U.S. 'very happy' about Napolitano says Kerry
The United States is "very happy" that Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected Italian president to usher in a new government after two months of post-election stalemate, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.
Alberi: Frammartino's Trees at MoMA PS1
The camera of Italian artist/filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino captures the men of the village of Satriano, in Basilicata, who each year participated in a ritual where they covered themselves with ivy until they were totally unrecognizable and became one with nature.
Italy must prepare for elections, and fast
When you are in a hole, stop digging. A wind of change is in the air. Yes, it is a mixture of tired old metaphors but that was the scolding and entirely justified message on Monday to Italy’s political class from a tired old man: face reality, he said; bring in long-delayed reforms; tell the truth.
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Florence mayor Renzi emerges as surprise candidate for Italy PM
Silvio Berlusconi's center-right indicated on Tuesday that it would consider backing the young center-left mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi as Italian prime minister after his name was suggested by the center-left Democratic Party (PD).
Italy's Napolitano speeds search for new government
Italy's president held urgent talks on Tuesday aimed at naming a prime minister to head a coalition government backed by the rival parties on the center-left and center-right and end two months of post-election stalemate.
April 23, 2013
Step Aside Homer! "The Authoress of the Odyssey” is a Sicilian Girl from Trapani
Amazing Sicily!
Ferramonti, 70 Years After the Liberation
This chapter of Italy’s history is not only an integral part of the vicissitudes of 20th Century Europe, but concerns our present and the ways in which our society represents dissent and acts upon and represents the dynamics between dominant, subordinate and transversal groups. (April 24 | 10 am to 6 pm - Centro Ebraico Il Pitigliani | Via Arco de’ Tolomei, 1, Roma)
April 23, 2013
La minaccia di Giorgio
Il Presidente rieletto Giorgio Napolitano si rivolge al Parlamento
L'ultimo avvertimento del Presidente Napolitano ai partiti che hanno affossato l'Italia
Giorgo Napolitano Fights the "Fatal Deadlock"
Despite a generalized sigh of relief, concerns remain that this year's Italian political debacle is not yet over. The newly re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano, 87, speaking with breaking voice, warned of the risks the country continues to run. In his address to the Parliament after his swearing in Monday, he called for talks to begin immediately for creation of a new government following two months of impasse since a national general election brought three warring parties into what could become a "fatal deadlock," in Napolitano's words.
Activists break-in at U.S. military site in Sicily
A group of activists were arrested Monday after they broke into an American military installation under construction in Sicily and climbed a giant antenna. Authorities say that at least seven people climbed over the fence surrounding the site to protest construction of a controversial US military satellite-communications system in the Sicilian town of Niscemi
"Waiting for'" Celebrates Verdi's Legacy
At Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Gesualdo Coggi played some of the most famous Verdi's operas, such as ‘Don Carlos,’ ‘Il Trovatore,’ ‘Rigoletto,’ ‘Aida’ and ‘Simon Boccanegra.’ The operas performed were those that Franz Liszt paraphrased and transcribed.
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