St. 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 […]
Read moreBrief guides for Italian investors and exporters – Norway: the oil & gas sector
The Stockholm Office of the Italian Trade and Investment Agency (ICE), in collaboration with the Embassy of Oslo, has taken the initiative to realize brief guides for Italian investors potentially interested in the Norwegian market. The first of these guides has now been published and presents detailed and updated information on the most important economic […]
Read moreItalian State Property Office: projects for the recovery and redevelopment of state property.
The Italian State Property Office, Agenzia del Demanio, has been working for several years to recover real estate owned by the State and other public bodies thus contributing to the economic and social development of the territory. The Valore Paese-Dimore initiative has been developed since 2013 and it aims at the redevelopment of public buildings […]
Read moreCollapse of the Morandi bridge – Thanks for your condolences
The Embassy of Italy in Oslo thanks Norwegian and international authorities, associations and citizens who, in various ways, have expressed these days their solidarity and condolences to the victims of the catastrophe that hit Genoa and the whole of Italy with the collapse of the Morandi bridge. Alberto Colella Ambassador
Read moreItalian Navy and NATO vessel Alliance: arctic research campaign High North 18
The NATO vessel Alliance, which had left the port of Tromsø on 7 July, concluded the “HIGH NORTH 18”, a research campaign (marine geophysics) taking place in the Arctic between Norway and Greenland. The mission was conducted by the Italian Navy, with the scientific coordination of the Navy Hydrographic Institute and thanks to renewed synergy […]
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