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The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, will arrive in New York on Sunday, May 5, for a visit that will last until Tuesday, May 7. After landing at John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport, the head of state will travel to the Metropolitan Museum, where he and director Max Hollein will visit the museum's permanent collection and the...

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Italy marks Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday with a series of commemorative events on the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella marked the Giorno della Memoria with a speech on Friday at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, with Holocaust survivor Sami Modiano a guest of honour. "I...

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War, violence against women, labor. These are some of the main topics touched upon by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in his traditional year-end address, the ninth since he was first elected head of state. In his speech, Mattarella reviewed some of the biggest challenges facing the world in 2023: "We know that we are in a season that p...

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Margherita Cassano has been nominated as president of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation and is set to become the first woman in Italy to hold this position. Cassano, currently the deputy president of the Corte Suprema di Cassazione, was nominated unanimously on Tuesday by the committee of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM), the judici...

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The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, awarded 30 Certificates of Honor of "Bishop of the Republic." Solidarity for peace," explains a note from the Quirinal, "is the prevailing theme that inspired the selection of the young standard bearers in 2022. The selection among many deserving ones was oriented to enhance behaviors and actions of...

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Today marks the 226th anniversary of "National Flag Day," the symbol of our homeland. It was January 7, 1797 when the representatives of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia, proclaiming the Constitution of the Cispadane Republic, raised the first red white and green Tricolor with horizontal bands, the flag of their unity. Under these colors,...

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Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Fratelli d'Italia party, is set to become Italy's first woman prime minister after Italian president Sergio Mattarella on Friday offered her the mandate to form a government. Meloni's coalition partners in government are the right-wing Lega led by Matteo Salvini and the centre-right Forza Italia led by Silvio...

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It will be the Grand Prix of records, that of the 100-year history of the circuit, which is the oldest still in use, and of the 350,000 spectators who had never been seen here. Built in 1922 in just 110 days, the Autodromo di Monza is one of the longest-running in the F1 calendar: Monza was the third permanent facility built in order of time after...

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Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition partner refused to vote for a key bill in Parliament, but the nation’s president quickly rebuffed him, leaving one of Western Europe’s main leaders at the helm for now.  The rejection of the tendered resignation left in limbo the future of Draghi’s 17-month-old go...

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On the occasion of this Independence Day, I wish to convey heartfelt congratulations to you, Mr. President, and to all American citizens, on behalf of the Italian Republic and my own. Our countries are inextricably bound by an enduring and sincere friendship, rooted in a shared heritage of ideals, and enhanced by the contribution of a longstanding...

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