Italy's high court on Tuesday harshly faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions. It ordered a new appeals court to consider all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the young woman. In...
READ MOREBy Jessica Andrews When I was in Umbria I stopped off at a small family-run winery just outside of Spello. Enrico, the nephew of the owner (the only one who spoke English well enough to give the tour to an American) was on Spring holiday from the university in Perugia, a fact that he mentioned several times during my hour with him. It jus...
READ MOREArrivano dal Canada, Ohio, Arizona, Michigan per un corso full immersion sulla Cucina italiana, fra tradizione e innovazione. E' il primo gruppo di studenti dell'Art Institute, prestigioso gruppo di college che annovera 50 sedi negli Stati Uniti e in Canada con più di 70mila studenti di cui oltre 14mila frequentanti l'indirizzo cucina (Int...
READ MORELa bandiera americana posta sulla bara del padre, uno degli omaggi più importanti che l'America tributa ai propri militari, è stata donata al comune di Magione dai parenti dell'aviatore americano Joseph Adrian Gately. Gately, durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, fu salvato dai pescatori di Sant'Arcangelo dopo che l'aereo su cui era in ricognizione c...
READ MOREThe Umbra Institute is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the Intensive Italian through Culture Summer Program (May 30-July 12). The program, directed by Prof. Bob Proctor from Connecticut College, is a six-week/8 credits full immersion experience conducted entirely in Italian and open to students of all language proficienc...
READ MOREIl Console d'Italia a Detroit Marco Nobili insieme al professore Iaderosa, direttore dell'Ente Gestore "NOI – Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani" ieri 30 novembre 2012 hanno incontrato a Grand Rapids, in Michigan, la professoressa Gisella Licari ed i suoi collaboratori della Grand Valley State Gli studenti di italiano dei corsi 101 e 201 dell'ateneo hanno pr...
READ MOREItalian singer Paolo Conte will open Umbria Jazz Festival on Friday evening, joining famous international artists Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. Umbria Jazz 2015 will take place in Perugia at the Santa Giuliana arena and Friday night's performances will be followed by a midnight concert by Charles Lloyd, the American jazz musician, at the Morlacc...
READ MOREdi Ivano Porfiri «Siate speciali, siate sognatori, siate idealisti, ma soprattutto siate persone perbene perché questo è un valore che vi permetterà di essere rispettati». Non è Steve Jobs, ma Brunello Cucinelli che parla ai 45 laureandi in Economia (41 alla triennale, 4 alla magistrale) nel giorno della proclamazione nell'Aula Magna dell'...
READ MORESix Italian cities (Cagliari, Lecce, Matera, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena) short-listed for European Capital of Culture 2019. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension. The European City of...
READ MOREby Michela Tartaglia It was between September of 1991 and May of 1992 when Seattle Mayor Norman Rice and Perugia Mayor Mario Valentini signed a pact of friendship between their cities and since then that relationship has grown stronger and stronger. The origin of that pact resides in a desire of a Seattleite named Hans Lehmann, who had co...
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