Primo accordo di student exchange negli Usa nella storia dell’Ateneo
Primo accordo nella storia dell'Università di Udine negli Stati Uniti per favorire lo scambio di studenti con atenei americani. I rettori dell'università friulana, Alberto F. De Toni, e della University of South Florida (USF), John B. Ramil, hanno firmato un accordo che permetterà ogni anno a quattro studenti di Ingegneria gestionale di Ud...
Le undici ex startup italiane che possono diventare miliardarie
di Giulia Cimpanelli Superano tutti i 3 milioni (ma raggiungono anche i 12) gli investimenti cercati dalle scale-up italiane, le società che hanno dimostrato di avere un prodotto o un servizio capace di scalare il mercato. Dal punto di vista dei numeri, le realtà software devono avere fatturato almeno un milione di euro nell'ultimo anno....
NATO engages with the scientific community in Italy
Given the current security environment, engaging NATO's partners is more important than ever. "By building partnerships along the line of science and security, the SPS Programme brings important soft power value for NATO," said Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges addressing the SPS information...
Expo Milano 2015 greatly helped agribusiness penetration in foreign markets
by Roberto Iotti The six months of Expo Milano 2015 dedicated to sustainable agriculture with its 20 million visitors helped push the agribusiness trade balance to a new record in November, so much so that the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies said that the goal of €50 billion in exports by 2020 is increasingly within re...
Vigne Surrau: Sardinian Winery Fusing Nature and Art
Whatever membrane exists between this life and the universal mystery is palpably thin in Sardinia's Gallura: ancient nuraghi, megalithic monuments left by the island's enigmatic Nuragic civilization, are vibrant in their stillness; collar bells ring out as shepherd dogs herd sheep in the indigo twilight; ageless, fantastic forms of wind-sculpted gr...
Italians rejoice! New study finds eating Pasta is healthy
Pasta is much loved by people all around the world, but it also gets an unfair share of bad press. Maligned as an unhealthy fattening dish, pasta is actually good for you if cooked the right way. A new study published in the April issue of Today's dietician, says that pasta can be a healthful carbohydrate source if it's cooked al dent...
Ferrari names Fiat Chrysler chief Marchionne as CEO
Sergio Marchionne took full control of super sports carmaker Ferrari NV, adding the CEO title on Monday to that of chairman as he positions the carmaker in the luxury goods space and seeks to regain Formula 1 glory. Marchionne's replacement of CEO Amedeo Felisa came as Ferrari posted its best first-quarter earnings ever, a 19-percent incre...
This famous pianist performed while floating in the Arctic, and it’s haunting
It might have been the smallest crowd Ludovico Einaudi ever played to, but the setting hardly could be more stunning. Earlier this month, while floating on a small platform in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway, the renowned Italian composer played a grand piano as pieces of a sprawling glacier crumbled nearby. Einaudi performed...
Amazon distribuirà l’artigianato della Calabria
di Donata Marrazzo Amazon consegna nel mondo l'artigianato calabrese. I manufatti Made in Calabria realizzati nelle botteghe tradizionali imboccano la strada dell'internazionalizzazione grazie a un accordo tra la Regione e il colosso del commercio elettronico. In un'area geografica in cui ogni territorio è un distinto e caratteristico centro di p...
Record number of boat migrants reach Italy this year
By Steve Scherer A record number of migrants have reached Italy by boat from North Africa in 2016, according to official data, as pressure on Italy's shelter and asylum systems grows. Italy has borne the brunt of new arrivals since the implementation in March of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey to curb the flow of migran...
All about passports and visas for your Italy Vacation
By Michele Marchi When traveling to Italy there are several things you must have. The least of these are a passport and maybe even a visa. If this is your first time traveling out of the US you will need to apply for a passport. You may also need to apply for a passport if your old one has expired, is damaged or lost. Applying for a passp...
Chiusura Consolati / Nissoli (SC): il MAE si pronunci sul metodo di razionalizzazione
"La chiusura in corso di svariate rappresentanze consolari ha generato in questi anni numerosi problemi sia per i cittadini italiani residenti all'estero che per gli interessi del nostro sistema economico e imprenditoriale, infatti i nostri connazionali residenti all'estero si ritrovano su un territorio senza più un punto di riferimento certo, come...