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In the prestigious setting of the Italian School of New York Guglielmo Marconi, led by Michael Cascianelli, a special day was held for middle and high school students to commemorate two symbols in the fight against the mafia: Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, on the sad anniversary of the Capaci Massacre. Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino...

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May 23, 2023 marks 31 years since tensions between Sicily’s Cosa Nostra mafia and the Italian government reached an explosive turning point. The date will now also mark the opening of a new anti-mafia museum in Palermo, Italy, dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two anti-crime leaders who were murdered within 57 days of each other b...

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Artefacts loaned from Italian museums include archival material such as documents, films and photographs, says The Art Newspaper, as well as stimuli invoking sight, sound and scent. The project was conceptualised by anti-mafia charity Fondazione Falcone, with this instalment following on from a related event in 2022 marking the 30th anniversary ant...

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Two-thirds of Italian people consider Giovanni Falcone a hero who went above and beyond his duties as a servant to the State, according to an IPSOS poll released ahead of the 30th anniversary of the anti-mafia prosecutor's murder by Cosa Nostra in the the Capaci bomb attack in 1992. Over half of the people surveyed, 58%, are convinced that Falcone...

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Italy has paid tribute to the anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino by issuing a new €2 coin ahead of the 30th anniversary of their murders. The commemorative coin was designed by Valerio De Seta, based on Tony Gentile's famous photograph of the two judges who were close friends and were killed within months of each other in 1992....

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Wednesday, May 18th in person, 6:00 pm Eastern Time. Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA. Free Admission. Covid policy note: the mask is recommended at the event. Register here. Here more information. America-Italy Society of Philadelphia and the Consulate General of Italy, in partnership with PI-Philly, invite y...

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Italy is to pay homage to the anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino by issuing a new €2 coin in 2022, on the 30th anniversary of their murders. The commemorative coin has been designed by Valerio De Seta, based on Tony Gentile's famous photograph of the two judges who were close friends and were killed within months of each other....

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The event organized by the Ministry of Education and the Falcone Foundation on 23 May is entitled "The courage of every day" to commemorate the victims of the Mafia massacres of Capaci and via D’Amelio. This year is dedicated to the commitment of all citizens who have worked for the benefit of the community in these emergency months of the country....

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Ieri sera “Il traditore” di Marco Bellocchio è finalmente arrivato a New York in occasione del NY Film Festival. La proiezione è avvenuta nella sala Alice Tully, la sala più grande del complesso del Lincoln Center (oltre 1000 posti) e quella dedicata ai film più ‘importanti’ del Festival. Sala piena di un pubblico italiano e di uno americano che qu...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and U.S. Italy Fulbright Commission join the Fondazione Giovanni e Francesca Falcone in honoring the memory of Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo, and the three agents of his security detail, who were tragically killed 25 years ago, on May 23, 1992. Born in Palermo, in 1939, Falcone s...

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