Simone Schiavinato

The recently appointed Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio was born in Venice, Italy, but completed his MA (summa cum laude) in International Relations at the prestigious University of Padua. Appointed, on December 2013, with the highest …

L’Italo-Americano special summer edition is back, a double edition that will be with you for the next two weeks. As the newspaper is constantly improving, the last months went by very fast, marking some important steps in its evolution.   …

Creating a network to link together all the Italian American communities of the West Coast is not an easy target but it is our ambition, and we believe it is possible with the contribution of our readers. By writing to …

Statues are a model, an homage,  a memento memoriae, a monument, a vestige of the past, and  also a symbol to protest against and tear down. It all depends on the historical moment we live in, on the baggage we …

Thanks to months of rigorous lockdown, continuous monitoring and strict regulations, Italy is finally able to return to some sort of normality after Covid-19 hit its shores last February. This is truly great news for all Italians, who are able  …

On his way back from Washington, where he met with U.S. President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi stopped in the archaeological site of Pompeii. While visiting one of Italy’s most unique and priceless artistic treasures, he stated that …

Is it fair to say that we live through memories? Partly yes, because we formulate our entire lives in a chronological sequence that accumulates and conveys emotions and memories in our mind, leaving concrete traces which are both sentimental and …

Italian cuisine is… first and foremost, quality. The best. Beauty. Richness and good-ness. Breeders, farmers, prod-ucers. Social responsibility. Our culture. History. Tradition. Art. Being together. Hospitality and well-being. Emotion. Love, sensitivity and memory.  Biodiversity. The symbol of Italy. Everything that …

The 106th year of L’Italo-Americano is featuring a number of important changes and steps forward for the paper. Considering that today the new generations of Americans who are interested in discovering and preserving their Italian heritage outnumber the Italian-speaking immigrants, …

Italy has still a long way to go before gender equality in the world of science is reached: with only 35% of its women being employed in the fields of science or engineering, the country  is only at the 23rd …