Italy's Grillo urges police to join "pitchfork" protests
The head of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Beppe Grillo urged police on Tuesday to join protesters as a wave of "pitchfork" protests gave vent to bitter frustration after years of austerity and recession.
Natale in Consolato. Proprio come in Italia
Inauguarata la stagione natalizia in Consolato con l'allestimento del "Presepio della Solidarietà" e la presenza di Zampognari
Riflessione da New York Il PD che vorrei
Sognando un PD diverso partendo da Renzi. Gianluca Galletto, fondatore dell'Ulivo USA e co-fondatore del PD a New York, racconta la sua esperienza e la sua passione per la politica.
New Business: Giuliano's Prodotti Italiani provides a taste of Italy on Staten Island
In his pursuit of the American dream, Salvatore Giuliano came to the United States from Siracusa, Italy in 1980. "He wanted to give his three daughters the best life possible. He felt America had endless opportunities for his girls," said Sandra Giuliano, his daughter.
Cortina: Italy's most fashionable ski resort
Never before had I come across the idea of a horse and sled as the vital means of getting off a ski slope. But that was the proposition that faced us as we sat sipping cappuccinos inside the wind-swept and remarkably positioned Rifugio Lagazuoi, perched at 2,750m above the Falzarego pass outside Cortina D’Ampezzo.
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Matteo Renzi takes over Italy’s centre-left after landslide leadership victory
Matteo Renzi, the young reformist mayor of Florence with ambitions to run for prime minister, has taken over the reins of Italy’s centre-left after a landslide victory in primary elections for the leadership of the Democratic party that is set to shake up Enrico Letta’s fragile coalition government.
Colavita's Olio Novello: Oil at the Height of its Freshness and Fragrance
Contrary to what people may think, as it is the case with Vino Novello which should be consumed immediately as it becomes undrinkable if not drunk in a short time, Novello oil doesn’t need to be enjoyed right away. You can taste its development, fully enjoy the slight softening of the aromas as it evolves, which is offset by the increasingly rounded flavor on the palate.
Avalanche for Renzi and for Democracy
Given the disaffection in the Italian electorate, not a single pundit dared to predict that two million people would turn out for Sunday's Partito Democratico (PD) primaries to elect a new general secretary. So guess what: a stunningly large number, almost three million, defied chill weather and Christmas shopping traffic jams to stand in line to vote in the 8,400 impromptu polling stations set up by volunteers all over Italy.
L'Aquila. Back to the street. La pellicola torna in strada
Mostra fotografica collettiva degli artisti Mauro Branchi, Luca Cardarelli, Stefano Di Scipio, Marco Esposito e Pier Luigi Pietropaoli. Alla Galleria Viaroma 30 Novembre - 15 Dicembre 2013, tutti i giorni dalle ore 17 alle 20
La Traviata alla Scala e le perplessità
Alla fine conta la musica di Giuseppe Verdi. Eterna, un immortale patrimonio dell’umanità che l’Italia ha dato al mondo. Dobbiamo esserne orgogliosi.
A Specter Haunting Italy
On the eve of what seems to be the end of the Berlusconi Era, historian Stanislao Pugliese, Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies, looks at the past two decades of Italy's political history. He finds that, supposedly under siege by what he perceives to be a politically motivated judiciary looking into his corrupt business practices, Berlusconi resurrected the specter of communism -- but in reality his brand of unfettered consumerism has done more damage to the country’s traditional way of life than that which would have supposedly been inflicted by communism.
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