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Press Releases
18 November 2016
Ambassador Michele Valensise is appointed president of Associazione Villa Vigoni

Following a joint proposal of the Italian and German governments, Ambassador  Michele Valensise, former Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Ministry, was  appointed today president of the Associazione Villa Vigoni by the assembly of the members of the Italo-German association.  The Association  has its head office in Menaggio, on Lake of Como, and works on […]

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11 November 2016
Argentina – INGV ionoprobe for new Ionospheric Observatory

The new Ionospheric Observatory in Bahia Blanca, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina has been inaugurated. The Observatory is equipped with an AIS-INGV ionoprobe, developed in the laboratories of the Roma2 Section of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INVG). The opening will kick off the experimental research of Argentina’s new Ionospheric Observatory thanks to […]

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2 November 2016
Minister Gentiloni and Minister Giannini will be awarding the “Rita Levi Montalcini Prize for Scientific Cooperation between Italy and Israel” at the Farnesina.

The Farnesina today hosts the first Ceremony to award the “Rita Levi Montalcini Prize for Scientific Cooperation between Italy and Israel”. The Ceremony will be officiated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Mr Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Ms Stefania Giannini. The Prize, which is […]

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31 October 2016
The Foreign Ministry at the Genoa Science Festival

Hydrogen propulsion, science for peace and space archaeology are the themes chosen by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) to illustrate the contribution that ‘scientific diplomacy’ can make in internationalising Italy’s research and innovation systems at the 2016 edition of the Genoa Science Festival. The three themes were the focus of a […]

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28 October 2016
Zambia – Italy’s new humanitarian mission

A new Italian humanitarian mission has started in Zambia. Following the success of the initiative launched last February, ten voluntary professionals, coordinated by two heart surgeons, Stefano Marianeschi and Carlo Massini, are currently working at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka to operate on 10 children suffering from serious heart pathologies and to upgrade the […]

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25 October 2016
Italy and Kenya renew the “Luigi Broglio” Space Centre Agreement (Trento, 24 October 2016)

Fabrizio Nicoletti, the head of the Unit for Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), commented the renewal of the agreement between Italy and Kenya for Malindi’s “Luigi Broglio” Space Centre. He said: “Supporting our points of excellence in the aerospace sector – at bilateral and multilateral level […]

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21 October 2016
Washington – Six Italian scientists receive awards in the United States

Six researchers, aged between 30 and 40, have become the pride and glory of Italy in North America. Six talents, six prizes, and the winners are  Ilaria Iacobucci, who received the  Paola Campese Award for research in leukemia;  Gaetano Santulli and Silvia Balbo who received the Hogan Lovells Award in Medicine, Biosciences and Cognitive Science; […]

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20 October 2016
Elettra Sincrotrone opens in Trieste experimental beamlines co-funded by India

Trieste-based Sincrotrone Elettra opened its two new experimental stations, XRD2 and XPRESS, on Oct. 20 with an event organised at the Area Science Park, in Basovizza. XRD2 and XPRESS have been implemented in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India, which invested approximately 6 million euros in the project. The […]

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20 October 2016
Exhibitions – Venice to host ‘The world of Han Meilin’ exhibition

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host the press conference presenting the exhibition “The world of Han Meilin” on 27 October. It is the first time that the works of Han Meilin, the only Chinese artist to be designated “UNESCO Artist for Peace”, will be exhibited abroad. The initiative was promoted by Ca’ Foscari University, […]

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19 October 2016
Italy-India: scientific and technological cooperation relaunched

On 19 October 2016, the Farnesina hosted a meeting of the Indo-Italian Joint Committee established under the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement signed between Italy and India in New Delhi on 28 November 2003. The Indian delegation was led by Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology, while the […]

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10 October 2016
Italy and the Arctic on the 20th anniversary of the Ottawa Declaration

On the 20th anniversary of the Ottawa Declaration, which established the Arctic Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosts a two-day international event dedicated to the Arctic on 10 and 11 October, 2016. The event will start on 10 October with the international conference “The Arctic Council and the Italian Perspective”, which […]

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