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10 September 2013

Medio Oriente e affari. Il Ministro Bonino incontra il Ministro per lo Sviluppo Regionale, l’Energia e l’Acqua di Israele, Silvan Shalom

Il Ministro Bonino ha incontrato stamane alla Farnesina il Ministro israeliano per lo Sviluppo Regionale, l’Energia e l’Acqua, Shalom. L’incontro ha permesso un proficuo scambio di idee sulle iniziative da intraprendere per rafforzare i già eccellenti rapporti bilaterali, caratterizzati non solo da un costante dialogo politico ma anche da un solido partenariato proprio nel settore […]

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10 September 2013

Medio Oriente e affari. Il Ministro Bonino incontra il Ministro per lo Sviluppo Regionale, l’Energia e l’Acqua di Israele, Silvan Shalom

Minister Bonino met the Israeli Minister for Regional Development, Energy and Water, Silvan Shalom, at the Farnesina today, 10 September 2013. The meeting provided an opportunity for a fruitful exchange of ideas on the initiatives to be undertaken by strengthen the already excellent bilateral relations. The Italian-Israeli relationship is characterised not just by constant political […]

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2 September 2013

LOS ANGELES: a month of events featuring Italy and science

Italian “brains” take centre stage in Los Angeles throughout September for “Italian Science Month”. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF), in collaboration with the Italian Trade Promotion Agency. Its aim is to showcase Italy’s contribution in numerous international scientific and technological […]

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19 August 2013

LOS ANGELES – A GLIMPSE OF “ITALY OF THE FUTURE”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles will be hosting an exhibition on “Italy of the Future”, running from 4 September to 2 October 2013. The exhibition includes an original selection of some of our country’s most valuable achievements in the field of science and technology. Looking at the past to celebrate the future Looking […]

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8 August 2013

ITALY-USA – Leonardo’s masterpiece on display at the National Air and Space Museum

One of Italy’s greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds”, will be exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. for 40 days this autumn, from 13 September until 22 October 2013. The extraordinary document, created ca. 1505, shows da Vinci’s interest in human flight by exploring […]

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25 July 2013

URUGUAY: A homage to Guglielmo Marconi

Uruguay has commemorated Guglielmo Marconi with a series of events at Punta dell’Este marking the 76th anniversary of the inventor’s death on 20 July 1937. During the celebrations, the Italian Honorary Vice Consul was honoured for his work in the Maldonado-Punta dell’Este consular district. The initiatives were organised with support from the Italian Embassy and […]

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18 July 2013

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 […]

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18 July 2013

Bonino 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 […]

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17 July 2013

DUBAI – 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 […]

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16 July 2013

ITALY – 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, […]

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10 July 2013

The 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 […]

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10 July 2013

ITALY-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, […]

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