BREXIT AND EU CITIZENS’ RIGHTS
In view of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, which will take effect at 11pm GMT on Friday 31 January, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Home Office, held a meeting with the Italian community on the rights of EU citizens. It was attended by the Minister of State for the Home Office, […]
Read moreItaly4Innovation – Impact Investments
The first Italy4Innovation event of 2020 was dedicated to impact investment, a theme closely linked to sustainability. This type of investment is, as Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta explained in his opening address, a conscious choice for Italy, in the year in which it co-chairs COP26 with the UK. Impact investment is a relatively new area of […]
Read moreItalian Business Integrity Day (IBID)
To mark International Anticorruption Day, the Embassy of Italy in London hosted Italian Business Integrity Day (IBID) on Monday 9 December, the first time the event had been held in London. The event, now in its third year, is part of a project launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the […]
Read moreAvanti West Coast
Avanti West Coast officially takes over the operation of long-distance train services on the West Coast Main Line today, heralding a new era of intercity and future high-speed rail services in the UK. A fully liveried train bearing the franchise’s new branding with its distinctive logo will travel from Euston Station stopping at Coventry, Birmingham […]
Read moreScience for Society- The Lunar Renaissance
The third conference of the SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY cycle “The Lunar Renaissance“, that took place at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on Tuesday 10 December at 6:30 p.m., organised on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing (1969-2019). We discussed the hypotheses, motivations and implications of a possible return to […]
Read moreSergio Marchionne Student Achievement Awards (FCA – CNH)
The annual Sergio Marchionne Student Achievement Awards are presented by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and CNH Industrial to children of their employees who have excelled in their studies. The Italian ambassador, Raffaele Trombetta, will be hosting the prize giving ceremony today for the second time at the embassy. The programme was set up in 1996 by […]
Read moreAmbassador Raffaele Trombetta in Milan for the presentation of the book PhotoAnsa 2019
Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta was in Milan yesterday to attend the presentation of the book PhotoAnsa 2019. The event was also attended by Giuseppe Sala, the mayor of Milan; Attilio Fontana, the governor of Lombardy; Stefano De Alessandri, the CEO of ANSA; Giulio Anselmi, the chairman of ANSA, and some of the people featured in the […]
Read morePrime minister Giuseppe Conte visits London for NATO summit and meeting with Prince Charles
The Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, attended the 70th summit of NATO leaders, held in London on 3-4 December. (See here for the final declaration of the summit.) Upon his arrival in London, he was received at Clarence House by Prince Charles to discuss collaboration between Italy and the UK on environmental matters and the […]
Read moreRe-election of Italy to Category A of the Executive Board of the International Maritime Organisation – IMO
The Farnesina expresses its satisfaction for the re-election of Italy in Category A of the Executive Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the two-year period 2020-2021. The conference took place today in London during the work of the XXXI General Assembly of the Organization, which has the task of promoting the development and […]
Read moreScience for Society – Leonardo’s Machines
The scientific office of the Italian Embassy in London, in collaboration with AISUK, presents the second event of the series Science for Society: Leonardo da Vinci’s machines and their rediscovery in the modern era: the birth of the myth. For the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death 27 November 2019 – 18:30 – Istituto Italiano di Cultura, London As part of […]
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