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Dear Fellow Citizen, Firstly, I wish to extend my cordial greetings to you and to your families. As you may know, we recently concluded the "2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States" in the course of which a multitude of successful events were organized throughout the country and in particular in our consular jurisdiction, as a demonstra...

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The FIAT® brand has partnered with one of Instagram's first and most active creator communities, #JJ, to commission its founder and top photographers to embark on a photo-documented open road adventure in the new Fiat 500L. The road trip began yesterday (September 17) at the FIAT Studio in Chicago and will make stops in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washing...

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Bill Emmott presents and discusses his documentary Girlfriend in a Coma Bill Emmott and Filmmaker Annalisa Piras explore Italy's political, economic and social decline over the past 20 years, the product of a moral collapse unmatched anywhere else in the West. Emmott's quest to understand both "Mala Italia" and "Buona Italia" includes Interviews w...

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As part of our ongoing commitment for the promotion of the Italian language in the United States, the Consulate General of Italy has been in contact with the "School District of Philadelphia" in order to facilitate the participation of all external candidates in the Italian AP examination scheduled to take place on May 15 at noon.   Those wh...

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by Vince Lattanzio   Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Colombian pop superstar Juanes and the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform for Pope Francis during his visit to Philadelphia in September. The singers and orchestra are the first three music acts to be announced for the Festival of Families taking place on Saturday, September 26 along...

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Bryn Mawr's Department of Italian and Italian Studies has been awarded a grant from Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for excellence in promoting and advancing Italian language/culture on American soil in its multiple historical and contemporary manifestations.   The funding will help the department expand opportunities for students, espec...

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June 19 - 22, 2015, Long Pond, PAFor the past 29 years, owners, dealers and manufacturers of exotic automobiles have been gathering in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern PA. This is the only event where owners of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Aston Martins and other European High Performance "macchine" meet for three days...

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Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc. has agreed to sell its fashion eyewear company Viva International to Italian eyewear maker Marcolin SpA. Terms of the deal, which is dependent on regulatory approvals, were not disclosed.Highmark Inc. owns Western Pennsylvania's largest health insurance, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.Highmark paid $138 million in 20...

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Gianpiero D'Alia, Italian Minister for Public Administration, will visit Penn Wednesday December 11. D'Alia will present and discuss "La sfida del Governo italiano tra riforme e crescita economica" [The Italian Government's Challenge between Reforms and Economic Growth] with Italian Consul General Andrea Canepari, professors Cristina Bicchieri (Cha...

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On the night of Nov. 5, fresh off a landslide victory in the Pittsburgh mayor's race, Bill Peduto wound his way through a packed Homewood auditorium, his presence announced loudly by a high school drum line. On stage, to the roar of an enthusiastic audience, he evoked the Italian immigrant roots of his family. "It's good to be home," he s...

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