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With the publication of detailed macroeconomic and demographic data for 2024 by Eurostat, it is clear that the narrative of Italy being in severe difficulty does not match the reality. Looking at the last five years (2020-2024) in Europe, Spain leads Italy in total GDP growth compared to 2019, but not by much (+6.9% versus 5.6%), while the countrie...

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The first WMF event in Silicon Valley concluded with success that surpasses mere numerical expectations. Over 200 investors, startups, venture capitalists, and representatives from Big Tech companies such as Google, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, and LG NOVA gathered in San Francisco to explore synergies and collaboration opportunities. But the event, fa...

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For 2025, Italy is expected to reach a recycling rate of 75.2% for packaging, with actual volumes steadily increasing. The data was released in celebration of World Recycling Day, which is observed every March 18.   In detail, this year should see over 85% of paper and cardboard packaging recycled, more than 80% of steel packaging, 70% of alum...

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More and more often, we hear about HPC (High-performance computing), computers with superpowers capable of processing enormous amounts of data. A crucial strategic asset, today comparable to the "black gold" of the last century. Just as oil defined geopolitical balances in the 20th century, today supercomputers and quantum technologies are the new...

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The aerospace district in Puglia is experiencing significant growth, supported by the Polytechnic University of Bari and the BINP startup incubator, which hosts innovative companies like Astradyne. The latter has created an ultralight solar panel for the Cubesat satellite, which opens on its own thanks to a durable fabric substrate similar to that...

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Venice: the upside-down forest In Sicily, school students work with inmates and learn together Italy reduces greenhouse gas emissions, but not all regions are moving at the same pace Made in Italy: Italian chemistry grows and accounts for 4.4% of the global total Innovation in Italy: AI, ultra-broadband and a chip 10 times faster that consumes les...

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Dear friends, Spring has finally arrived. Rome is starting to fill up with tourists, even more this year due to the Jubilee.  A few days ago, an event was held in New York that I should have attended in person, at what is "my home" in the United States, the Italian American Museum in Little Italy, New York. Unfortunately, I couldn't be there in per...

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Innovation in Italy deserves to be told because it is often the least known but wonderful part of our country. Today, three examples help us do that. More than half of Italian companies have decided to allocate at least 5% of their revenue to investments in AI-related technologies: this is the main finding from a recently presented survey.   Toda...

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Italian start-ups, innovative SMEs and institutions will participate together for the first time at the world’s premier conference and exhibition on cybersecurity: the San Francisco RSA Conference, to be held from 28 April to 1 May 2025 in San Francisco, California. The annual RSA event represents a global platform for discussion, gathering industr...

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Italian scientists turn light into a solid. It’s Incredible! Rome Fiumicino airport is the best in Europe for the 8th consecutive year Renewable energy: Italy is fourth in the world among the largest markets for network development projects Pordenone in Friuli Venezia Giulia is the Italian Capital of Culture 2027 La Sapienza University of Rome is...

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