Rights group blasts Italy's migrant stance
UPI.com. STRASBOURG, France. The Council of Europe says it hopes Italy abandons its policy of turning back would-be immigrants intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea. The Council, which serves as Europe's human rights body in Strasbourg, France, Monday urged Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni to abandon the immigrant policy, saying it negates the human right to seek asylum. (Read the Article)
Italy arrests 'al-Qaeda plotters'
BBC. Bassam Ayachi, a 63-year-old Syrian-born imam, and Raphael Gendron, 34, were arrested in November in Bari. They have now been served with arrest warrants for planning "terrorist attacks and guerrilla actions", Italy's Ansa agency said, citing court files. One of the intended targets was Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, they added. However, police said they believed there was no immediate threat. (Read the Article)
What Makes a Citizen?
Italians are leaving Italy, poor immigrants are trying to get in, and descendants of Italian immigrants are applying for Italian citizenship.
Corpo di Stato. Il rapimento di Moro, per Marco Baliani e gli italiani
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò. Grande successo per la tappa newyorkese di Marco Baliani che, dopo più di 400 esibizioni in Italia, porta anche negli Usa il suo spettacolo "Corpo di Stato"
L'Aquila tornerà a volare, se avrà "ali ben curate"
L'intervista che Andrea Fiano ha realizzato il 28 aprile 2009 a Stefania Pezzopane, Presidente della Provincia dell’Aquila, e le immagini di un filmato in Abruzzo: spunti per un interessante dibattito presso la Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò della NYU. Incisive le testimonianze di Mario Fratti e Teresa Callen
From Montecitorio. Tribute to the Memory of the Senator of New York John Marchi
Foti (PDL) and Di Biagio (PDL): "A great Italian passed away, fifty years on the front line in the American politics"
May 11, 2009
What Makes a Citizen?
African immigrants to Italy intercepted at sea
Italians are leaving Italy, poor immigrants are trying to get in, and descendants of Italian immigrants are applying for Italian citizenship.
IBLA. Fourteen Young Musicians at the Carnegie Hall
The talented winners of the IBLA Grand Prize 2008 exhibited on April 27 at the Carnegie Hall in New York. “Our main aim is to interest contemporary youth in classical music and help them pursue excellence” said Salvatore Moltisanti, president of the foundation
Umbria, Not Only Jazz. Spoleto’s Opera in the Backstreets of Soho
The “Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto A. Belli” gave a “Voice Concert” in Soho last week with three of its most talented representatives, Pianist Massimi, Baritone Boschetti and Soprano Migliaccio. It was an occasion to present its activities and extraordinary efforts in helping young singers to start a career in Opera
Council of Europe raps EU. Deafening silence on return of immigrants, Commissioner says
ANSA. Europe's human rights body, the Council of Europe rapped the European Union on Monday for its apparent indifference to Italy's new policy of turning back illegal immigrants intercepted in the Mediterranean. (Read the article)
Immigration: The Lessons of History
BUSINNESS WEEK . The country of immigrants has long tried to put restrictions on newcomers to keep the nation’s culture from changing. Now the focus is the economy. Whether they were Irish or Italian, Russian or Chinese, the newcomers always ended up changing the country, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. (Read the article)
Silvio Berlusconi under fire over anti-immigration remarks
TIMES ON LINE. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, today came under fire from the Catholic Church as well as the Left after declaring that Italy was not and should not be a multi-ethnic society. (Read the article)
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