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AC Milan, in partnership with Black&Red Pumas LLC, is proud to announce AC Milan Academy Virginia, the first Rossoneri Academy project in the United States that will officially open in spring 2024 in Fairfax, Virginia and the Washington Metropolitan Area (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia). The training program will directly involve boys and...

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The Ordine della Stella d’Italia recognizes those expatriates and foreigners who have acquired special merits in promoting friendly and cooperative relations between Italy and other countries and in fostering ties with Italy.  During the opening day of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, a week-long series of events dedicated to “Dining with...

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A strengthened and renewed bond in the name of scientific research and innovation, evident in the work of young researchers. That is the connection between Italy and the United States, celebrated at the Italian Embassy during the annual ISSNAF event, the foundation that brings together thousands of Italian scientists, academics, and technologists a...

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The celebrations of Italy’s Armed Forces and National Unity Day in the United States concluded in Washington with a reception at the Italian Embassy hosted by Ambassador Zappia. The event was attended by Kristyn E. Jones, Acting Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Defense Attaché Maj. Gen. ITAF Maurizio Cantiello. High-ranking officials from...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington presents the screening of the film-documentary “The Genius of Gianni Versace Alive” directed by Salvatore Zannino, to celebrate this extraordinary Italian fashion designer’s life and contributions to beauty in the film, music, and fashion industries. “Gianni Versace’s life was such a compelling story tha...

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Our final AMHS speaker program for 2023 started out with a real treat for the attendees — a surprise performance by AMHS music scholarship winner Giorgio Consolati. Afterwards, Professor Carmine Vittoria told us about his two most recent, very different books. The program, held at Casa Italiana on September 10, 2023, began with Giorgio’s introducti...

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United Airlines has announced an expansion of its seasonal services from Italy to the United States for 2024. For the summer of 2024, direct seasonal service between Rome and Washington, D.C. will increase from once to twice daily, while seasonal flights from Rome to Chicago and San Francisco, Milan to Chicago, as well as Naples to New York/Newark...

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Mission to the United States and Canada for Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio. On Monday, October 30, the Guardasigilli will meet in Washington at the Department of Justice with his U.S. counterpart, Attorney General, Merrick Garland. In Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Thursday, Nov. 2, Minister Nordio is scheduled to hold working meetings with...

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When chef Claudio Pirollo was first looking to open a restaurant in the Palisades 15 years ago, his initial instinct was to do Italian. After all, he’d grown up in his Italian parents’ trattoria and market in Belgium. But at the time, the Italian restaurant scene in DC seemed saturated. Instead, the former personal chef to the Irish ambassador ende...

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Washington DC and New York were the two stops in the U.S. in the series of international presentations of Teatro alla Scala's 2023-2024 Season-which will open on Dec. 7 with Verdi's Don Carlo conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Lluís Pasqual, LaScala.tv's 2023-2024 programming, and the newly established "Teatro alla Scala Association of A...

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