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European Union face disciplinary action against Italy
July 2019
Italy could face disciplinary action over its failure to respect European Union spending rules. The European Commission found that Italy’s public debt stood at more than 130 percent of GDP in 2018. This figure is far above the 60 percent limit...
Mercer County Italian American Festival
June 2019
The 20th Anniversary of New Jersey's number one Italian American Festival returns to Mercer County Park. Named one of New Jersey's Best Fall Festivals by CBS New York, this annual celebration of Italian and Italian American culture features a Food...
MUST-GO / MUST-SEE / MUST-EAT: Locanda dell’Isola Comacina
June 2019
This month’s LGI Picks! checks off three of our must-do’s. Locanda dell’Isola Comacina is a restaurant located on Comacina Island in beautiful and majestic Lake Como, Italy. An island rich in history, art and tradition, it is impossible not to feel...
Little Italy: Philadelphia
June 2019
Filadelfia è una delle città più antiche d’America e gli italo americani che vi abitano costituiscono una comunità storica. L’immigrazione italiana iniziò qui in piena epoca coloniale nel XVIII secolo ed era costituita principalmente di italiani di...
June Birthdays
June 2019
As summer approaches, birthday celebrations for some of our favorite Italians are underway as well. American actress Leah Remini, who’s father hails from Sicily, celebrates her birthday on June 15. She is best known for her role as Carrie on “The...
Trumbull Coal was King Before Youngstown Steel
June 2019
Joe Tucciarone e Ben Lariccia presentano la prima storia completa della Grande Guerra del carbone del 1873, nel loro libro War in the Mahoning Valley: The Origin of Greater Youngstown’s Italians, disponibile dal 1° luglio su Amazon.
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"Opera In The Italian Garden 2019"
June 2019
The popular, free concert "Opera in the Italian Garden" will be presented in the beautiful Italian Renaissance Cultural Garden Sunday, July 28, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
The concert highlights two of Italy’s greatest cultural arts, opera and ballet, and...
Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest paintings
June 2019
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest paintings, the “Benois Madonna” also known as the “Madonna and Child with Flowers,” will make a rare return to Italy in honor of the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. On loan from the Hermitage Museum...
Facebook shut down more than 20 Italian pages
June 2019
Last month, Facebook shut down more than 20 Italian pages spreading misinformation, hate speech and political propaganda leading up to the European elections. "We have removed a series of false and duplicate accounts that violated our authenticity...
Minister Matteo Salvini declared Italian waters closed to NGO
June 2019
At press time, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the Italian government planned to issue a decree that would fine NGO rescue boats up to 5,500 euros for each migrant they disembark on to Italian soil. Aid groups say that the decree is a...