In coincidence with the 25th anniversary of the Central European Initiative (CEI), the Italian Cultural Institute of Oslo hosted a seminar entitled “Regional Co-operation, Economic Growth and Political Stability: the Central European Initiative and Euro-Arctic/Northern Fora in comparison”. A panel of expert speakers included Italian ambassador to Oslo Giorgio Novello, and his colleagues from Sweden Sverre Stub, Austria Thomas Wunderbaldinger and Serbia Milan Simurdic, Counsellor Tommaso Andria and former Hungarian foreign minister Geza Jeszenszky.