Per presentarsi ha scelto un video caricato su YouTube il nuovo ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti a Roma, John R. Phillips. "Rappresentare gli Stati Uniti d'America in Italia ha per me un significato speciale e personale. Sono nipote di immigrati italiani e sono cresciuto in una famiglia italo-americana molto unita. Sono onorato che il Presidente Obam...

Leonardo Zangani was born and raised in La Spezia and still sports his Italian accent proudly. Now he's using his knowledge of his home country to help Michael Reagan establish the (President Ronald) Reagan Legacy Foundation in Italy.   Zangani and the son of the late president are "very good friends," Zangani said enthusiastically from his...

by Alex Schechter   There's a reason Italy ranks as one of the top-visited destinations in the world. Actually, there are a lot of reasons. Its exquisite beauty, its relaxed pace, its startling integration of the ancient and the modern—it all contributes to the magic.   Whether you're flying down pistes in the Dolomites, or sunning yo...

"Italy - US Relations in a Global Economy" è il tema della conferenza in programma il prossimo 11 giugno all'American University of Rome (AUR) che la promuove con la Niaf. I lavori inizieranno alle 15.00 nell'Auriana Auditorium dell'ateneo con l'intervento di saluto del Presidente Niaf Joseph V. Del Raso e della deputata di Scelta Civica elett...

by Michael Donadio   ROME — On a sweltering recent morning here, customers from around the world crowded the aisles of the food market in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele near Rome's central train station, shopping for everything from plump Italian tomatoes and peaches to Thai basil, basmati rice and halal meat. "Ciao, capo!" a South Asian vendor s...

American food icon Alice Waters is a regular visitor to the Italian capital thanks to her work on the Rome Sustainable Food Project. Here she shares her insider tips with David Prior on where to find the city's best authentic flavours.   Legend has it that when Alice Waters started her now iconic Chez Panisse restaurant in California in the...

Florence's Palazzo Pitti hosts Impressionists at Palazzo Pitti until January 5th, with 12 Impressionist masterpieces on loan from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. Two sections compose the exhibit (one outdoors), while both boast names like Degas and Pisarro, Monet and Cézanne, Guigou and Renoir.   Verona, rather, is all about Monet, with the retr...

The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the position of Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the School of Classical Studies, to join the senior Rome leadership team.   POSITION DESCRIPTION - ANDREW W. MELLON PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES   Source: American Academy in Rome

by Mostafa Heddaya   As part of sweeping culture ministry reforms, 20 major Italian museums, including world-renowned institutions like the Uffizi in Florence and the Borghese in Rome, have announced a search for new directors.   A January 8 listing in The Economist describes the search as an "international call for applications," and...

Mentre i tifosi giallorossi stanno ancora digerendo la sconfitta contro la Lazio, vincitori della sesta Coppa Italia con un piede nella Europa League, c'è chi sta studiando per la AS Roma un futuro redditizio e dal respiro europeo. L'architetto di tale impresa è James Pallotta, determinato a portare nel club calcistico di cui è presidente una gesti...