Italian judges arrested in anti-mafia move
Tax police in Naples have arrested 47 people – including 16 judges – and seized assets said to be worth over €1bn in an anti-mafia operation allegedly exposing the growing penetration by organised crime of big business and the Italian state.
Italy Seeks to Give Companies More Leeway to Fire, Fornero Says
The Italian government is seeking to revise labor laws to make it easier for companies to fire workers during economic downturns or for disciplinary reasons, Labor Minister Elsa Fornero told unions and employers at talks today, according to a union official.
Mangia Piano. An Invitation to Eating Slowly
Mangia Piano: The Internationalization of Italian Local Foodways” A two-day event held at Montclair State University, sponsored by The Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies with the co-sponsorship of The Global Education Center and The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America in collaboration with The Food Management Program of Montclair State University.
March 21, 2012
Mario ("Beddu"!) – Lifetime Vicar of the Rich and Powerful – Hammers the Italian Working Class
Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
Head of Italy's employers' association Confindustria Emma Marcegaglia, with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti
OMG! When these two put their heads together – worker’s heads roll! Emma Marcegaglia: "We're in a situation now where permanent jobs no longer exist-- and we must acknowledge that."
Usa: mangia bene e parla italiano, progetto per lotta contro obesita'
NEW YORK, 6 marzo 2012 – Dalla First Lady americana Michelle Obama al sindaco della Grande Mela Michael Bloomberg, spopola negli Usa la lotta contro l’obesita’. Se si vuole vincere la battaglia e’ necessario insegnare, soprattutto ai piu’ giovani, ad abbandonare il cibo spazzatura e imparare a mangiare meglio. Spesso tuttavia i tentativi delle scuole di promuovere diete salutiste falliscono miseramente, scontrandosi con la reticenza degli alunni a consumare pesce, frutta e verdura al posto di panini ipercalorici e merendine.
2013 anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti
In una conferenza stampa ai giornalisti di New York e al Gala della Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, l'ambasciatore a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, ha annunciato l'istituzione del 2013 come anno della cultura italiana negli USA
2013 is The Year of Italian Culture in the United States
At a press conference for reporters in New York City and at a gala to benefit the Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi, Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero declared 2013 to be the year of Italian culture in the United States.
Fading Gigolo: Woody Allen Returns to Acting in Film by John Turturro
Written and directed by the prolific Italian-American actor, Fading Gigolo is the story of two penniless men who turn to the gigolo business to survive. The cast included Sofia Vergara and Sharon Stone.
Elisa alla conquista di New York
Intervista alla cantante, in America per l'uscita internazionaledel suo nuovo lavoro "Steppin' on water". Dall'amore, per la musica a quello per la famiglia fino ai ricordi da bambina. Con un'anticipazione: "Sto scrivendo il mio primo album in italiano"
Amerigo America
Americans and Europeans work together to create the exhibit Amerigo’s America – Florence and the Merchants of the New World, as the Florentines Around the World Association, the European School of Economics, the Assembly of Tuscans Around the World and St John’s University collaborate together to present an exhibition dedicated to Amerigo Vespucci on the anniversary of the fifth centenary of his death.
Stepping into America: In Elisa’s New Beginning “Love is Requited”
Multiplatinum singer-songwriter and a household name in Italy, Elisa Toffoli presents her latest album “Stepping on Water.” The acoustic and folk-oriented record features songs from “Ivy” and two songs from the soundtrack to Roberto Faenza’s “Some Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You,” soon in theaters in the US.
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