Italian imports and specialty store Via Umbria will host its monthly book club on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m, at its Georgetown location at 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW, D.C.   The featured book this month is "Virgin Territory: Exploring the World of Olive," by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, which is available at Via Umbria for purchase. RSVP to elsa@viaum...

Italy's Festa della Repubblica was commemorated Sunday in Washington, DC at a mass held at Holy Rosary Church, the Italian National Parish. Members of the Italian Diplomatic Corps joined parishioners at the Italian mass con-celebrated by Fr. Lydio Tomasi and Fr. Claudio Holzer.   Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero gave some brief remarks...

Il 27 aprile l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ospiterà il seminario "Fighting Counterfeits: Future challenges and cooperation between the US & Italy", organizzato in collaborazione con l'agenzia U.S. Customs and Border Protection, il Segretariato Generale Interpol e alcune tra le imprese che quotidianamente subiscono il fenomeno.   Foc...

In order to improve the service to the public and avoid long lines, this Embassy has decided to adopt a system of appointments for visa applications.Therefore, as of 28 November 2012, all Visa applications from permanent residents of this Consular jurisdiction (District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, and Arlington...

Maria Bartiromo, Emmy Award-winning journalist and CNBC Anchor, joined comedian and actor Joe Piscopo on stage to open the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) 38th Anniversary Awards Gala at the Washington Hilton on October 26, 2013. They co-hosted the evening to celebrate our rich Italian culture and heritage.   From the podium, N...

"The Dulbecco legacy. From cancer biology, to molecular genetics and novel therapeutic applications, to science advocacy" è il titolo del seminario promosso dall'Ufficio Scientifico dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington il prossimo 20 febbraio in onore e memoria di Renato Dulbecco, medico e biologo, Premio Nobel nel 1975, morto il 20 febbraio dello...

Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino told parliament on Thursday that it appeared that the Italian embassy in the US was not being spied upon. "Our secret services have not unearthed elements of espionage in our embassy (in the US)," said Bonino.   Her comments come after a Der Spiegel article reported Sunday that the US had spied on some o...

Martedì scorso, l'auditorium dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato un seminario in video conferenza con la sede del Segretariato Generale del Ministero della Difesa italiano per illustrare all'industria italiana nel settore difesa le novità offerte dal programma statunitense Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) e le modalità di accesso. I...

Saturday, September 05, 2015 - from 3:00 pm To 4:30 pm - Free entrance - Italy 2013, 70 minutes - Film in Italian with English subtitles - East Building Large Auditorium - National Gallery of Art - 401 Constitution Ave. NW - Washington, DC 20565   A new documentary on the iconic career of Alberto Sordi — arguably Ita...

Anche Washington rende noti i nomi dei consiglieri eletti all'interno del nuovo Comites. Sono risultati eletti per la lista unica "Associazioni Italiane a Washington": Ivan Butina (47 voti); Olga Mancuso (42); Giovanna Casagrande (38); Francesca Casazza (36); Mariuccia Chiantaretto Marolo (28), Antonella Maria Salvatore (27), Marina Galvani (24);...