Webinar: Industrial cooperation between Italy and Norway (3 December 2020)
INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ITALY AND NORWAY Organized by: Italian Embassy in Oslo and Leonardo HelicoptersWhen: 3 December 2020, from 9:00 to 12:00 The online seminar aims to enhance the exchange of good practices between Norwegian and Italian industrial operators. At a time when world trade is coming to a halt, the Embassy of Italy in […]
Read moreONLINE B2B meetings with 200 producers in the Italian Food & Wine Industry
Norwegian import companies will meet Italian Food & Wine producers from 9 November to 12 December 2020, registering on the dedicated digital platform EU-MATCH, where it is easy to find the most interesting producers and to schedule digital B2B meetings. The platform gives the possibility to search for specific products or producers, while remaining anonymous, […]
Read moreCOVID-19 vaccine development efforts. Italy joins in and contributes to CEPI
The Government of Italy has today formally joined the Oslo-based Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), contributing €5 million (US $5.8 million)—the first part of an overall pledge of €10 million (US $11.7 million)—in investment to support CEPI and the development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The financial contribution, made through Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreNewsletter of the Italian Embassy in Oslo
To communicate better with its users, the Embassy uses a new program for managing its newsletters. Those interested in receiving the newsletter and other thematic communications from the Embassy can subscribe to the mailing list here. By registering it will be possible to reset the password and manage the contents for which one wants to […]
Read moreNew anti-Covid measures adopted by the Italian Embassy in Oslo
The Italian Embassy in Oslo follows the new anti-Covid restrictions announced yesterday, October 26, 2020, by the executive mayor of Oslo and the Norwegian government. New mandatory measures within this Embassy starting from Thursday 29 October: Only those wearing a facial mask will be admitted, and the mask shall be worn for the entire time […]
Read moreHouse in Italy? Buy one in Castropignano (CB) for 1 euro (under some conditions)
In the province of Campobasso, in the central region of Molise, perched on the top of a hill there is the small town of Castropignano, a historic village with 923 inhabitants and a beautiful castle, the Castello d’Evoli, built around the mid-fourteenth century as a civitella or more simply as a castro for the observation […]
Read moreInnovitalia – The portal of scientific diplomacy
Innovitalia is the platform managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of University and Research for the dissemination of information and for the networking of stakeholders engaged in research and Italian innovation abroad. Innovitalia promotes relations between the scientific research system in Italy and abroad, and between researchers and Italian companies and […]
Read moreApp “Immuni” to track and prevent COVID-19 infection
All travellers going to Italy are strongly encouraged to download the “Immuni” app. The app allows users to be actively tracked and helps people prevent COVID19 infection allowing them to travel safely and protect us all. “Immuni” was created to help fight the epidemic and uses smartphone technology to warn users that they have had […]
Read moreNew Italian Consul general in Reykjavik
A few days ago Ms. Rósa Björg Jónsdóttir took up the post of Italian Consul General in Reykjavik. Rósa replaces Mr. Pétur Björnsson, who held this position for 28 years. Graduated in librarianship, Rósa studied in Iceland and Italy. She is the first woman to exercise the functions of Italian Honorary Consul in the district […]
Read moreAmbassador Alberto Colella on Dagens Næringsliv
The economic-financial daily Dagens Næringsliv published on Tuesday 4 August (page 2 “Meninger”) a comment on Italy, characterized by negative and pessimistic tones, by journalist Kjetil Wiedswang with the title “Italienske tilstander“. The Italian Ambassador’s reply was published, in the same “Meninger” section, on Thursday 6 August with the title “Ikke objektivt og balansert om […]
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