Casa Belvedere in Staten Island joined in celebrating 150 years of Italian unification, presenting an evening of memories, music, and fireworks.
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NAPLES – “I’m so ashamed!” Handsome Michele, Neapolitan father of four, has been driving tour buses through Naples for over two decades. “I simply hate having the tourists see these piles of rubbish.” We were inching our way through the usual midday traffic on the Via del Mare alongside the docks for the luxury cruise ships and the ferries to Capri and Ischia. Beside us a mound of garbage, three feet tall, snaked for many yards along the avenue before turning the corner to continue up a side street.
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Facts & StoriesPop star Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta a.k.a. Lady Gaga, celebrating the passage of the bill with her friends. The picture was posted on Lady Gaga’s Twitter account via Blackberry on Saturday, June 25, and was seen 243,695 times in the first 24 hours. The caption says: "The revolution is ours to fight for love, justice+equality. Rejoice NY, and propose. We did it!!!" (twitpic.com/5gehdu)
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Voting in three separate elections this May and June, Italians gave a black eye to the center-right government headed by the London Economist’s favorite Italian politician, Silvio Berlusconi. Here are this week's consequences...
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On June 11, Euro Pride 2011, the pan-European international event dedicated to LGBT pride, was held in Rome and welcomed an international public of about 1 million people. The parade, which flooded the streets of Italy's capital, ended with a show by Lady Gaga, the extraordinary and spectacular contemporary italian-american music icon.
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The Italian-American community and the most illustrious representatives of the city of New York celebrate together the Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic (Festa Nazionale della Repubblica) at Cipriani 42nd street. OUR VIDEO COMING SOON
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The high honor of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica italiana) was given to Tom DiNapoli in front of a large audience and a lot of prominent persons. It was an important moment for the entire Italian-American community.
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Pursuant to the Presidential Decrees dated March 23rd, 2011, four Referendum have been scheduled for June 12th-13 th, 2011. There are two elements that could raise the risks of the quorum not being reached in Italy: one relative to the dates chosen for the referendum, the other relative to the communication of the referendum itself.
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As part of the project “Consulate fuori porta”, on May 10, a consular mission led by Consul General of Italy in New York Francesco M. Talò went to Connecticut for a series of meetings organized in collaboration with honorary Vice-consul Dott.ssa Ambra Fantino
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Letizia Moratti and Giuliano Pisapia before the incumbent Mayor's faux pasOn the Eve of the Italian local elections, Letizia Moratti, the Berlusconian mayoral candidate in Milan, slanders his opponent. A few hours later New York City is covered with posters of her face
