Long-distance relationship rarely work, but a friend of mine has beaten the odds. He's been hopelessly in love with an Italian for eight years, and manages to keep the romance alive with fleeting visits.
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Showing posts with label Italian Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Culture. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Indigenous Kuranda's students and the Italian language
Kuranda District State College students, some as young as 7, have illustrated a Dreamtime story - written in English, Italian and Djabugay - that has been published in Florence as part of a school project.
"This is absolute gold to us", school principal Gary Toshach said. Lycia Erwin, 10, a Djabugay girl, is amazed at how easily the stories of her people translate. "It is bellissimo", she laughed.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tony Piccolo on Italian Culture in Australia
Executive producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com interviews Tony Piccolo MP in Brisbane Australia regarding the role of Italian Culture in Australia as part of Italian Week http://www.italianweek.com.au , The official Italian Festival in Brisbane.About Tony Piccolo MP - Tony was first elected to State Parliament as the Member for Light on the 18th March 2006 after serving as Mayor of Gawler for six years. Currently Tony is a member of the Economic and Finance Committee and also a number of Caucus Sub Committees.
Senator Nino Randazzo on Italian Culture in Australia
Executive producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com interviews senator Nino Randazzo in Brisbane Australia regarding the role of Italian Culture in Australia as part of Italian Week http://www.italianweek.com.au , The official Italian Festival in Brisbane.
Nino Randazzo (born 1932), Italian Australian politician, was born in the Aeolian Islands and emigrated to Australia in 1952. As a young man in Melbourne he was a member of the anti-communist Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and was a parliamentary candidate for the DLP in 1964. He was later editor of the Melbourne Italian-language daily newspaper Il Globo.
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells on Italian Culture
Executive Producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com interviews senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells in Brisbane Australia regarding the role of Italian Culture in Australia as part of Italian Week http://www.italianweek.com.au , The official Italian Festival in Brisbane. Concetta Anna ("Connie") Fierravanti-Wells, Australian politician, is a member of Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales. She was elected at the 2004 federal election, representing the Liberal Party.
The Italian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. MR. Gian Ludovico DE MARTINO di MONTEGIORDANO
The Italian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. MR. Gian Ludovico DE MARTINO di MONTEGIORDANO interviewed by Executive Producer Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com/ for Italian Week http://www.italianweek.com.au/ the official Italian Festival in Brisbane Queensland supported by the Italian Government.
Italian Week is the Official celebration of the Festa della Repubblica, an initiative of the Consulate of Italy in Queensland and Northern Territory, in collaboration with New Realm Media, The Pellegrino Scholarship, and is produced by Alessandro Sorbello. It has strong support from the Italian institutions including Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
Italian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. MR. Gian Ludovico DE MARTINO di MONTEGIORDANO
Born : on 13 March 1953, in Rome, Italy
1976 : Degree in Political Science, University of Rome
1978 : Joins the Diplomatic Service, and attends the Diplomatic Institute
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1979 : Secretary, General Directorate Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
1981 : Second Secretary, Embassy of Italy in Seoul
1983 : Consul in London
1985 : First Secretary, Embassy of Italy in Moscow
1988 : Head of the Press Office of the Senate
1990 : Consul-General, Consulate-General of Italy in St. Petersburg
1995 : First Counsellor, Embassy of Italy in Paris
1998 : Head of Secretariat of the General Directorate for Development Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
1999 : Head of the Special Diplomatic Delegation in Baghdad with the rank of Ambassador
2004 : Promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary
2006 : Coordinator, “Task Force Iraq” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Australia (also accredited
to Fiji, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu).
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