Anti- vandal system to save fountain. Florence's Neptune gets high- tech surveillance
ANSA. Florence city council has unveiled a new high-tech surveillance system that it hopes will scare off vandals from a famous 16th-century fountain of Neptune in the city's central square. (Read the article)
'Mafia plotted to kill mayor'. Rosario Crocetta in Mob sights for anti- Mafia drives
ANSA. Mafia bosses in this southern Sicilian city planned to kill its mayor because of his anti-Mafia drives, police said Friday. The top clan in Gela, irked by Rosario Crocetta's clampdown on rackets and his anti-Mob press campaigns, were reportedly poised to carry out their assassination attempt when police moved in. (Read the article)
April 24, 2009
Paul Ginsborg. A Professor as a Friend
i-Italy met with Paul Ginsborg at New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli- Marimò. It was a unique opportunity to reflect on Italian democracy and the threats it currently faces.
Is what Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about the “tyranny of the majority” still important?
European Elections? Surprise! Take a Look at the List of Italian Parties
On the Ministry of the Interior’s website, there is an up-to-date list, demonstrating yet again that Italian creativity is unmistakable and cannot help but influence even a “boring” field such as politics.
April 23, 2009
To Educate Italian American Children…or NOT??
"Italian Child", Letizia Battaglia
Italian Americans are generally not highly educated, and they are especially lacking in education about their history and culture. Can there be Culture without Education?
U.S. delays tariffs on Italian mineral water, other products
CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Never underestimate the power of the petition. Wednesday, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the U.S. would delay imposing a number of additional duties on European Union products, including a 100-percent tariff on Italian mineral water. That tariff, scheduled to be implemented Thursday, was the subject of protest among owners of Italian restaurants. Earlier this week, the Italian American Chamber of Commerce-Midwest sent Kirk a petition signed by more than 60 Chicago-area restaurant owners, protesting the tariff. (Read the Article)
Cleveland museum to return Italian ancient art
MSNBC. The director of The Cleveland Museum of Art says museum officials are prepared to hand over 14 art works to Italian authorities. Timothy Rub says the transfer of the art, which includes ancient pieces looted or smuggled out of Italy, will take place Wednesday, according to The Plain Dealer newspaper. (Read the Article)
Italy Approves EU8 Billion Quake Construction Package
BLOOMBERG. COM. Italy approved an 8 billion-euro ($10.4 billion) plan for emergency aid and for reconstruction in the region of Abruzzo, hit this month by an earthquake that left more than 60,000 people homeless. “We are making 8 billion euros available to spend in the next three years to bring L’Aquila and the surrounding villages to conditions of normality,” Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told reporters after the Cabinet met today in L’Aquila, the region’s capital. (Read the Article by Lorenzo Totaro)
Rabbi A. Schneier is decorated at the Consulate General of Italy in New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier receives the decoration of "Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana" at the Consulate General of Italy in New York
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Trigiani is Swang
Adriana Trigiani is on a book tour to promote her new novel "Very Valentine. In the works are 2 prospective movies, 2 more "Very Valentine" books, and a book series for teenage girls. She stands as our single best hope of balancing the mafia stereotypes that dominate our culture.
April 22, 2009
Trigiani is Swang
Trigiani website
Adriana Trigiani is on a book tour to promote her new novel "Very Valentine. In the works are 2 prospective movies, 2 more "Very Valentine" books, and a book series for teenage girls.
When asked how she came to write her first novel, Adriana Trigiani responded, “It was a total surprise because I was writing TV…I wanted to have a baby and when you write comedy for television you work seven days a week. So a friend of mine said ‘You should write a book. Then you could have a baby.’ And, I swear, that’s what happened. I didn’t know it would be good or that you would like it. And now suddenly I’m swang.”
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