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by Jessica Andrews Inside Italy's borders are two independent states. One of them, you're sure to know: Vatican City is the smallest internationally-recognized state in the world, measured by both area and population. The other, though, is perhaps less known, even though tourism has become its major industry.   The Republic of San Marino si...

by Gordon Gross   Danilo Gallinari sat down for an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport about the upcoming season for the Denver Nuggets, as well as his Eurobasket experience. He touched on training camp, his feelings about Michael Maloneas his new coach, and about expectations for the upcoming season among other things.   It's about 6...

by Roberto Iotti Working in the countryside is increasingly attracting young people as a career path, starting with their choice of secondary school and then continuing as a source of employment, according to industry data. At the same time, the appeal of technical and humanistic vocations is declining.   In the school year that has ju...

L'Italia si colloca al primo posto per guarigioni da tumore in Europa. Con questo dato incoraggiante si è aperto a Roma il XVII Congresso nazionale dell'Associazione italiana di oncologia medica (Aiom), con la partecipazione di circa 3.000 esperti. In 17 anni (1990-2007), infatti, i pazienti che hanno sconfitto il cancro nel nostro Paese sono aumen...

by Paul Sciria   Poet Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the song eyeballing the British bombardment of Ft. McHenry in Chesapeake Bay. The music and lyrics became so popular it was renamed "The Star Spangled Banner." It became the national anthem when President Hoover signed a March 3, 1931 resolution.   The baritone/tenor Rocco Sco...

Annual Welcome Reception & Luncheon - Saturday, November 21st from 1-3 pm - Ticket Price: $45.00 all inclusive. Honored Guest: Consul General of Italy in Miami, The Honorable Dott.ssa Gloria Bellelli   Please join us to welcome our new Consul General of Italy in Miami, Dott.sssa Gloria Bellelli, as well as o...

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born on October 9 or 10, 1813, in Le Roncole, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. His love and talent for music were obvious at a young age. When he was only eight, he became the official organist at his local church. During his teenage years, he recalled that he "wrote a motley assortment of pieces: marches for band by th...

By David Willis   Stefano Calvagno knew that somewhere, in some form, someone was playing a sport known as football. "I was aware that there was a sport called football somewhere in the world," he said in his native Italian accent. "But that was all that I knew. I had never seen a game. It's like cricket.   I know that someone pl...

by Ramon Taylor   "Dyker Lights" is one of New York's most extravagant holiday attractions, and chances are you've never heard of it. Just minutes away from Manhattan's flashy skyline, a mostly Italian-American residential neighborhood in Brooklyn hosts over 100,000 visitors per year, in one of the wackiest holiday light displays in the coun...

Lovers of Italian theater lovers won't have to wait until 4th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY premieres in May. Beginning February 4th, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, will present IN SCENA! WINTER. The program will feature encore performances from two past festivals: Francesco Foti's NUO...

by Sean Brennan   The life of a fighter has its ups and its downs, but the good ones always find a way to get back on their feet. UFC featherweight Charles Rosa, a 2005 graduate of Peabody High, can testify to that. Born into a large Italian family, Rosa was hardwired to fight.   His grandfather was a Navy boxing champion, his u...

by Silvia Donati The star of Italian Carnival celebrations! The first official record declaring Carnival a public celebration in Venice dates to 1296, when the Senate of La Serenissima made the day before Lent a holiday of fun and merrymaking.   In this respect, masks have always been a central component of the Venetian carnival, used to te...