Visit 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 […]
Read moreLibraries in a cold environment: a good Italian-Norwegian practice
The Vatican Apostolic Library (BAV) presented this week a copy of 30 precious manuscripts – digitized and transferred in a photosensitive film – in the Arctic World Archive, housed in the Svalbard islands. The Archive was inaugurated in 2017 and is located in the depths of the Arctic mountains in ideal climatic conditions for conservation. […]
Read moreAmbassador Alberto Colella in a seminar of the Norwegian border police
Friday 8 February 2019 Ambassador Alberto Colella participated in a seminar organized by the Norwegian border police and gave a statement on “Trends in Italian immigration policy: the case of return“. The aim was to strengthen bilateral cooperation on a complex and sensitive issue.
Read moreAmbassador Alberto Colella on Aftenposten
On Saturday February 2nd, 2019, the newspaper Aftenposten published two opinion pieces by Ambassador Alberto Colella containing comments and clarifications on two issues currently debated in the Norwegian media (kidnapping and purchase of the NH90 helicopters). https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/7l8BKW/Kort-sagt_-lordag-2-febru
Read moreBMW Oslo Marathon 2019 – save the date 21 September 2019 and join the Embassy team
Do you like running? The Italian Embassy in Oslo will participate in the BMW OSLO MARATHON, one of the most important running events in Norway (https://oslomaraton.no/). This year the Oslo marathon will take place on Saturday 21 September 2019. Join the team “Embassy of Italy in Oslo” and run with us 10, 21 or 42 […]
Read moreItalian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities – national awards for translation
Every year, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) assigns to translators and editors eight awards, divided into the two categories major awards and special awards, to be awarded as recognition for high cultural contributions in the literally field. Financially the prize amounts to € 10,000 for each of the major prizes and […]
Read moreItalian Marche Region – a successful tasting of food and wine in Oslo
While participating in Reiselivsmessen 2019 (11-13 January 2019), the most important Norwegian travel fair, the Marche Region, in addition to a large and well organized institutional stand at the fair, has organized a tasting of typical food and wine products at the Italian Embassy in Oslo. Aimed mainly at professionals of the food and wine […]
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