Emergency’s Emergency: Italian Medics Seized in Afghanistan
On Saturday in Rome’s Piazza Navona a demonstration is being organized in support of a trio of Italian doctors Matteo Dell'Aira, Marco Garatti and Matteo Pagani who were arrested without formal charges at Lashkar Gah in Helmand province of Afghanistan, accused by local authorities with involvement in a plot to have Helmand governor Guland Mangal assassinated
April 15, 2010
Emergency’s Emergency: Italian Medics Seized in Afghanistan
On Saturday in Rome’s Piazza Navona a demonstration is being organized in support of a trio of Italian doctors Matteo Dell'Aira, Marco Garatti and Matteo Pagani who were arrested without formal charges at Lashkar Gah in Helmand province of Afghanistan, accused by local authorities with involvement in a plot to have Helmand governor Guland Mangal assassinated
April 14, 2010
La Pizza
Quando ho scoperto che hanno ragione a dire che Manhattan e` il centro del mondo.
Ho trovato la pizza e il calore di casa nel cuore del West Village.
Music & Words. Prose & Poetry. Two Days in New York with Gianmaria Testa
A concert at Joe's Pub in NoHo to present his latest album in front of an international public; a glass of wine and a long chat in SoHo. During our moments spent in New York together with Gianmaria Testa we listen and talk about love, roots and travels, about Europe and America... Then we return to Italy, to its political, cultural and social issues, to its transformations and the new problems to be faced. First of all, immigration
Klein photos recreate 1950s. Rome Images draw out the contrasting faces of the Eternal city
ANSA. A dazzling mix of images on display in the Italian capital recreates everyday life in late 1950s Rome through the snaps of American photographer William Klein. The exhibition at the Trajan's Market archaeological complex features 60 images of the Eternal City taken during the period 1956-1960. (Read the article)
Same-sex marriage suits rejected. Issue up to parliament, Constitutional Court says
ANSA. Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected suits by several northern Italian gay couples who had challenged Italian law preventing gay marriages. (Read the article)
April 14, 2010
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Courtesy of ICC
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo
One Step Forward on the Road to Justice
The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise’s Inaugural Annual May Day Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
Another blog post about a very real event parodying ongoing surreal phenomena.
Herbs, Spices & Magic. Strega Bewitches New York after 150 Years
Here is the story of the Strega Alberti S.p.A. recounted by a representative of the Alberti family, who founded the company in Benevento in 1860, the year of the Unification of Italy. The Strega Liqueur will be celebrating the 150th Anniversary from its creation at Testaccio Ristorante in Long Island City, NY. Join them, blow out the candles, and enjoy a huge buffet of Strega-based cocktails and desserts!
Italian Judge Cites Profit as Justifying a Google Conviction
NEW YORK TIMES. An Italian judge convicted three Google employees in February of violating privacy laws because the Internet company had sought to profit from a video of an autistic boy being bullied by classmates, according to a judicial reasoning in the case released on Monday. (Read the article)
Modigliani tribute reopens musem. Gallarate Museum of Modern Art (MAGA) in stunning new complex
ANSA. A tribute to the renowned 20th-century Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani has inaugurated the new premises of an important national art museum in northern Italy.
The Gallarate Museum of Modern Art (MAGA), which has reopened to the public in a stunning new complex, is showing a selection of 20 paintings by Modigliani. (Read the article)
The Gallarate Museum of Modern Art (MAGA), which has reopened to the public in a stunning new complex, is showing a selection of 20 paintings by Modigliani. (Read the article)
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