Norwegian premiere of the tv series “My brilliant friend”
The Norwegian premiere of the first two episodes of the television series “My brilliant friend” was held yesterday evening, November 13, 2018, at the VIKA cinema in Oslo. The series is based on the bestselling Neapolitan novels by the pseudonymous author Elena Ferrante of which “My Brilliant Friend” (in Norwegian: “Mi briljante venninne”) is the […]
Read moreThe Italian Navy participates in NATO’s Northern Challenge 2018 exercise in Iceland
At the Icelandic air base of Keflavik, in the Suðurnes region, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Reykjavík, more than 300 soldiers from 16 nations of the Atlantic Alliance were trained to update themselves on the latest and most advanced techniques for the neutralization of Improvised Explosive Ordinances (C-IEDs, Counter – Improvised Explosive Devices). […]
Read moreLiterary Evenings of the Italian Embassy in Oslo – presentation of “Dalla A al Å. Norvegia istruzioni per l’uso” by Camilla Bonetti
The first event of a new series called “Literary Evenings of the Italian Embassy in Oslo” took place on Friday, October 26th with the presentation of the book “Dalla A alla Å. Norvegia. Istruzioni per l’uso” by blogger Camilla Bonetti. The book, a best-seller in our country, is a kind of an alternative guide to […]
Read moreBrief guide for Italian investors and exporters – Iceland: agricultural and food products
Published the third volume of a series of brief guides intended to assist Italian investors and exporters in Norway and Iceland. The new guide gives a survey of the small but promising Icelandic market for exporters of Italian agricultural and food products, promising both for the high purchasing power of Icelandic consumers and for the […]
Read moreItaly joins NATO’s Military Exercise Trident Juncture 2018
The Italian Armed Forces are taking part in the NATO military exercise “Trident Juncture 2018”, the largest training exercise of the Atlantic Alliance in the last twenty years, currently under way in Norway. The Italian Armed Forces are participating with qualified units from the main bodies of the Italian Army that contribute to the “Very […]
Read moreArctic Circle 2018 (Reykjavík, October 19-21)
Italy was strongly back to Arctic Circle, one of the major fora for discussion and interaction on Arctic issues, with a structured participation in this year’s works. The 2018 edition of an event commonly considered “the Davos of the Arctic” took place in Reykjavík from 19 to 21 October. About 2000 politicians, diplomats, scientists, experts […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
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