“Appuntamenti Italiani” in Shanghai
The “Appuntamenti Italiani” column is posted weekly by the Italian Consulate General in Shanghai through its WeChat account, a social platform with more than 1.08 billion users a month. The column is a space dedicated to the principal events organised in eastern China on the theme of Italy, news of which are fed into the […]
Read moreIndonesia – Jakarta: Italian excellence in research and technology
“Italy: The Beauty of Knowledge”, an exhibition on Italian excellence in research and technological innovation, was inaugurated in Jakarta by the Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Indonesia, Vittorio Sandalli.The exhibition, hosted at the National Museum of Jakarta, which will remain open to the public until 31 March 2019, is a showcase of Italian know-how and […]
Read moreItaly-Netherlands: 2019 dense billboard of events paying homage to Vanvitelli
A dense programme of cultural, economic and scientific events has been organised for 2019 by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in the Netherlands. The events underpin the close bilateral relationship between the two Countries in the wake of having shared the seat on the UN Security Council for 2017-2018, and within the framework of […]
Read more‘Italian scientists at school’ in Frankfurt
Paolo Ferri, the father of the Rosetta mission and leader of flight operations for all ESA satellites – including the BepiColombo probe, an interplanetary mission that will reach Mercury in 2025 to discover its geophysical mysteries – was a guest of the European School in Frankfurt as part of the “Italian scientists at school” initiative […]
Read moreVienna: Italian-Chinese satellite for studying earthquakes
The Italy-China scientific cooperation for the Chinese satellite CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) was presented in Vienna during the meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the United Nations (COPUOS). Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili, Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations, presented the project while the more technical aspects of […]
Read moreCelebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]
Read moreAgreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives
The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]
Read moreLondon: Mission by an Italian research team on artificial intelligence
The Italian Embassy in London organised a public event entitled “Italy4Innovation”, the London stop of the Italian diplomatic mission’s presentation on artificial intelligence coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE). The Italian mission’s choice of the British capital was unavoidable, as the United Kingdom is the European Country most advanced in the research, development […]
Read moreJapan, an international research team discovers a new form of matter
A new type of ‘strange matter’, which could provide new information on the origin of the mass of the universe following the Big Bang, was discovered by the scientists of an international team in Japan, partially financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The E15 experiment conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator […]
Read moreAn Italian appointed president of the Immunological Society in Prague
Luca Vannucci, an Italian oncologist and immunologist, has been appointed president of the Czech Immunological Society, one of the leading research institutions in the Czech Republic. Since its founding in 1973 by Professor Jan Sterzl, this is the first time that the president of the Immunological Society is not Czech. For the occasion, the Italian […]
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