"La promozione dell'Expo del 2015 all'estero non può prescindere dalla forza e dal radicamento degli italiani nel mondo". Lo fa presente la coordinatrice nazionale delle Consulte regionali dell'emigrazione Silvia Bartolini, che ha riunito oggi a Bologna il Coordinamento con i rappresentanti delle regioni.   La pensano così anche i vertici de...

Women's role in food security, nutrition and health, and the outlook for EXPO Milan 2015. These were the central topics of the first international "Women in Business" workshop organised by the Aspen Institute with support from the Italian Embassy in Washington, which hosted the event.   Participants included the deputy speaker of the Senate, Lind...

After Three months from it's opening the Expo 2015 in Milan has reached almost 9 million visitors. The global event hosted people from all around the world, not to mention the many Prime Ministers, Presidents, First ladies and personality from the business and the financial sector.   If you choose to visit the Expo fair, there are a lot of t...

President Barack Obama hosted the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Enrico Letta at the White House on October 17, 2013. The visit highlighted the vitality of the relationship between the United States and Italy. The bonds between our two countries are among the strongest tying together the United States and Europe. Disc...

Sarà il superdollaro a trainare l'incoming in Italia nei prossimi mesi. La volata della moneta e la ripresa dell'economia stanno facendo aumentare la propensione ai viaggi degli statunitensi. Un monitoraggio dell'Enit su 190 operatori presenti in 28 mercati stranieri rivela che l'Italia si colloca al primo posto delle destinazioni europee più ambit...

by Silvia Simonetti   From the Embassy's magnificent headquarters in Washington D.C., Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero traveled to the West Coast on his official visit to California and – for the first time ever – to Oregon, in the week of March 8th.   While in Los Angeles, he was welcomed by the Italian institutions and communit...

by Laurie Werner   When the food-focused Expo Milano 2015 opens this Friday, the centerpiece of the USA Pavilion will be on wheels: six food trucks known as Food Truck Nation will showcase a sampling of regional American cuisine. "We thought it was the right way to represent what's happening in America," explains Mitchell Davis, Chief Creati...

Expo visitors will be in the position to win a house to restore in Sicily. The initiative will be present at the stand "Borghi più belli d'Italia", (Most Beautiful Italian Hamlets) in the Eataly space with the support of the Tourism Authority of Anci as a way to promote smaller Italian centres.   Visiting the stand one will be able to f...

by Giorgio dell'Orefice   In Italy, 273 food products are certified as PDO (protected designation of origin) and PGI (protected geographical indication). No other country in Europe can boast such a high number.   Adding to 523 PDO and PGI wine labels and 39 geographical indications of spirits and alcoholic beverages other than wine, w...

While the countdown has started with less than 100 days to go before Milan's food-themed Universal Exposition (Expo) opens on May 1, the Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) has presented in Washington the Milan Charter - an Italian initiative for a global food agreement to be illustrated at the trade fair. The first Food Tank Summit on Th...