Italian wine, exports at +9.5% in value and +8.2% in volume in first 2 months 2024 (on 2023)
It remains clearly in the positive, at least in the first two months of 2024, the performance of Italian wine exports, which, globally, touched 1.14 billion euros, at +9.5% over the same period 2023, for 297.6 million liters, at +8.2%. Although, it must be said, it denotes a major slowdown on January’s super start, with double-digit growth. In any...
Festa Italiana returning to Green Bay bigger and better
More than $70 million in Italian cars will be on display in downtown Green Bay this weekend—ready for automotive enthusiasts and anyone curious about Italian cuisine and entertainment! More than eight decades of Italian automobiles in every shape, size and color are being carefully prepared, polished and parked for this weekend's Festa Italiana. A...
Rome's Fiumicino Airport opens check-in service at Termini Station
Passengers flying from Rome's Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways can now check in and drop off their luggage at the central Termini train station before their flight. Airport in the City is the new initiative by Rome airport management company Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) which is open exclusively to ITA Airways passengers flying from Fiumicino, to any...
That’s Amore - Celebrating Italian-American History
54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Broadway stars Casey Garvin, Analise Scarpaci, Rachel Zatcoff, and more in That’s Amore: Celebrating Italian American History on June 20, 2024 at 7pm. That’s Amore will celebrate Italian American music, tradition, and history, featuring popular songs you know and love like “Quando, Quando, Quando,” “Mambo...
Italian athletics turns out exceptional with Fabbri, Dosso and Furlani: 3 records broken in one afternoon
Three new records in one afternoon. Italian athletes carve them during the Savona International Meeting in the shot put, women's 100 meters and long jump. Leonardo Fabbri, Zaynab Dosso and Mattia Furlani the protagonists of the different disciplines who added another page to Italian sports history. An exciting path ahead of the upcoming Paris 2024...
Filitalia International Announces New Chapters, Annual Heroes Award, District of Italy Convention & Opening of A Patronato Location in Philadelphia
Filitalia International, a leading Italian-American organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Italian heritage worldwide, is excited to announce several significant developments, including the approval of new Chapters, upcoming 4th Annual Heroes Award & La Festa della Repubblica Celebration, upcoming District of Italy Convention in Rome an...
Boston and Rome mayors sign declaration to foster cultural and economic bonds
In a step aimed at bolstering transatlantic connections, Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu and Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri inked a Declaration of Intent yesterday, heralding a new dawn for cultural and economic synergy between the historic cities, according to Boston's official news release. At Rome City Hall, the leaders put pen to paper on a document...
NIAF and Italpress Announce Collaborative Partnership and Journalism Internship Program in Italy
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and Italpress, a leading Italian multimedia news agency, today announced a new three-year partnership to promote the National Italian American Foundation many transnational activities of interest to Italian readers and create enriching opportunities for the next generation. As part of the agreement, N...
How to do Italy in the off season, according to travel specialists
While Italy is never a bad idea per se, there are times when the the high-heeled boot kicks better than others. Those times lie in the off-season, when baking heat compounds not with throngs of crowds, and you, the tourist, find yourself with a touch more cool air to breathe. Between October and April and from thigh to toe to rock that the toe kick...
St. Anthony Society plans June 9 procession beginning at St. Peter the Apostle Church in New Castle
St. Anthony Society in New Castle is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with a traditional procession June 9 through the streets of historic and old New Castle. The procession begins at 12:30 p.m. at St. Peter the Apostle Church. Marchers will be waving to spectators along the way to a short ceremony at the Italian monument. They will take a brea...
Italy’s oldest wine family is looking to the future. Marchesi Antinori is investing in robotics
Marchesi Antinori, the oldest Italian wine family (26 generations, more than 600 years of history), is looking straight ahead to the future, resting firmly on its illustrious past. Antinori has become a shareholder of VitiBot, leader in futuristic machinery for vineyards and part of the SDF (SAME Deutz-Fahr) Group, world leader producing tractors a...
Vince Mottola Jr. Reflects on 50 Years of Vince's Italian
Vince’s Italian, an old-fashioned Italian restaurant serving up traditional family recipes, just celebrated 50 years in Renton. Inspired by the possibilities posed by the American Dream, founders Vince and Ada Mottola emigrated from Naples, the birthplace of pizza, to the U.S. in 1954 and opened Vince’s Restaurant on Empire Way — now known as Marti...