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20-Mar-14 15:52. By Editor | Comments (60)
Repubblica Veneta?
Voting has begun on a referendum on whether Venice and its surrounding region should try to revert to being a sovereign republic.
20-Mar-14 15:50. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (137)
Every 2 minutes in Italy a house is robbed!
Every two minutes in Italy a house is robbed. In 2012, 280 thousand house robberies were reported. An increase of 114 percent compared to 2004 and of 40 percent compared to 2010. This alarming data was collected by “Centro study trans crime” of Milan “Cattolica” university and Trento University.
The main targets of the burglars are undefended country villages miles away from the police stations.
20-Mar-14 15:48. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (6)
The David of Michalengelo illegally used
The David of Michelangelo, the Italian masterpiece of the Renaissance, has been illegally used to advertise a rifle. The image of David holding a AR-50A1 rifle disturbed the already restless dreams of Italians as the image was on many of the main Italian newspapers.
27-Feb-14 13:43. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (8)
Italian Fashion coming to the V & A
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is going to celebrate Italian fashion from the 5th of April to the 27th of July 2014 with the first major exhibition dedicated to Italian glamour and style. The exhibition includes both women’s and menswear to highlight the exceptional quality of techniques, materials and expertise for which Italy has become famous.
24-Feb-14 17:14. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (19)
Lampedusa nominated for Nobel Prize for Peace in 2014
Lampedusa has been officially nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2014. The Italian magazine the “Espresso” launched a petition to candidate the island immediately after the shipwreck of October the 3rd and collected 55,650 signatures through the internet.
The aim is to give recognition to the solidarity shown over the years by the inhabitants of the island, but also to the suffering that the refugees and the survivors have had to face up to, and to the thousands of people who have been drowned: 20 thousand in twenty years, 640 between the 30th of September and October the 11th, 2013, of which at least a hundred were children.
11-Feb-14 14:53. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (30)
Fiat now to be known as FCA
The Historical brand FIAT is now called Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after the merging of Fiat and Chrysler. A new logo, made from the letters FCA and rendered in light blue, has been introduced. It was designed by Robilant Associati, a Milan firm that designs logos and branding systems.
The shapes of the logo have symbolic meaning. The geometric configuration of the three letters in the logo is inspired by the essential shapes used in automobile design. The letter F is derived from a square and symbolizes solidity and concreteness; the letter C is derived from a circle and represents wheels and movement, symbolizing harmony and continuity. Energy and a perennial state of evolution is represented by the letter A, derived from a triangle.
11-Feb-14 14:52. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (5)
Film Director Carlo Mazzacurati died age 57
The film director Carlo Mazzacurati died in Padua at the age of 57 after fighting a long disease.
Mazzacurati received last year the lifetime achievement award at the Torino Film Festival in occasion of the preview of his last work “La sedia della felicità”. In his career Mazzacurati mixed noir, comedy and observations about Italy’s moral decay and social changes. Some of his films won prizes and were screened at prestigious festivals, including Venice, Locarno, and Turin.
He became popular at the “Mostra di Venezia” with “Notte Italiana” his first full length film written with Franco Bernini.
29-Jan-14 14:37. By Peter Ciccone | Comments (0)
Community raises over £12,000 for cancer research
A pig race night organised by Luigi Carnevale and family and friends in memory of Bruna Abbas to raise money for the battle against cancer raised over £12,000 last Saturday.
A note from Luigi follows:
Just a quick note to thank all of you who attended Saturday's pig race night. Due to your generous contributions on the night and those of you who donated directly via https://www.justgiving.com/Pig-Race-Night we managed to raise over £12,300.00 (plus gift aid) for the research into finding a cure for cancer carried out by the Royal Marsden Hospital!!
This superseded our expectations and we could not have achieved it without your support - I am sure that the Hospital is truly grateful.
Tomorrow would have been Bruna's 36th birthday and although she is not here to celebrate it with us I know that she would have been proud...
Thanks again
Please pass this message on to anyone that I have not included but kindly contributed.
Regards,
Luigi Carnevale
29-Jan-14 14:28. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (12)
La Grande Belleza awarded Golden Globe
Paolo Sorrentino's “The Great Beauty” (La Grande Bellezza) has been awarded the Golden Globe for the best foreign film.
It’s an important achievement if we consider that the last Italian film to win the recognition was 25 years ago Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 film “Cinema Paradiso”.
The film is now among the ones nominated for the Oscars and it might now give Italy its first Oscar since Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful 15 years ago.
21-Jan-14 15:29. By Giulia Lombardo | Comments (5)
Some Community Events for your diaries
5 dates for the diary - opportunities to meet up with old friends and, at the same time, support the community.
Saturday 25th January Charity Race Night at Finchley Catholic School
Saturday 1st February Associazione amici di Casanova and Valceno cena e Ballo di Beneficenza at Bishop Douglass School
Saturday 15th March Associazione Parmense Gala Dinner
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