Operational Convention signed by MFA and National Research Council (CNR)
A significant moment in the meeting of scientific attachés, being held today and tomorrow at the foreign ministry in Rome, came with the signing of an operational convention between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council (CNR) aimed at further strengthening what are already excellent relations. Signed by MFA Secretary General Michele […]
Read moreBonino meets with Scientific Attachés – Research essential for competitiveness and economic recovery
Research must be the central focus of economic recovery efforts, because it is “an indispensable component in business dynamism”, declared Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino as she opened the meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome of scientific attachés assigned to Italian diplomatic missions abroad. “Diplomacy and science are natural allies”, since there is […]
Read moreDUBAI – Shopping temple hosts Leonardo’s machines
The Grand Atrium of the Dubai Mall, temple of shopping and leisure activities among the most visited in the world, is hosting 40 faithfully reproduced and full-scale models of Leonardo’s machines, based on the drawings in the Codex and chosen as exceptional expressions of innovation and technical ability. The show has already been mounted in […]
Read moreITALY – ARGENTINA – Online a new call for joint scientific research projects
Now on-line a new call for joint science and technology research projects within the framework of the 3-year executive science and technology cooperation protocol between Italy and Argentina for 2014-2016. The goal is to encourage bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in the sectors of environment and energy, nanotechnologies, medicine and health, basic sciences (mathematics, physics, […]
Read moreThe MFA at work for “System Italy” – Valensise presents the 2013 Yearbook: initiatives and results
“A government department that costs the state very little” but which, in spite of the cuts, is managing to meet the growing demand for services in Italy and throughout the world. This was one of the key features to emerge from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical Yearbook for 2013, edited by Sabrina Ugolini, Head […]
Read moreITALY-SERBIA – Bilateral Protocol signed
The first Scientific and Technological Executive Protocol between Italy and Serbia has been signed in Belgrade. The agreement, which envisages 15 3-year projects for exchanges of researchers in the biomedicine, agriculture, energy and environment sectors, was signed by our Ambassador, Giuseppe Manzo, and Serbia’s Minister for Education, Science and Technological Development, Zarko Obradovic. Read more, […]
Read moreMADRID – Technical University of Madrid-cnr agreement on joint laboratory
The Technical University of Madrid (Spanish initials UPM) and the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome have signed an agreement to set up a joint Italian-Spanish laboratory to study complex biological systems. The new lab will be located in Florence at the CNR’s Complex Systems Institute (ISC). Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDeputy Minister Marta Dassù meets with NASA Director Charles Bolden
Deputy Minister Marta Dassù met today in Rome with NASA Director Charles Bolden. Bolden’s visit to Italy is a sign of intentions to strengthen and renew bilateral cooperation between Italy and the United States in the field of space, which was already confirmed on the occasion of the signing of a bilateral accord on space […]
Read morePoland – Crowd for the ‘science picnic’ italian stand
A crowd of families, young people and children took part in the traditional “Science Picnic” organised in Warsaw by the Copernico Scientific Centre and Radio Poland. The Italian stand also featured the activities of the Gruppo Pleiadi coordinated by the Italian Cultural Institute of Warsaw. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreLIMA – Hugo Pratt and Corto Maltese in Peru
Peru remembers Hugo Pratt in an exhibition entitled “On the road to adventure. Pino Ninfa’s homage to Hugo Pratt”. The Italian Cultural Institute of Lima organised the event, which will run from 19 June to 16 July and consists of 40 photographs of the places featured in the Corto Maltese cartoons drawn by Pratt. The […]
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