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È durata poco meno di due ore l'audizione che il Vice Ministro degli Esteri Marta Dassù ha svolto in Senato. Chiamata a riferire sulla riorganizzazione consolare, Dassù ha illustrato quella che ha chiamato la "filosofia del riorientamento" della Farnesina.   L'audizione, inizialmente prevista insieme alla Commissione Esteri della Camera, si...

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The year was 1931, the country was in the worst economic depression of its 155 years. The great immigration was over, but many Italians still struggled and strove to make the lives of their families better. Those that had jobs worked hard for little pay and, if they felt fortune if they were able to work long hours. Italian Americans – often first...

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New Jersey is well known as a U.S. bastion of Italian and Italian-American heritage, but it doesn't appear that Rome got the message. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to close its consulate in Newark, the only full-fledged office in a state renowned as the home of Italian-American pop-culture fixtures such as Frank Sinatra and "...

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An Italian Christmas Concert and benefit for the National Shrine of St. Gerard will feature award‐winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo at Saint Lucy's Church, 118 Seventh Ave., Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. (St. Lucy's Day) Castaldo will sing classic Italian carols from his best‐selling album, "Extravergine: Christmas in the Mediterranean," accompanied by...

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On Saturday, February 7, 2015, UNICO will present Seton Hall nursing student Stefanie DeSimone with a $2,500 scholarship at Seton Hall's basketball game at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The scholarship is made possible through the generosity of the Bernard and Carolyn Torraco Memorial Scholarship program.   DeSimone, currently in the...

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di Piero Negri   Si chiamano Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, Tommy DeVito, Nicholas Macioci e Robert Gaudio. Italoamericani? Di più: italoamericani del New Jersey, di Newark, a 20 minuti d'auto dal centro del mondo, Manhattan.   È l'alba del nuovo decennio, gli Anni Sessanta, e Francesco, che diventa Frankie, Tommy, Nick e Bob voglion...

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Ieri, durante il question time nell'Aula di Montecitorio, l'on. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli (SC) ha rivolto una interrogazione al Ministro degli Affari esteri, Emma Bonino, sulla ormai nota vicenda della chiusura dei consolati. L'on. Nissoli illustrando la sua interrogazione ha sottolineato come "la chiusura in corso di svariate rappresentanze c...

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West Essex area residents Annette DiBlasio and Louis LaSalle were recognized as 'Stellas della Contea di Essex' or, 'Stars of Essex County,' at a commemorative event recognizing Italian-Americans on Thursday.   DiBlasio, of Caldwell, is the Budget Analyst with the Essex County Office of Budget and Management. LaSalle, of Roseland, is a Senio...

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Arrivederci, Newark. The home state of Frank Sinatra, Tony Soprano, Frankie Valli and Samuel Alito is losing its Italian consulate, leaving a state whose Italian roots run deep in the American consciousness without an official tie to Italy. The Newark consulate is a casualty of economic troubles 4,200 miles away — an Italian economy in re...

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St. Lucy's Church National Shrine of St. Gerard118 Seventh Avenue - Newark, NJ 07104   (917) 803-4200   St. Gerard Novena and Blessing with RelicMonday, October 7th thru Friday October 15th   Novena begins at 7 PM• Breast cancer October 7th• Police/Fire/First Responders October 8th• Armed Forces/ Ve...

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