MAPUTO – Italian film festival
Director Francesco Bruni’s “Scialla” will open the 5th annual Italian Film Festival in Maputo on 15 March. Following the success of past editions of the festival, the Italian Ambassador to Maputo reports, Italian cinema has returned to the theatres of Mozambique’s capital city. The festival runs through 22 March. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly-Israel: space cooperation workshop in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv hosted a workshop on the space industry during which approximately 60 Italian and Israeli firms has an opportunity for B2B meetings. The workshop was organized by the Italian and Israeli space agencies (ASI and ISA) in collaboration with the embassies and foreign ministries of both countries and the support of the Italian Foreign […]
Read moreITALY-FINLAND – a conference to build cooperation
Rovaniemi, capital of the Finnish province of Lapland, plays host today to the conference “Italy and Finland in the Arctic: a major opportunity”. With the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Finland, the event aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation by combining Finland’s Arctic strategy […]
Read moreSyria – Brahimi in Brussels – ‘Political solution only. Important EU role’
The Syrian crisis was among the topics discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, whose participants included UN and Arab League Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, which followed close on the heels of the 28 February Conference in Rome. The Syrian situation, “one of the world’s major crises”, cannot but have a political […]
Read moreSCHOOLS ABROAD – Award for italian learning institutions
The Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce announced the 7th annual “Schools, Creativity and Innovation” award, open to all the students of Italian upper secondary schools in Italy and abroad. Its aim is to encourage educational streams oriented toward building student awareness of issues concerning creativity, innovation, design and the protection of intellectual property. The […]
Read moreLEBANON – Pioneering environmental protection project
The “Green Awards” is an initiative sponsored by the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment and the UNDP, in collaboration with the magazine “Beyond” that rewards organizations that embrace innovative proposals within the context environmental concerns. A project financed by the Italian government (€2.5 million) for integrated solid waste management in the province of Baalbek was […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council – North Korea added to the agenda
The situation in North Korea (Pyongyang has crossed the “red line”) joins the crisis in Syria, relations between the two shores of the Mediterranean and the Iran question on the agenda of the European Union Council of Foreign Ministers, where Italy will be represented by Under-Secretary Marta Dassù. Meeting with Brahimi A meeting with UN […]
Read moreUsa: Italy showcases innovations at Silicon Valley for the year of italian culture in the Usa
Italian Innovation Day will open Tech Week in the Silicon Valley on 12 March, designed to showcase Italian innovation in fields ranging from IT to green energy, and is sponsored by the Consulate General and the Italian Cultural Institute. The event is one of over 200 set to take place in 40 American cities over […]
Read moreUSA – An italian dinner, Bottura flies to New York
Within the context of the events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, prize-winning chef Massimo Bottura of Modena’s dell’Osteria Francescana planned and executed a menu entitled “Come to Italy with us” at the International Culinary Center in the Big Apple. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreGENEVA – Snapshots of the work of italian ngos
The international work done by Italy’s 4 most important non-governmental organisations (NGOs) told in snapshots. The exhibition on “Italy’s Civil Society & Institutions: A Partnership For Human Rights”, organised by Italy’s Permanent Representation to Geneva and hosted in the United Nations building, features photographs from the humanitarian campaigns conducted by Caritas, Emergency, Save the Children […]
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