“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 […]
Read morePresentation of Il Circolo scholarships and Italian Medical Society of Great Britain fellowship
This morning at the Embassy of Italy in London, the ambassador, Raffaele Trombetta, hosted a ceremony to present eight schoarships and a fellowship to help nine students achieve their artistic, academic and professional ambitions. The scholarships were sponsored by the cultural association Il Circolo, a British-Italian charitable association established in 1994 to disseminate Italian culture […]
Read moreThe 2018 Italy Made Me awards for young Italian researchers in the UK
The prizegiving ceremony for the fourth edition of the Italy Made Me awards was held yesterday evening at the Embassy of Italy to the United Kingdom. The prizes are awarded in recognition of the work of young UK-based Italian researchers who completed at least part of their studies in Italy. The initiative is run by […]
Read moreState property agency: Call for applications to renovate and manage properties of great historic and architectural value
The State Property Agency invites applications from foreign investors interested in renovating and managing historic properties For many years the State Property Agency (Agenzia del Demanio) has renovated properties belonging to the state and other public bodies to make them usable, with the aim of contributing to the social and economic development of the local areas. Two […]
Read moreThe Italian Navy tall ship Amerigo Vespucci in Portsmouth
The Vespucci tall ship of the Italian Navy in Portsmouth harbour until 27 August This morning the training ship Amerigo Vespucci has arrived in the port of Portsmouth, where it will be moored until 27 August. This is the fifth leg of the 2018 training tour, during which cadets from the Italian Navy’s Livorno […]
Read moreCommemoration ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War
Yesterday, 1st of August, the Army and Navy Club in London hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle Of Vittorio Veneto, the First World War’s last battle between Italy and the Austro-Hungaric Empire. The choice of commemorating the occasion in London is due to the presence of a British brigade alongside […]
Read moreItalian minister of defence visits Farnborough Airshow 2018
The Farnborough Airshow, an event held every two years at Farnborough air base just outside London, showcases aeronautical science and technology and its use in civil and commercial aviation, defence, and the broader aerospace sector. Over 1,500 exhibitors from 100 countries took part in this year’s event, with a significant Italian presence that included two […]
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