Job Announcement – ICE/Italian Trade Agency – London Office
The Italian Trade Agency in London: The Italian Trade Agency (“ITA”) is a governmental entity with diplomatic status whichpromotes the internationalization of Italian companies, in line with the strategies of the Ministry for Economic Development. ITA provides information, support and advice to Italian and foreign companies. In addition to its headquarters in Rome, ITA operates […]
Read moreAmbassador Raffaele Trombetta speaks on BBC Radio 4 about Brexit
This morning, as the European Council met, Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta spoke on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 about the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations. He reiterated the statement by Professor Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Italian minister of foreign affairs, that Italy is committed to ensuring a positive outcome. The ambassador highlighted that […]
Read more18th Week of the Italian Language in the World
Today marks the beginning of Week of the Italian Language in the World, this year in its 18th edition. The initiative is organised under the auspices of the Italian president and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with high-profile partners including the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the Accademia della Crusca, the European […]
Read moreCyber Security and Digital Economy: Challenges, Threats and Opportunities from Cyberspace
A conference on “Cyber Security and Digital Economy: Challenges, Threats and Opportunities from Cyberspace” was held yesterday at the Embassy of Italy in the UK, organised in partnership with the Italian Trade Agency, with the support of the Centre for Cybersecurity and International-Relations Studies (CCSIRS)of the University of Florence. The conference was the first event […]
Read moreFrieze – A week dedicated to women in art
“Women in art” at the Italian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Italy Last week London hosted the Frieze Art Fair and Frieze Masters, a festival in which 160 world-renowned galleries and over 1,000 contemporary artists participated, many of them Italian. Coinciding with the Frieze festival, the Embassy of Italy launched its first internship focusing […]
Read more“Sardinia Land of Innovation – Investment Opportunities” with the Region of Sardinia and Italian Trade Agency
“Sardinia Land of Innovation – Investment Opportunities”, an event to promote the Sardinia Region’s initiatives in the field of innovation in the digital and ICT sector and the investment opportunities it provides, took place yesterday at the Italian Embassy in London, in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency. The event aimed to favour networking and […]
Read more“Mantegna and Bellini” opens at the National Gallery
An exhibition on two major artists of the Venetian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, opened yesterday evening at the National Gallery, attended by Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta. The exhibition, sponsored by the Italian Tourism Board, is in the gallery’s new Sainsbury Wing and comprises 90 works from museums around the world, including the Uffizi Gallery […]
Read moreTriple I: Gaia Gaja in conversation with Jamie Goode
The latest Italian Imaginative Innovators (Triple I) meeting held at the Embassy of Italy featured Gaia Gaja, of the Gaja wineries, who spoke to Jamie Goode, a renowned British food-and-wine critic. The Gaja wineries, established in 1859 in Barbaresco in the Piedmont region, are today an institution in Italian winemaking.Gaja told Goode that her family’s […]
Read moreLaunch of the “Italy4Innovation” series #i4i
The opening event of a new series, Italy4Innovation (i4i), was held yesterday at the Embassy of Italy in London. The series is an initiative by the ambassador, Raffaele Trombetta, and will focus on innovation in Italy and the UK. The speakers were Stefano Firpo, the director general for industrial policy, competitiveness and SMEs at the […]
Read moreThe chef Antonio Carluccio is remembered at the Embassy of Italy
Yesterday the Embassy of Italy in London hosted the launch of the Antonio Carluccio Foundation, a charitable organisation set up in memory of Antonio Carluccio, a giant of Italian gastronomy, who died on 7 November last year, and paid tribute to his life and work. The ambassador, Raffaele Trombetta, spoke about meeting Carluccio during his […]
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