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11 March 2016
Houston – From Palermo to the U.S. for the Conference of Italian Researchers in the World

From Sicily to the United States in the sign of research on neurodegenerative diseases, neurogenesis, cancerogenesis and metabolic disorders. Five post-graduate students and two post-doctorate students of the PhD course of International Research on Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Palermo recently participated in the 11th edition of the annual Conference of Italian […]

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9 March 2016
Canada – Italy looks at British Columbia

The Italian Ambassador to Canada, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, visited British Columbia to boost economic, commercial and cultural cooperation between Italy and the Canadian province, which is also a strategic hub from which to develop partnerships with Asia-Pacific Countries. On his visit to the provincial capital, Victoria, the Ambassador was accompanied by the Italian Consul General […]

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7 March 2016
New York – Art, on show the visionary world of Verdiana Patacchini

In the visionary world of Verdiana Patacchini, any work of art becomes a continuous research and converts into a poetic and imaginary vision. Umbrian of birth and Roman of adoption, during the past few years Verdiana, also known as “Virdi”, has lived between Italy and the United States, where her works are greatly appreciated. The […]

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4 March 2016
Washington – USA, Ambassador Varricchio presents his credentials to Obama

Italy’s new ambassador to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, at the White House today. At the end of the ceremony, Ambassador Varricchio said: “In the very cordial meeting held in the Oval Office I emphasised that I intend to perform my mandate with […]

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25 February 2016
Los Angeles – Mario Martone to receive Career Award

Film director Mario Martone will be presented with a career award at the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles as part of the 11th “Los Angeles Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest”. The festival, held under the auspices of the Italian Consulate and organised by the Capri in the World Institute with the Italian […]

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24 February 2016
New York – Journalists gather at ‘Meet the New Italians in NY”

Journalism will have the lion’s share at the upcoming event “Meet the New Italians in New York”. Tomorrow the Italian Consulate General in the Big Apple will host Liliana Faccioli Pintozzi from SkyTG24 (Tbc news), Mario Platero from Il Sole 24 Ore, Massimo Gaggi from Corriere della Sera, Silvia Berzoni from Class CNBC and James […]

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Press Releases
23 February 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretary General summons U.S. Ambassador to Italy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretary General Michele Valensise summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, John Phillips, to request clarifications over reports published in today’s papers, according to which American agencies were supposed to have tapped former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and some of his close associates in 2011. While referencing the new measures for confidentiality […]

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23 February 2016
Italy’s Foreign Ministry Summons US Ambassador

Italy’s Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador to Italy, John Phillips, to request clarifications over rumors in the press that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and some of his closest advisors were subjected to wiretapping in 2011.

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11 February 2016
Scientific cooperation – Gravitational waves discovered

Italian and American scientists announced at a press conference in Washington the detection of gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his General Theory of Relativity100 years ago. Scientists have been able to detect for the first time ever “ripples” in  spacetime, the so-called gravitational waves generated by a catastrophic collision in the universe. The […]

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11 February 2016
Ottawa – Italo-Canadian astrophysicist leads the Astro-H telescope project

The scientific team that developed the Astro-H telescope space observatory, due to be launched into space on Friday, was led by Italo-Canadian astrophysicist Luigi Gallo. The instrument will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The ambitious project, which involves NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Canadian […]

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8 February 2016
USA – Italy president of the eu’s ‘protecting our heritage’ programme

“Protecting our Heritage” is the name of a programme proposed by the “EUNIC” network (European National Institutes of Culture), of which Italy is the rotating president for 2016 in Washington through the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The initiative, under the patronage of UNESCO and supported by the EU’s permanent delegation to Washington, has two […]

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