No Shortcuts, Nor Alternatives
Italians are seen as “the West’s human face,” by a cultural mentality very suspicious of other Western countries. It might seem a cliché, but it should not be ignored. It’s a great asset for Italy in Egypt and other places in the region. It’s what analysts call “soft power.” And there’s a lot we can do to consolidate that power.
World Peace: The View From Israel. Tikkun Olam
Roughly eight hundred years since he journeyed to the Middle East, Saint Francis’ message remains firm for its universal appeal, as do the region’s ties to Italy.
Peacekeeping: Italy’s Role and Commitment
Today the activity of U.N. peacekeeping has reached an unprecedented level. Italy is the top Western contributor of troops to this activity.
Friar Francis, the Exhibit. “Traces, Words, Images.”
A unique exhibition for the first time in the U.S. Every year roughly six million tourists, forty per cent of whom are Americans, come to the medieval city of Assisi in the heart of Umbria.
Robert De Niro’s New Documentary at Rome International Film Festival
Robert De Niro’s new documentary, “Remembering the Artist Robert De
Niro, Sr.,” was presented at the Rome International Film Festival on November 17, 2014
November 19, 2014
Da Gaza alla Terra dei Fuochi: a Napoli si difendono i diritti dei minori
Dopo l'ultimo appuntamento con il Presidente Barroso, a Napoli, torna il Sabato delle Idee con il Garante Vincenzo Spadafora per parlare dei diritti dei minori. Da Gaza alla Terra dei Fuochi.
Fighting the Mafia with Culture
Lights from the Dark. Mafia and Antimafia: pictures for an inventory, is an itinerant exhibition strongly desired by the Fondazione Italiana per la Legalità e lo Sviluppo "Generale CC Ignazio Milillo" (Italian Foundation for Legality and Development "General of the Carabinieri Army Ignazio Milillo"), composed by pictures referring to key and dramatic mafia-related events and to unforgettable victories of the State against the mafia, that is on view at the Italian Cultural Institute.
Viaggio nelle parole. REX
L'interessante nota alla scoperta delle origini della nostra lingua. Oggi si sofferma sul termine latino REX, con tutte le sue derivazioni
Passeggiate romane. Dal Guercino a Caravaggio
Fino a gennaio 2015 la Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini dà vita ad una rassegna che è un omaggio all’opera di Denis Mahon ed al Barocco italiano intitolata Dal Guercino a Caravaggio, ordinata con un criterio non temporale, che rispetta gli studi e le ricerche di Denis Mahon.
Global Warming, Cement= Disaster
As the Italian saying goes, “Piove sul bagnato” (It rains where it’s already a-wash.) And indeed it is, with landslides ploughing through homes and floods sweeping away cars, in which hapless victims have drowned. Who is to blame? Global warming is certainly a cause, but closer to home is another culprit, cement, thanks to the casual (not to say criminal) dispensation of building permits dating back to the 1960s.
Le contraddizioni della sofferenza. Eutanasia e accanimento terapeudico
Una riflessione sulla decisione più grave che un essere umano possa essere chiamato a prendere prima che la sofferenza della fine lo distrugga
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