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    The Empire State Building, Italian for a Day!

    Giulia Madron(June 02, 2014)
    On Tuesday June 3rd, Mike Piazza, New York Mets player and 12-Time MLB All-Star, will light the Empire State Building with the colors of the Italian Flag to celebrate the mission and educational programs of The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
  • Life & People

    A Non-Italian for The “Italian Brand Ambassador Award 2014”

    Giulia Madron(May 20, 2014)
    On June 1st, New York will celebrate the first edition of The Italian Brand Ambassador 2014. The ceremony will take place at 7pm at the Highline Ballroom of New York. “It’s the first time in the world that a non-Italian will be awarded as the Ambassador of the Made in Italy,” said the Director of the ICE USA Pier Paolo Celeste.
  • Op-Eds

    As Immigrants Arrive, Reception Centers Share Despair

    Judith Harris(May 07, 2014)
    Both the daily horde of exhausted, hungry immigrants landing on the shores of Sicily and those who tend to them after their arrival are in despair. Even before this week some 2,000 immigrants were known to be on the island. Twice those from last year are arriving, even as the season of fair weather has only begun. The police prefect of Sicily has appealed for help from Rome, but in the meantime the Sicilian holding centers are on the verge of collapse. Many, including a number of pregnant women, arrived via Libya from Syria
  • Life & People

    Mother's Day... The Italian Way

    Bianca Soria(May 07, 2014)
    Every mother wants to talk about being a mother, no matter if anyone is willing to listen or not. And I’m no different, so of course I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to write something on Mother’s Day. I could have talked about my mum turning 70 today and wish her an even happier Mother’s Day, but I’m not going to. Instead, I drew on a few news stories that hit the headlines in Italy over the last few months and that made me reflect on some aspects of Italian motherhood…
  • Op-Eds

    Economy: Fragile but, Even so, it Moves

    Judith Harris(May 06, 2014)
    Eppur si muove – But even so, it moves, said Galileo Galilei after his trial. If the U.S. economy is hustling, and Europe’s is recovering after more than five years of the doldrums, Italy’s finally is showing signs of moving forward. Combined with a drop of almost 10% in purchases of imported items, sales of domestic products have risen by 7.3%. The government’s battle against tax evaders has made progress, and so far this year over last tax revenues are up by 9.1%, according to the financial daily Il Sole/24 Ore.
  • Facts & Stories

    With Two Popes @ Saint Patrick's Cathedral

    Natasha Lardera(April 29, 2014)
    Sunday 27, 2014: the Canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II. New York City wanted to take part to the celebrations for the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and the Consulate General of Italy organized a special evening at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. The festivities included performances of religious music and readings of selected excerpts of both Pope’s encyclicals.
  • Tourism

    In Italy's Easter Basket

    Judith Harris(April 16, 2014)
    Italy's Easter basket is filled with treasures, but they come with problems, and even the basket is fraying. Underlying the problems is, as this reporter has written repeatedly, the abundance of the Italian cultural heritage. Nowhere is this more visible than at Pompeii, whose years of moral and physical lapses are taken by some outsiders, perhaps erroneously, as a sad metaphor for the country itself. But there are good eggs in that basket too.
  • Op-Eds

    Deadlines Loom: Berlusconi Future, Senate Reform, EU Vote

    Judith Harris(April 06, 2014)
    Three deadlines are approaching on the turbulent Italian political agenda. First is former premier Silvio Berlusconi's future of either house arrest or social services. Second is the government's proposed reduction in size and scope of the Italian Senate. Third is a European Parliamentary vote that will be viewed as a litmus test of the relative strengths of the Italian parties. At the moment Premier Matteo Renzi's Partito Democratico has a healthy lead, but Beppe Grillo's Movimento Cinque Stelle and Silvio Berlusconi's reborn Forza Italia are increasingly vying for second place.

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