The Embassy in Oslo – a “plastic-free” embassy
The Italian Embassy in Oslo joins the campaign put forward by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and intends to become a “plastic-free” embassy. The aim is to gradually reduce and then eliminate the use of disposable plastic at the Embassy, adopting and implementing the Decalogue, launched by the Ministry of the Environment, to encourage […]
Read moreDante’s Divine Comedy verse translated into Icelandic
The poetic language of Dante’s Divine Comedy is now available into the Icelandic language. The first volume, dedicated to the cantica of Hell, has been translated into verse and edited by Einar Thoroddsen, physician, researcher and a lover of Dante. Before Einar Thoroddsen took on this astonishing enterprise it was possible to read the Divine […]
Read moreNew Italian Honorary Vice Consulate in Agder (southern Norway)
Andrea Maini is the new Honorary Vice Consul of Italy in Grimstad, with territorial jurisdiction extended to the regions of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder in southern Norway. The Honorary Vice Consulate will make it possible to provide Italians residing in the Agder regions with some consular services in a faster and easier manner. The office of […]
Read moreThe Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Moavero Milanesi meets with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Eriksen Søreide
On October 9th the Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi met in Rome with the Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide. The cordial meeting focused on bilateral relations and major European and international issues. Special attention was paid to EU and NATO security policies, the Brexit negotiations and migration. Italy and Norway reaffirm the close […]
Read moreSt. Olav magazine interviews Ambassador Alberto Colella
An interview made by the editor Hans Rossiné with Ambassador Colella is published in the latest issue of St. Olav, the Catholic magazine in Oslo. The full text is available HERE (in Norwegian).
Read moreOslo celebrates Gioacchino Rossini
The celebrations in Oslo to mark the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death were held on September 29th and 30th. The scheduled events – in collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo- included two master-classes held by Maestro Ernesto Palacio, tenor and one of the greatest specialists […]
Read moreBrief guides for Italian investors and exporters – Norway: the wine and spirits sector
The guide has been realized by the Italian Embassy in Oslo and the Institute for Foreign Trade – Stockholm office. The guide contains a wealth of data and information and intends to provide an overall framework of the market for alcoholic beverages in Norway as well as of the procedures for the acquisition of wine […]
Read moreVisit by Ambassador Colella and Honorary Consul Björnsson at the Italian Task Force (TFA) in Keflavik
Ambassador Alberto Colella and Honorary Consul Pétur Björnsson visited the Task Force of the Italian Air Force (TFA) at Keflavik on 25 September. The TFA is temporarily deployed at the Keflavik airbase as part of the NATO air policing to surveil Iceland and NATO airspace. Welcomed by the TFA Commander, Colonel Daniele Mastroberti and by […]
Read moreItalian passports in Iceland: new devices simplify the procedure
On Tuesday, September 25th, during his visit to Iceland, Ambassador Alberto Colella delivered new fingerprinting devices to the Honorary Consul in Rykjavik, Pétur Björnsson, The new devices represent considerable advantages for Italian nationals residing in Iceland. Now they will no longer have to travel to Oslo for taking their fingerprinting. Through the use of the […]
Read moreThe Rossini Opera Festival in Oslo: concert and master-classes
To mark the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the death of Gioacchino Rossini also in Norway, the Rossini Opera Festival, the famous Pesaro Festival, will visit Oslo at the end of September. The program of the tour includes a concert at the Opera House and two master-classes by Maestro Ernesto Palacio, artistic director of […]
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