Morocco: third Guinness World Record for Italian driver Fabio Barone
With the incredible time of 4 minutes and 42 seconds, Italian driver Fabio Barone, who already holds two world records, won his third Guinness World Record in Morocco, gaining a place in the history of international motorsports, setting three speed records in three different continents. Fabio’s comment at the finish line: “I am honoured and […]
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“The Ulysses syndrome”, a soundscape of the Mediterranean
Scanners, aerial antennas and recorders were used to record the sounds, music, voices, private conversations and service communications between boats, ships and the coast during two months of sailing along the shores of the Middle East, Italy, North Africa and Southern Europe. The “Ulysses Syndrome” originated from the Soundwalk Collective project and is a panorama […]
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An Italian hamlet in the heart of China
An Italian hamlet in the heart of China: it is the HB Italian Town Changsha, the new theme park dedicated to the excellence of Italian products recently inaugurated in Changsha, the capital of the province of Hunan. The town is the reconstruction of an ideal Italian town by a group of Italian consultants, architects and […]
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The summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia’ winds up in Athens
The events on the recently concluded summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia 2018’, were all a great success. In particular, the National Institute of Ancient Drama returned on stage at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival to perform Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus at Colonus’, directed by Greece’s Yannis Kokkos and featuring Massimo De Francovich in the role of […]
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Vancouver Fashion week, Italian fashion on the catwalk
‘MODA! Italy on the catwalk’ brought six young talents of Italian fashion in the limelight of the Vancouver Fashion Week: Arianna Bonifazi, Gaoming Chen, He Yan and Yeqi Tang, all students at the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA) of Milan, under the guidance of Nicoletta Morozzi. They presented their creations together with Elena Pignata for ‘Ombra […]
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Sao Paulo: Boccioni in addition to Italian music and cinema
The Italian Cultural Institute in Sao Paulo presented a dense calendar of events for the end of September, offering a multi-faceted panorama of the Italian world of art. From 23 September to 21 December, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo will host an exhibition on Umberto Boccioni, with a special focus on the […]
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Italian industry and competitiveness at the Prague Parliament
With the aim of highlighting the role of Italian industry and competitiveness and of finetuning the image of our Country, which is often stereotyped, an event was held at the Prague Parliament with the attendance of almost one hundred Czech MPs in addition to Italian and Czech personalities from the world of institutions and business. […]
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Serbia: meeting with the Italian business community
Access to loans and EU funding was the focus of the new meeting promoted by Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio with more than 80 Italian companies operating in Serbia, the Italian trade Agency ICE, Confindustria Serbia and the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, with the aim of facilitating a direct interface between the offer of banks […]
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Bahia Blanca: event in honour of Gino Bartali
Italy-Argentina: A Tribute to Gino Bartali, Champion and Symbol of Anti-Semitism The Consulate General of Italy in Bahia Blanca, together with the local Chapter of the the Jewish Association B’nai B’rith, organized a commemorative event in honour of Gino Bartali. This initiative was part of the activity of the Italian Presidency of the International Holocaust […]
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Italian and Turkish PGI products and alternative tourism
Izmir hosted an event dedicated to promoting Italian and Turkish Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) products and alternative tourism, which offers travel options designed to take tourists to discover villages, territories and places where each country produces its best and most unique products. Organized by the Italian Embassy to Turkey, in conjunction with the Turkish Chamber […]
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