The Ambassador of Italy in the USA, Armando Varricchio, was received at the White House together with officials from the Embassy and International Financial Institutions to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and formerMayor of New York and current attorney of President Trump, Rudy Giuli...

Dear fellow Italians, dear Italian-American friends, as we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic we remember the choice of freedom made by Italian women and men on June 2, 1946. A choice that has allowed our country to join the path of democracy and progress in the transatlantic and European framework. This year is also t...

IN JULY, the Italian Navy tall ship Amerigo Vespucci — a three-mast, 331-foot school ship built in 1931 — left Italy and ventured on the long journey to the United States and Canada. A year later, the Italian Navy FREMM-class frigate Alpino, built by Fincantieri with state-of-the-art technologies, is engaged in a U.S. campaign tour and is moored in...

The Indianapolis 500 is, in the words of the famous Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, truly a “legend”. It has become stuff that dreams are made of for generations of Americans and Italians alike, for more than 100 years, thanks to our common passion for cars and races. The Indy 500 is a tradition and, indeed, a symbol: strongly grounded in realit...

Today, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, visited the Italian Navy’s class FREMM frigate in Norfolk, on the occasion of her first US campaign. Norfolk, where the US Naval Station and the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) of NATO are headquartered, is the first stop of her US itinerary and will be followed by Baltimo...

Il Quartetto di Cremona, considerato dalla critica il vero erede del Quartetto Italiano, si è esibito per la prima volta a Washington nella sede della Library of Congress una delle istituzioni più prestigiose degli Stati Uniti d’America. Davanti ad una platea di oltre 400 ospiti riuniti nel Coolidge Auditorium, venerdì scorso, 11 maggio, il Quartet...

On May 8, 2018 the Ambassador of Italy to the US Armando Varricchio, in collaboration with Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO of the Meridian International Center, has hosted an event for the Meridian Global Leadership Council founding members. The Meridian International Center is a premier nonprofit, global leadership organization based...

Per commemorare la Giornata della Liberazione la celebre Orchestra da Camera I Solisti Veneti è tornata a esibirsi a Washington DC, 16 anni dopo il concerto di inaugurazione dell’attuale sede dell’Ambasciata. Di fronte a oltre 350 ospiti riuniti nell’atrio della Sede, nove musicisti condotti dal Maestro Claudio Scimone hanno reso omaggio alla creat...

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia negli USA, Armando Varricchio, ha concluso oggi una visita nella città di New Orleans in Louisiana in occasione delle celebrazioni per il trecentesimo anniversario della fondazione della città su invito del Sindaco Mitch Landrieu. Sono stati ricordati i profondi legami storici, economici, culturali e sociali di New Orleans c...

Il 9 aprile 2018 l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington ha celebrato la prima Giornata della Ricerca Italiana nel Mondo con un evento dal titolo Bridging Italy and the US through science. La conferenza è stata aperta dall’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Washington Armando Varricchio e dal Vice Assistente del Segretario di Stato per la Scienza, lo Spazio e la S...