The #Italystaystrong fundraising campaign launched by the Embassy and ISSNAF collects fund in excess of half a million dollars (June 2, 2020)
June 2, 2020. The #Italystaystrong fundraising campaign launched by the Embassy of Italy in Washington and by the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF, www.issnf.org), and supported by an intense promotional activity run by the diplomatic-consular network in the United States went beyond the target of half a million dollars. Over 600 […]
Read moreAmbassador Varricchio celebrates the Italian Republic Day with Assistant Secretary of State Reeker who brought Secretary Pompeo’s greetings (June 2, 2020)
2 June 2020. The Embassy of Italy in Washington celebrated June 2, the Italian Republic Day, with a message delivered via Facebook to Italians and Italian-Americans in the United States, conveyed by Ambassador Armando Varricchio. The Ambassador’s remarks were followed by the comments of the Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia of the State Department, […]
Read moreFlight between the USA and Italy
Alitalia has announced it will resume the non-stop New York (JFK) to Rome (FCO) service from June 2, 2020. See the press release. The airline will also resume direct flights from Boston to Rome (FCO) as of July 16, 2020. See the press release. The Embassy reminds that Italians wishing to return to Italy will have to […]
Read more“Stay at Home and #cookitalian” campaign. Stars of Italian entertainment, culture and cuisine in the USA together with the Embassy in support of Italian agro-food products
At a time when Italians and Americans are asked to stay home to contain the risk of COVID-19 contagion, the Italian Embassy in Washington, together with the 9 Italian Consulates and the Italian Trade Agency offices in the USA, launched the “Stay at home and #cookitalian” campaign aimed at supporting the Italian agro-good export in […]
Read moreSMEs “Paycheck Protection Program”. Access by foreign-owned U.S. companies.
April 24, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) has introduced a wide range of tools to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19, ranging from loans and business subsidies and support measures for personal income, from the expansion of the social protection network to higher healthcare costs.In this context, President Trump […]
Read moreItalian-American excellence in the fight against COVID -19. Scientific and technological collaboration between the USA and Italy paves the way to the future
April 17, 2020. On April 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation celebrated the day of Italian research in the world. For over 30 years, thanks also to the bilateral cooperation Agreement, scientific and technological research and collaboration projects between Italian and American institutes have allowed revolutionary discoveries and constitute a spearhead on […]
Read moreCovid-19 – Special flight from Orlando, FL to Rome and Milan, organized in conjunction with the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
April 16, 2020. On Sunday April 19, a special flight operated by NEOS airline will depart from Orlando to repatriate fellow Italians temporarily located in the southeast of the United States and blocked by the health emergency linked to COVID 19.This initiative was taken in concert with the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of […]
Read moreStay at Home and #OrderItalian campaign
April 14, 2020. The Embassy of Italy in Washington DC launched the “Stay at home #OrderItalian” campaign on social media in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency, the diplomatic-consular and Italian Cultural Institutes network in the USA.The campaign consists of a clear and effective message articulated on all the Embassy’s social platforms, aimed at promoting […]
Read moreItalian Research Day in the World 2020
Press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Italian Research Day in the World 2020 The 2020 edition of Italian Research Day in the World, celebrated on April 15, the anniversary of the birth of Leonardo Da Vinci, falls at a crucial historical moment, when Italy and the whole world are confronted […]
Read moreAmbassador Armando Varricchio takes part in a conversation on the international response to Covid-19 organized by the Meridian International Center in Washington (April 2, 2020).
April 2, 2020. Ambassador Armando Varricchio took part, together with his Spanish colleague Santiago Cabanas, in a conversation moderated by Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO of the Meridian International Center in Washington. The conversation provided an opportunity to illustrate Italy’s response to the pandemic, being one of the first democracies to be affected by […]
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