Columbus Day: On Fifth Avenue Italian-American Pride Marches
The Columbus Citizen Foundation kept their promise of bringing the most spectacular Columbus Day Parade show on Fifth Avenue, especially dressed in red white and green for the occasion, which was attended by a million people standing behind the barriers from 44th to 72nd street.
October 16, 2014
Sicel-Sicilians and the Birth of Sicilian Culture
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Most histories of Sicily make a passing almost obligator comment about the three ‘Original Sicilians’ encounter by the Greeks when they began colonizing the island in 735 B.C.: Sicels, Sicans and Elymians. Histories of Sicily generally begin with preface comments about the existing occupants and then jump into the Greek colonization.
October 16, 2014
Onu, dall'Italia a New York la diplomazia mondiale grazie ai giovani
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L'Associazione Diplomatici porta i giovani italiani a New York presso le Nazioni Unite per il CWMUN 2015
Italy. Istat says home sales rising for first time in 2 years
Real estate sales rose by 1.3% in the first quarter of 2014 after two years of declines, national statistical agency Istat said Thursday. The agency said that both residential and commercial building sales improved.
Italy & Reform
The Italian prime minister stakes his credibility on the passage of big reforms—but faces plenty of doubters
China is buying up Italy, one company at a time
For several years, Italians have received a steady diet of scare stories about everything made in China. Signs in the market halls, editorials in the papers, and word of mouth have delivered a clear message: do not buy “Made in China” items....
For Italy's Gay Rights Advocates, It's 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back
Ancient Rome may have been open to all sorts of sexual mores, but modern Italy is less so. The country lags far behind its European Union partners in guaranteeing equal rights for homosexuals.
Mostra fotografica. Lì da dove viene il sindaco De Blasio
Le foto dei luoghi cari del sindaco di New York in mostra al Calandra Institute.
Volti, sguardi d'artista
Ripubblicate in un elegante volume a cura delle edizioni Tracce, nella collana diretta da Annamaria Barbato Ricci, le poesie di Mario Fratti
A Small Car for Italian Pride
Our little FIAT 500, designed by Massimo Vignelli was a key player in the Columbus Day parade. Stay tuned on i-ItalyTV for our reportage
Marinetti in New York
In New York, on Columbus Day, a trailer of the film directed and played by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, “Marinetti a New York,” was shown. Clear in a video on YouTube, in collaboration with 77Agency, the film inspired by the performance of the same Finazzer Flory “gran Serata Futurista” is co-produced with the television production i-Italy.
Italy’s School Daze and the Economy
The government headed by Premier Matteo Renzi is promoting its school reform plan, which would give jobs to 148,000 new teachers while introducing merit promotions. However, the Renzi project has come under harsh criticism because the bill – one of the major projects his government proposes – is limited to job creation at the expense of a fragile, dated infrastructure. But even as students mount protests, Lazio Region schools are becoming innovative.
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