prime Minister […]
Read moreBULGARIA – Great success in Plovdiv for Verdi’s Attila
The premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Attila” was a great success in Plovdiv, in Bulgaria. The performance, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, attracted an audience of about 1500 and is part of the Italian Festival Bulgaria 2013. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreHONG KONG – A book tells the story of 500 years of Italians in Hong Kong and Macau
About 140 Italians of every age and occupation, lay persons and religious, long-term residents and new arrivals, helped to write the book “500 years of Italians in Hong Kong and Macau”. The book, an initiative of the Italian Consulate General in Hong Kong, was presented at an event attended by 200 guests. It contains forewords […]
Read moreTitian exhibition opens in Moscow
The exhibition “Titian 1488/90-1576. From the collections of Italy’s museums” has opened at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and will run until 29 September 2013. The first major exhibition of the Venetian master organised in Russia, the event is the highlight of the cultural promotion initiatives following the Year of Italian Culture and Language, in […]
Read morePistelli in Beirut: Lebanon is paying the price of the terrible crisis in Syria
Lebanon is paying a high price for the war in Syria, especially in terms of refugees. This was the comment of the Deputy Minister with responsibility for Development Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, during his visit to Beirut. Speaking in the margins of his meeting with senior representatives of Lebanon’s institutions, Pistelli commented that “Lebanon is at […]
Read moreNew Italian experts in nuclear and chemical security
Italy will be training new experts in the field of chemical and nuclear security. The University of Tor Vergata and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have signed an agreement to set up a Master’s on Protection against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNe) events. The course will prepare professional First […]
Read moreTURKEY : Green light for EU negotiations, to Bonino’s satisfaction
The European Union’s ministers for European affairs have decided to open regional policy negotiations, starting in October. Bonino: “We’ve avoided a stalemate. I’ve spoken to Davutoglu and we’ll see what Ankara does”. “There is now a chance we can avert the risk of stalemate, and that’s a cause for satisfaction”. This was Foreign Minister Emma […]
Read moreSYRIA – Bonino visits refugee camp in Jordan
With the European Commission for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is visiting the Al Zaatari camp in north Jordan. The camp accommodates about 150,000 people who have fled the fighting in Syria. The aim of the visit is to see at first hand the conditions of the Syrian refugees […]
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