America Settentrionale

Vancouver: Italian Language week dedicated to “Dante, the Italian”

The Italian Consulate General in Vancouver dedicated this year’s “Week of the Italian language in the world” to “Dante the Italian”, beginning on 19 October with “Reader’s Day”, a virtual event at UBC (the University of British Columbia) organised by the reader Elena Zampieri that was attended by tutors and students of the Italian language […]

Washington: Minister Giorgetti and Ambassador Zappia at the Niaf Gala

The Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, and the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, attended the 46th Annual Gala of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), celebrating the contribution made by the Italian-American community to the success of the United States and to the strengthening of relations between Italy and the […]

Ottawa: “Dante Confidential” documentary

On the occasion of the 21st edition of the “Week of the Italian Language in the World”, the Italian Embassy in Ottawa has uploaded the documentary “Dante Confidential” on its YouTube channel, with English subtitles. In the documentary the conductor Pierfrancesco Diliberto, a/k/a Pif, guides the viewer on a journey like a present-day Virgil, beginning […]

Washington: Ambassador Zappia presents an award to Paolo Sorrentino

The Ambassador of Italy to Washington, Mariangela Zappia, has presented the International Spotlight 2021 Award to the Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino for his film “E’ stata la mano di Dio” [“The Hand of God”]. Sorrentino’s film was selected along with ”A, Chiara” by director Jonas Carpignano, to represent Italy at the 2021 edition of the […]

Washington: Amb. Zappia opens webinar on electric mobility

On the occasion of the Sustainable Development Festival 2021, the Italian Ambassador to Washington D.C. organised a webinar entitled “Driving Energy Transition Through Electric Mobility”. The event – which was held in recent days and also involved Michael Berube, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Sustainable Transportation at the United States Department of Energy – was […]

Language Week: Los Angeles; books, exhibitions, conferences

The programme promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles on the occasion of the Italian Language Week” is rich. To begin with, the group exhibition dedicated to Dante Alighieri with installations, performances, and augmented reality is available online. It brings together the works of 150 internationally renowned Italian artists and illustrators, such as […]

Renaissance Venice, exhibition opens in Toronto on 14 October

The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto has supported and collaborated in this important exhibition on Renaissance Venice, which provides an interesting insight into the daily life and luxury of the lagoon city in the 15th and 16th centuries.  The cultural event (“Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads”), organised by and at the Gardiner […]

Ambassador Zappia, keynote speaker at the Atlantic Council

Today the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, will be the keynote speaker at the event “The US-Italian defense relationship: A strategic and industrial partnership”, organised by the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security of the Atlantic Council of Washington DC.The event will begin at 11.15 a.m.(17:15 Italian time). The report “A […]

Webinar of the Italian Embassy in Washington DC on the protection of trademarks and industrial patents in the USA

Washington DC (29 September 2021) – “The Italian System in the USA for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the Fight against Counterfeiting.” This is the theme of the webinar that the Italian Embassy in Washington DC has organised for tomorrow, Thursday 30 September (10 am ET – 4 pm CET), in collaboration with the […]

Washington: mini social videos to give young people a voice on climate

Along with 400 other young delegates, two young Americans, Ruth Miller and Rayne Sullivan, will be taking part in “Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition” in Milan from 28 to 30 September as protagonists of a series of mini-videos that the Italian Embassy in Washington has launched on its social media channels @ItalyinUS and that will be running […]

Villa Firenze hosts the event “Sustainability and Energy Transition: Inclusion as the way forward to COP26”

Washington DC (15 September 2021) – Last night, an event was held on “Sustainability and Energy Transition: Inclusion as the way forward to COP26” in the wonderful setting of Villa Firenze, the official residence of the Italian Ambassador in Washington DC. The event was organised by “Out in Energy”, an LGBTQI+ organisation and member of […]

Message from Minister Di Maio on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks