Italian research in the Arctic: the Italian Government adopts the program 2018-2020.
The Arctic Research Program for the three-year period 2018-2020 was approved by the Italian Government on 27 March 2019. It is a program of significant importance which will enable Italy to implement, among other things, the commitments made in the Joint Statement of the first Arctic Science Ministerial held in Washington DC on 28 September […]
Read moreCooperation agreement between the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
A cooperation agreement between the National Research Council (CNR) and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) for research in the bioeconomy and agri-food sectors was signed yesterday 1 April 2019. With about 700 scientists and researchers, NIBIO is the main Norwegian research center for the development of the bioeconomy, a scientific sector that deals […]
Read moreAmbassador Colella and Consul Björnsson visit the Task Force of the Italian Air Force at Keflavik
On March 28th Ambassador Alberto Colella and Consul Pétur Björnsson visited the Italian Task Force deployed at the Keflavik airbase for control and surveillance of the Icelandic airspace. After similar missions in 2013, 2017 and 2018, this is the fourth time that Italian combat aircrafts are deployed for NATO Air Policing missions in Iceland. During […]
Read moreTerracina Day in Oslo
Focus in Oslo on Terracina, the small town of Lazio, with an entire day dedicated to the promotion of its landscape, cultural and gastronomic excellence. The “Terracina Day” event took place on Monday 25 March 2019 and was organized by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the local Authorities of Terracina. Attending the event were […]
Read moreOfficial visit of the Italian Ambassador to Bergen
On 21-23 March 2019 Ambassador Alberto Colella made an official visit to Bergen, Norway’s second largest city and home to a vibrant, well-educated and active Italian community. The Ambassador was accompanied by Italy’s vice honorary consul, Erik Nordgreen, and by prof. Marco Gargiulo, coordinator of Italian Studies of the University of Bergen. The program for […]
Read moreMeeting of Italy’s honorary consuls in Norway
Resuming a practice that had been interrupted for some time, a coordination meeting for the honorary consuls of Italy in Norway was organized in Oslo on March 19th. The meeting was a great opportunity for the honorary consuls to connect, share ideas with each other, discuss and exchange views on some important consular tasks assigned […]
Read moreVisit by the Italian Ambassador to the Leonardo’s AW101 training center in Stavanger
The Ambassador of Italy to Norway, Alberto Colella, visited yesterday the training center of Leonardo SpA at Stavanger Sola airport. Equipped with a new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for helicopters of the AW101 series, the center is a reference hub not only for training Norwegian crews but also for pilots from other countries. The AW101 […]
Read moreCollaboration agreement between the Italian National Park of Cilento, Valle di Diano and Albunri and the Norwegian National Park of Ytre Hvaler
On 3 March, the President of the National Park of Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni, Tommaso Pellegrino, accompanied by the director of the park Romano Gregorio, signed a partnership agreement with the Ytre Hvaler National Park, Norway’s first marine park. The ceremony was attended by the Italian Minister of the Environment, Sergio Costa, and […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Oslo becomes plastic-free
The Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano, in the presence of the Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen, and the staff of the Embassy and the Italian Instute of Culture, inaugurated yesterday Italian Embassy in Oslo ad a “plastic-free Embassy”. During the ceremony, in the premises of the […]
Read moreFollo line railway project – the TBM of Ghella and Acciona arrive at the gates of Ski. Broken the last diaphragm of the tunnel
After about nine gauges through the hard gneiss, on February 26th 2019, the two double tunnel boring machines “Anna” and “Magda” of the Italian Ghella, which are realizing the tunneling infrastructure of the Follo Line railway project, completed the drilling work and successfully broke through at Kvakestad near the center of Ski. The spectacular breaking […]
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