The Road to Milan
A seminar entitled “The Road to Milan: New Legislation for Italy in a Changing Financial Landscape” was held on 3 July at the Embassy of Italy in London, organised in partnership with BonelliErede, one of Italy’s largest law firms, with offices in Italy, Belgium and the UK as well as recently opened branches in Egypt […]
Read moreTurin – A City of Opportunity
Visiting London on 29-30 June, Chiara Appendino, the mayor of Turin, presented a city of opportunity, one that has undergone a radical transformation from an industrial centre to a dynamic, multifaceted city that excels in the sectors of technology, culture, tourism and academia. The programme for Appendino’s visit was organised by the Embassy of Italy […]
Read moreTriple I Conversations: Riccardo Zacconi (King) – Massimo Sideri (Corriere della Sera)
The 11th “Triple I” (Italian Imaginative Innovators) event was held yesterday evening at the Italian Embassy in London. The Triple I initiative, consisting of a series of conversations between journalists and Italian entrepreneurs, was launched in May 2016 by the Embassy of Italy in London and is held on a monthly basis. Yesterday’s conversation featured Riccardo […]
Read moreProfessor Andrea Biondi is made Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy
Andrea Biondi, professor of EU law at King’s College London, was presented yesterday with the decoration of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy, for exceptional academic merit and for his longstanding support of the embassy. The decoration was presented by the Ambassador Terracciano on behalf of the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella. In […]
Read moreIl Circolo scholarship awards
This morning, in the presence of Karen Terracciano, the wife of the ambassador, scholarships were awarded for the 2017-18 academic year to nine students who had won a competition run by the Italian cultural association Il Circolo. These scholarships, totalling £10,500, will help these students achieve their academic, professional and artistic ambitions. Il Circolo, established […]
Read morePresidente Prodi and Ambassador Terracciano in Cambridge for Keith Sykes Italian Studies Lecture
On Monday 19 June the Italian ambassador to the UK, Pasquale Terracciano, visited Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, for the annual Keith Sykes Italian Studies Lecture organised by the Italian studies department of the college. The event was opened by Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and president of the European Commission, who gave […]
Read moreBook launch at the Italian Cultural Institute: Né Centauro né Chimera. Modesta proposta per un’Europa plurale by Antonio Armellini and Gerardo Mombelli
The euro crisis, the arrival in Europe of millions of refugees and migrants, Brexit, and terrorist attacks in the heart of European cities: growing populism and nationalism have put Europe to the test, and Europe must now change in order to keep up with the times. Antonio Armellini discusses this issue in a book that […]
Read moreVincenzo Amendola, the undersecretary for foreign affairs, visits London and Manchester; expresses solidarity with the British people and discusses the protection of UK-based Italians’ rights post-Brexit
2 June 2017 – The visit to the UK by Vincenzo Amendola began with the National Day celebrations at the Embassy of Italy, where he was hosted by the ambassador, Pasquale Terracciano. The event was also attended by Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policy and by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian […]
Read moreAn exhibition on Raphael’s drawings opens at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
A preview of the exhibition Raphael: The Drawings was held yesterday at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, in the presence of Ambassador Terracciano. The Ashmolean Museum is already home to the world’s largest collection of drawings by Raphael. The exhibition Raphael: The Drawings features 120 drawings by the Renaissance master, including loans from a number […]
Read moreRoberta Cremoncini, director of the Estorick Collection, is awarded knighthood of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Roberta Cremoncini, the director and curator of the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, received the decoration of Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) yesterday. The decoration was presented to her by Pasquale Terracciano, the Italian ambassador to the UK, in the name of […]
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