Minister Di Maio: meeting with Samantha Cristoforetti
Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who will be the first European woman to take command of the International Space Station in 2022.
Read morePanama: signature of executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement
Last Monday, October 25, a ceremony was held in Panama City to sign two new executive protocols of the Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Agreement in force since 2007 between Italy and Panama. The protocols address the restoration sector’s theoretical and practical training activities, one of the most representative fields of Italian excellence worldwide. In the […]
Read moreSpace: Milan will host the IAC 2024 congress
Milan will be hosting the 2024 IAC (International Astronautical Congress), the 75th edition of the most important world event in the space sector. This was announced by the committee that promoted Milan as the candidate, and consisting of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (representing the academic world), and […]
Read moreItalian-Lithuanian round table on cybersecurity
An Italian-Lithuanian round table on cybersecurity, which took place in hybrid form on 19 October in Vilnius, was opened by the Italian Ambassador to Lithuania, Diego Ungaro. This was the first initiative on this specific subject and allowed the participants to deepen their mutual knowledge of national information security systems and to assess the opportunities […]
Read moreSenegal: training programmes in Italy for African students
The Embassy of Italy in Dakar has announced the selection of young people from West Africa who will have the opportunity to continue their higher education in Italy in the 2021/2022 academic year, within the framework of the bilateral cultural and scientific cooperation initiative stemming from the commitment of the Italian diplomatic system to further […]
Read moreWorld Space Week, Italian-Belgian Partnership
On the occasion of World Space Week, sponsored by the United Nations, the Italian Embassy in Brussels hosted an event to promote collaboration in the space sector between Italy and Belgium, including the presentation of Telespazio Belgium, a company set up in July 2021 by Telespazio, which is a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales. […]
Read moreZagreb: a conference on robotics
The Italian Embassy in Zagreb has held a conference on robotics entitled “Robotics. From the workshop to the market”. Organised as part of the integrated promotion initiatives, the event took place yesterday, 6 October, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Zagreb. It was opened by the Ambassador of Italy in Zagreb, Pierfrancesco […]
Read moreIsrael: the Association of Italian Scholars and Scientists was founded
The “Association of Italian Scholars and Scientists in Israel” (AISSI) was founded, including Italian professors, researchers, and PhD students. The initiative was promoted by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Gianluigi Benedetti, thanks to two professors from Ben Gurion University, Cristina Bettin and Aaron Fait. The new association is non-profit and aims to provide […]
Read moreItaly-Brazil, symposium on hydrogen as clean energy
Italy and Brazil discussed hydrogen as clean energy. On 22 September the Brazil-Italy symposium of the International Conference on Hydrogen Production was opened by Francesco Azzarello, the Ambassador of Italy in Brasilia. The event was organized by CNR-ITAE and ITM. The participants included Paulo Emílio Valadão de Miranda, President of the Brazilian Hydrogen Association, […]
Read moreVietnam, Venice lagoon and Mekong delta in comparison
A webinar entitled “The future of water civilisations- Venice lagoon and Mekong delta” was held on 16 September in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Vietnam, the National University of Ho Chi Minh City and Thuy Loi University in Hanoi. The initiative is part of the cycle “1600 years of Venice. History, Architecture, City”, promoted […]
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