Deputy 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 […]
Read moreCybercrime: Meetings and conference for Italian mission to Tel Aviv
Cybercrime, digital espionage and the risks of terrorist attacks in cyberspace: these are areas for enhanced international cooperation to increase security on the web. The subject was the focus of a visit to Israel by a large delegation from the Italian business and institutional communities. Led by Giovanni Brauzzi, the Principal Director for Security, Disarmament […]
Read moreDeveloping the Future – Making technology work for Development Cooperation
Democratisation, crisis management, environmental protection “The opportunities opened up by information and communication technology (ICT) extend to the various spheres of Development Cooperation activity, including democratisation, crisis management, environmental protection, public health, combating poverty and protecting human rights. The system that enables vaccine reminders by phone, the application for reporting violence, the priority and personnel […]
Read more2 June: Peres at Italian Embassy
President of Israel Shimon Peres paid tribute to two great Italians – Giorgio Napolitano and Rita Levi-Montalcini – in a speech at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tel Aviv on the evening of the Festival of the Italian Republic. Describing bilateral relations as excellent from political, scientific and economic standpoints, Peres ended with […]
Read moreTOKYO – Meeting on Italo-Japanese space cooperation
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo yesterday hosted the seminar “Italy and Japan: Space Cooperation Frontiers”, centred on the cooperative partnership that has been developing over recent years in the sectors of the use of the International Space Station (ISS), earth observation for monitoring natural disasters and space science. Considering that the two countries are […]
Read moreItaly admitted as Observer to Arctic Council
The news that Italy had been admitted to the Arctic Council with Observer status was received with great satisfaction and gratitude to the Council members and the Swedish Presidency that championed the move. Recognising both our country’s longtime participation in research and studies on the Arctic, as well as the interest of Italian firms in […]
Read moreUN – Battaggia candidate for DG UNIDO has Bonino support
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed her “full support” for the candidacy of Diana Battaggia for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in a message delivered on the occasion of the candidate’s presentation in Vienna of her proposal to relaunch the organisation as a leader in the “development of emerging […]
Read moreUSA – Events in Boston: L’Aquila and Franco Modigliani
Events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA continue in Boston, where a seminar illustrating the reconstruction of the historic city of L’Aquila was held, as well as two panels: one on the impact of Italian Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani’s studies on economic theory and the other on the future of the euro.
Read more