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Celebrated Italian director Vittorio Taviani, who made more than 20 films alongside his brother Paolo, has died aged 88, his family said on Sunday. The pair worked together for more than half a century producing some of the most famous films of post-War Italian cinema, including “Padre Padrone”, which took top honors at the 1977 Cannes film festiva...

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Italy's presidency is a largely ceremonial role, but it's crucial for steering the country through times of political uncertainty. Like now, for example. So who exactly is Italian President Sergio Mattarella? The role: Mattarella is Italy's 12th president and head of state since the country became a republic after the Second World War. If that numb...

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A Jewish woman who was one of the few Italian children to survive deportation to a Nazi death camp has been made a senator-for-life in Italy. President Sergio Mattarella's office said Friday that he chose Liliana Segre, 87, for the honor because she had made the nation proud with her commitment to telling schoolchildren about the Holocaust. Italy i...

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The Italian government has set March 4 as the date for the next parliamentary election, formally launching what is shaping up to be a bruising campaign. The decision Thursday was made after President Sergio Mattarella formally dissolved the sitting legislature following meetings with Premier Paolo Gentiloni and the heads of both houses of parliamen...

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"Simboli dell'ingegno italiano, del nostro stile di vita e del gusto, di saperi, di competenze e della nostra cultura, elementi tanto apprezzati nel mondo". Con queste parole il presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, ha consegnato questa mattina i premi "Qualità Italia". L'evento si è svolto al Palazzo del Quirinale, con la partecipazione...

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In December, Anthony Forlini (B.B.A. ’84, Marketing) became Sir Anthony Forlini when he was conferred as a Knight in the Order of the Star of Italy by the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, at a ceremony performed by Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Consul of Italy in Detroit. Forlini most recently served in the Michigan House of Representatives before...

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President Barack Obama will welcome Italian President Sergio Mattarella to the White House next month. Mattarella is scheduled to visit Obama on Feb. 8, during a weeklong visit to the U.S.   Obama spokesman Josh Earnest says the leaders will discuss efforts to counter the Islamic State group and the global refugee crisis. They'll also talk...

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di Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli  Ha destato clamore, in questi giorni, la notizia di un taglio ai fondi per la promozione linguistica italiana all'estero, al capitolo 3153 del MAECI, pari a 2 milioni e 625 mila euro per il 2016, dopo che, durante l'esame della legge di stabilità, il lavoro svolto in Senato aveva permesso di azzerare i tagli oper...

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Lido Cantarutti, director of the Italian Film Festival and long-time resident of Marin County, CA, has been acknowledged by the President of the Republic of Italy with the promotion and conferral of the title of Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della RepubblicaItaliana (Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy).  ...

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Senatore Renato Turano presented Dominic Candeloro with the Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia at the Festa della Repubblica celebration hosted by Italian Consul General Adriano Monti on June 2 at the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago.   The award was bestowed by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano upon Dominic in hon...

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