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2013, Anno della cultura italiana in Usa

New York. Il 2013 sarà l’«Anno della cultura italiana in Usa», come ha annunciato ai giornalisti l’ambasciatore d’Italia Claudio Bisogniero di passaggio a New York.

Source: il gironale dell'arte
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L'ambasciatore Bisogniero al Gei. Il 2013 anno della cultura italiana negli Usa

Prima visita ufficiale a New York per il nuovo ambasciatore d'Italia a Washington Claudio Bisogniero che ha assunto ufficialmente l'incarico lo scorso 7 febbraio. Il diplomatico è stato ieri ospite d'onore a un pranzo organizzato dal Gruppo Esponenti Italiani (Gei), il cui presidente Lucio Caputo gli ha consegnato il "Friendship Award".

Source: America Oggi
March 31, 2012

Southern Italy – The Chrysalis of Western Civilization ... Diocletian’s Palace Colonnade

Tom Verso
“The Greatest Single Architectural Innovation in History” Edward A. Freeman - 1879

Southern Italy is the Chrysalis where the Mediterranean culture caterpillar transformed into the Western Civilization butterfly.

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New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Announces Scholarships

Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Orange) announced the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships. High School, college and graduate students encouraged to apply by Friday, May 4. There are academic and athletic scholarship applications available.


Source: New York City Patch
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Italian football clubs deeper in the red

By Guy Dinmore
Silvio Berlusconi’s words of warning tothe new foreign owner of AS Roma – “you spend loads of money and earn nothing” – are borne out in a report released on Thursday showing rising losses and debts among Italy’s top football clubs last season.

Source: Financial times
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Lack of Safeguards Enables Italy Corruption, Report Says

By Elisabetta Povoledo
MILAN — Corruption can “flourish almost everywhere” in Italy because of flaws throughout society, the global anti-corruption organization Transparency International said Friday.

Source: the New York Times

Zuppe: Soups From the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome

Natasha Lardera

The American Academy in Rome and The Little Bookroom celebrate the publication of the book Zuppe, to be released on April 3, with author Mona Talbott and photographer Annie Schlechter.

“Change the World,” an Italian project at the United Nations

Marco Piattelli Palmarini

Diplomatici Association takes hundreds of Italian students at the United Nations Headquarters for "Change the World," an international simulation of the UN activities.

Happy 35th Birthday Scuola d’Italia!

La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi’s 2012 Gala Dinner was just held on March 16 at Cipriani Restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. In this exclusive ambiance, over 500 notable guests from the Italian and Italian-American communities showed support for the school, the only bilingual Italian and English educational institution in North America.

Mama's Boys of the Bronx: New Reality Show on TLC

Natasha Lardera

Anthony, Frankie, Giovanni, Peter and Chip are grown-up Italian-American men who still live at home. They are in their 30's yet they let their mothers do everything for them. They work, they party and they go out on the prowl, looking for the Italian woman of their dreams.

Riforma del mercato del lavoro. Per un’Italia che sia di tutti!

Doriana Vari

Presentato in Consiglio dei Ministri il 23 marzo scorso, il DDL Fornero per la riforma del mercato del lavoro suscita tante le polemiche, molte le aree di intervento della misura, inclusa quella estremamente discussa di parziale modifica dell'Articolo 18.

Italy recovers 12.7 billion euros from tax evaders in 2011

Italy recovered 12.7 billion euros ($16.9 billion) from tax evasion in 2011, up 15.5 percent from the amount it retrieved in 2010 after stepped up surveillance and collection efforts, the main tax collection agency said on Thursday.
 
Source: Reuters
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