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America Settentrionale

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23 October 2014
Usa – Italian on the rise in “Advanced Placement” programme

There is a rapidly growing demand for Italian in the Advanced Placement (AP) programme that allows American high school students to earn university credits by sitting exams in the language of Dante. According to recently published College Board data, 2331 students took the exam on 30 June 2014 – an increase of 17.7% over the […]

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21 October 2014
Montreal – ’18 Ius Soli’ by Italo-Ghanian Kuwornu

The sensitive issue of the nationality of children of immigrants will be the topic of debate in Canada when the documentary “18 Ius Soli” by Italo-Ghanian director Fredd Kuwornu will be presented on Wednesday. The film tells the story of 18 young people born and raised on Italian soil by Latin American, Asian or African […]

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2 October 2014
Philadelphia – A month of events with an Italian flavour

“Ciao Philadelphia” is a month-long celebration of Italian culture, with over 30 events (see the full list at ciaophiladelphia.com). Organised by the Italian Consulate General, the events are open to the public of Philadelphia, a city with one of North America’s biggest and most successful Italian and Italian-American communities. Columbus Day, a holiday close to […]

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26 September 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – USA: delivery of the 200th AW139 produced in Philadelphia

AgustaWestland announced that its Philadelphia plant had made delivery on its 200th AW139 helicopter, a true product of excellence by the Finmecanica-AgustaWestland family, and in this case slated for the Yokohama Japan Fire Department, which had already received one earlier. The AW139 is the biggest seller in its class and has been produced at a […]

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26 September 2014
Usa -“Macchiaioli” for the first time in October

“The Macchiaioli”, an exhibition of the 19th century Italian art movement by the same name, will run at the Italian Cultural Institute from 2 to 30 October, give thing the American public their first ever taste of this fundamental moment in Italian modern art. Read more, in Italian.

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25 September 2014
Usa – Cameristi Scala e Manara per semestre Ue (in translation)

Serata di grande musica nella capitale USA per celebrare il semestre di presidenza italiana dell’Unione europea. A darle vita, l’8 ottobre, presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington, saranno i cameristi della Scala e il violinista Francesco Manara, che si esibiranno nel concerto “Le Otto Stagioni”. Il programma mettera’ a confronto Antonio Vivaldi e Astor Piazzolla, accomunati […]

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23 September 2014
United Nations – Italy in the forefront on climate change

A Climate Summit was held on 23 September, convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in the margins of the UN General Assembly. Its aim was to maintain awareness among heads of state and government of the upcoming UNFCCC conferences in Lima and Paris for the drafting of a new global accord on climate. Climate change awareness […]

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23 September 2014
New York – Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ della Finucci (in translation)

Dopo le tappe di Parigi, Venezia, Madrid e Roma, e’ in arrivo a New York il “Garbage Patch State” dell’artista italiana Maria Cristina Finucci, che intende cosi’ portare nel cuore delle Nazioni Unite il suo messaggio contro i residui plastici che inquinano gli oceani. Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ rappresenta la superficie occupata dai rifiuti di […]

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22 September 2014
Italy in the UN – against child and forced marriages

Italy is in the forefront in the UN against the scourge of child and forced marriages. “The ending child marriages: towards a more gender equitable world” event was held  in the margins of the General Assembly to promote more awareness of a phenomenon that is impacting dramatically on female populations and on socio-economic development prospects. […]

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22 September 2014
Vancouver – Poesia e parole, due giorni con Corrado Calabrò (in translation)

Vancouver ospita per due giorni Corrado Calabrò: giurista, scrittore e poeta – presidente dell’Agcom dal 2005 al 2012 – Calabrò arriva in Canada in occasione della traduzione del suo volume di poesie “Dimmelo per SMS. 112+1 poesie d’amore in tre versi”, curata da Genni Gunn. L’appuntamento è lunedì (stanza n. 799, Buchanan Tower, 1873 East […]

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