Scientific cooperation – Gravitational waves discovered

Italian and American scientists announced at a press conference in Washington the detection of gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his General Theory of Relativity100 years ago. Scientists have been able to detect for the first time ever “ripples” in  spacetime, the so-called gravitational waves generated by a catastrophic collision in the universe. The […]

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Montenegro: Eni-Novatek adjudicated off-shore exploration rights

Eni-Novatek, the Italian-Russian consortium, has been adjudicated the off-shore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation rights in four blocks in the proximity of the Montenegro-Albania border. The decision was taken by Montenegro’s government, which specified that the concession will have a duration of thirty years. For the concession to become operational, it will have to be approved […]

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Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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Mexico – New Italian honorary consul appointed in Playa del Carmen

Dr Italo Sampablo is Italy’s new honorary consul in the Mexican city of Playa del Carmen. The pulmonologist, who graduated from the University of Barcelona, is currently medical director at the Cancun Hospital, in Mexico. A days ago he was officially presented at a ceremony attended by the Italian ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, […]

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Athens – “Memories in Black and White”, an exhibition of Franco Murer’s drawings

The stories narrated in the drawings of Franco Murer are not only of war and occupation but also of brotherhood and cooperation among the people who lived through it. “Memories in Black and White: real-life stories” (“Ricordi in bianco e nero: racconti vissuti”) is an itinerant exhibition on the stories of the Italian soldiers who […]

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Russia – Italian competes in language Olympics

The auditorium of the Moscow State University of Linguistics (MGLU) hosted on Wednesday the regional round of the Olympics of three languages: Italian, Chinese and Spanish, idioms that are rarely dedicated a specific course in Russian middle and secondary schools. Thanks to this competition, the three foreign languages have officially acquired the same dignity as […]

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Ottawa – Italo-Canadian astrophysicist leads the Astro-H telescope project

The scientific team that developed the Astro-H telescope space observatory, due to be launched into space on Friday, was led by Italo-Canadian astrophysicist Luigi Gallo. The instrument will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The ambitious project, which involves NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Canadian […]

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Dei – Cameroon: Team Engineering awarded contract for a railways feasibility study

Team Engineering, in a consortium  with a Canadian partner, was awarded two feasibility study contracts for Cameroon’s Edea-Kribi and Douala-Limbe’ railway lines, with a total value of 1.8 million euro. Jamaica: Expo 2016 in Kingston Expo Jamaica 2016, which will be in its 43rd edition, will be held in Kingston on 14-17 April. Over 300 […]

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Meeting of Minister Gentiloni with the trade unions representing the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Minister Gentiloni met today with the trade unions representing all categories of workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Italy is increasingly becoming a key player in the international arena on many matters involving counter-terrorism, economic diplomacy, the United Nations and the European Union. Minister Gentiloni said that on all of these […]

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SERVICE NOTICE – Meeting of the International Syria Support Group (Munich, 11 February 2016)

The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) will meet in Munich on 11 February 2016 and will be attended by Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Representatives of the press interested in following the event will be able to obtain accreditation by sending an email to MunichPA@state.gov  by 5 p.m. Feb. 10, […]

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Prague – An exhibition puts mosaic art at centre stage

Mosaic art will take centre stage in Prague in a cycle of events on Feb. 12 that will be hosted by Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The event will open with the conference “MosaiCONtempo – from the mosaics of Ravenna to the present day”, focusing on the history and restoration of mosaics, which will be […]

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Barcellona – On display Gabriele Sisti’s “Archivio quotidiano” photographic show

Imagination, creativity, the world of dreams, the subconscious: all this is inside Gabriele Sisti’s photography. “In this new one-man show, Gabriele Sisti decided to leave behind the world of traditional photography in order to explore new expressive possibilities through the juxtaposition technique, through which he combines two or more of his own images with those […]

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