Tag: Italy

Sep 11

Twist on Alcoa’s plant in Sardinia

Italian Ministry of Development Corrado Passera shows today an opening on negotiations to find alternative investors for the aluminium plants in Sardinia isle. After denying the Ministry received firm bids to buy the installations (here), he denies he “ever said it is a mission impossible” (here) and invites Glencore and Klesch (that put their bids in …

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Sep 09

The mysterious bids on ALCOA’s plant in Sardinia

The Italian government has received only generic expressions of interest in Alcoa Inc’s loss-making aluminium plant on the island of Sardinia and there is no firm bid on the table, Industry Minister Corrado Passera told Reuters on Sunday. But Unions and Regione Sardegna disprove and say that Glencore and Klesch are interested and made their …

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Sep 08

Government and media in Italy

This article (part 1; part 2) reports on the liaison between the media system in Italy and the government of Mario Monti. From Berlusconi to the “professors”, few changes appears in the uncritical support to power by major media in Italy. Definitively not a watchdog, now warming up the engine to push for a second …

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Aug 23

They see a light

The most influential members of the Italian government have been the leading actors of the annual convention of Comunione e Liberazione, the powerful catholic sect with a strong bias for business and many leaders convicted or prosecuted for bribing. Probably due to the mystic atmosphere in the “Meeting” and against any evidence and data (see …

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Jul 23

Focus on Cluster Agreements in Italy

The Lazio Group of Enterprise Europe Network has released a focus on the “cluster contract”, a relatively new instrument available to companies aggregating in clusters and networks in Italy. Read the report in Italian.

Jul 23

RTD calls -Italy

On MIUR’s website, an update to FAQs about the call for Technology National Clusters has been published. Alwas there you can find the new call for Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation, valid for the whole national territory. FAQs have not been released for this call yet.

Jul 21

Energy innovation call

ENEL, the largest dispatcher and producer of electricity in Italy, launched the ENEL-LAB call with funding for Spanish and Italian innovative energy startups. Dowload the call text.