Italian Education non-profit organization has issued a call for the entries in the international animation festival.

An NGO, Education Multimedia & Innovation (EMI) has released a notification for its School of Motion to invite the interested people for animation works related to education. EMI was created with an intent to spread animation in the education sector to make the school better, more versatile and create an enthusiastic environment in it.

EMI has asked for submission of short-films using any animation techniques which should be based on educational and scholastic themes. In order to encourage people to send the required short films, it has planned to give cash prizes up to 4500 euros. This initiative falls under Italy’s national Cinema for Schools plan and it has received support from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and also from the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

While stating the conditions for submission, the Italian NGO highlighted that all the films should be in the Italian language. The film should either be a recent make, that is made within the last 5 years, or it should be unpublished. Also, the content of the short films should be suitable for students falling between the age of 11 to 14.

After the end of the Festival, the short films will be made available on the School in Motion youtube channel and its official website. For this festival, a special audience award of 1000 euros has been declared by EMI.

Italy has been quite popular among students across the world for university education as the country offers a high-quality education in various fields. Many websites accept entries from students who prefer to have higher education in Italy. One such example is Pava Education, which helps students to visit Italy for educational purpose.

Beverly Hills – There have been reports about a bomb being placed on an early morning flight of Air Peace, frying from Abuja to Lagos. But the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), have said that these reports were false and there was no bomb on the flight.

The authorities further shared, that the passenger which raised the bomb alarm has a history of mental illness, and has shown such behavior before as well. He is currently under the assessment of medical experts. However, when the alarm was raised, the security forces immediately cleared the plane of passengers, cargo, and the crew. The bomb squad was then called upon to do a thorough search of the plane and baggage, to find any such element.

But the reports turned out to be false. After all the checks were completed on Air Peace, the passengers were then called for boarding and the flight took off to its destination in Lagos safely.

The General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, shared in a statement, “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria will like to reassure passengers and all airport users that our airports are safe and secure. They should carry on their lawful activities without any fear. FAAN is committed to her core values of Safety, Security and Comfort.”

The flight was on its journey already when the bomb threat was announced. The pilot immediately returned to its starting point, following which the drill was done and safety measures were ensured. The passenger who reported the threat was immediately taken into custody by security operatives.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is planning to start a 2nd hospital very soon in Palermo region of Italy. This hospital will have 250 beds, and will be a part of 10 year long agreement between Sicily (a region of Italy), and ISMETT, the transplant hospital under UPMC.

As far as the agreement goes, Sicily will be providing funding to ISMETT hospital, to increase the number of beds from existing number of 78 to 114. Another clause added states that at least 3% of the funding allotted from Sicily has to be spent on training of nurses and other staff at Sicily clinics.

In one of the statements, the executive Vice President of UPMC, Charles Bogosta states, “This agreement is a significant vote of confidence in what we have delivered for patients in Sicily for more than two decades. Our planned expansion underscores our commitment to provide the best possible care to patients close to home in all of the communities that we serve.”

About the new hospital under planning, it would be situated near the Biomedical Research and Biotechnology Center, with a capacity of 250 beds. The construction for the same would best begin by 2020. And both these hospitals would be maintained and operated by UPMC only. You can learn more about the medical schools in Italy if you want to see further planning on the medical front.