Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra together to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. On 10 October, the day the great Italian composer was born, the orchestra, conducted by Muti, will perform the Requiem. Read more, in Italian
Read moreThe two winners of the 11th New York Prize for emerging Italian artists – Giorgio Andreotta Calo’ and Sven Sachsalber – are headed for a 4-month stay in the Big Apple, where they will have an opportunity to develop their creative talents. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreA workshop entitled IT Tissue – Italian Technology Experience, will be held in Chicago on 10 October, following a conference by the same name held in Lucca from 22-30 June. The workshop, which is scheduled to travel to Sao Paolo, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Istanbul and St. Petersburg, is aimed at presenting Italian culture […]
Read moreA total of 78 of the 1,980 students who sat the “Advanced Placement” (AP) exam will have a chance to improve their Italian in Italy, thanks to as many bursaries awarded in a ceremony held at the Italian Embassy in Washington. Read more, in Italian
Read moreUn Barack Obama a testa china che affaticato si tampona la fronte. Un richiamo al faticoso accordo con la Russia sulla Siria. E’ così che si presenta la copertina del nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista di politica estera diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, che punta ad analizzare la partita strategica che lo scacchiere internazionale sta […]
Read moreIl Vice Ministro Marta Dassù si reca in questi giorni a Washington D.C. per incontrare il Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns, con cui discuterà i principali temi di politica internazionale, tra cui l’evolversi della crisi siriana e la situazione in Egitto. La visita offrirà anche l’occasione per approfondire il tema dei negoziati per […]
Read moreNEW YORK – Subito all’inizio del loro incontro bilaterale di ieri, Mohamad Javad Zafir ha ringraziato Emma Bonino. «Abbiamo molto apprezzato – ha detto il ministro degli Esteri iraniano – che lei sia stata la prima a sostenere concretamente la necessità di coinvolgerci nel processo diplomatico in Siria. Lei ha mostrato coraggio politico e leadership». […]
Read moreMinister Bonino is in New York with Prime Minister Letta for the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. They have numerous engagements in their agendas, including the opening of the debate in the General Assembly, a meeting with the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, a meeting with the President of the General Assembly, John W. […]
Read moreOklahoma has proclaimed September “Italian Culture Month”. At the ceremony toopen two wind farms built by Enel Green Power at Rocky Ridge and Chisholm View, the Secretary of State for Oklahoma, Larry V. Parman, delivered Governor Mary Fallin’s “Proclamation”. The document was received by the Italian Consul General in Houston, Fabrizio Nava, whose jurisdiction also […]
Read moreThe capital of Texas, Austin, will host the 2013 Young Leaders Conference (YLC) from 17-19 October, the central theme of which will be “Roots and borders: how personal and collective identities interact with politics and economics in a changing world”. Participants in the encounter are from 12 difference countries and their aim is to create […]
Read moreFondazione Italia-USA announced the winners of the 2013 edition of the America Prize, who include Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino. On 3 October she will accept the award in the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House) along with the other winners: former governor of Iraq Paul Bremer, President of the Damiani Group Guido Damiani, President […]
Read more“Architecture and Identity”, jointly organised by the Italian Consulate General and the PI-Philly (Italian Professionals in Philadelphia) association, with the participation of American and Italian “archi-stars” Peter Bohlin – designer of, among other things, the New York Apple Store’s glass cube, and Paolo Desideri, noted for Rome’s new Tiburtina railway station, took place over recent […]
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