Author: Marzio Pelù

Canada Italian

Uscito il bando
del premio Canada-Italia

ROMA – L’Ambasciata del Canada in Italia ha emesso il bando della nona edizione del Premio Canada-Italia per l’Innovazione 2021, finalizzato a promuovere progetti per costruire nuovi modi di vivere e lavorare insieme, al fine di adattarsi e mitigare gli impatti del Covid-19. L’opportunità è offerta ai progetti di ogni settore, da quello della ricerca a quello dell’informazione. (more…)

English Show Biz

Emigrate, Yesterday and Today: a docu-film by Alessia Bottone

VERONA – What was Dad looking at, from the window? What was he thinking about? Perhaps to his Naples left many years earlier for the “deep” North? To answer these (and many other) questions, the young Italian director, screenwriter, and journalist from Verona Alessia Bottone (in the pic below) – with several short films, books, […]  Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>

English Politics

Gates: “Governments
unprepared for the pandemic”

ROME – “Our Governments have not prepared us. They have not looked forward, they have not done the things that would have made the pandemic a secondary event”: so Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, interviewed in connection from Seattle on the Italian television program “Che tempo che fa”, where he intervened to present his book “Climate. How to avoid a disaster – Today’s solutions, tomorrow’s challenges”, released simultaneously worldwide on February 16 in over 35 countries. (more…)

English Show Biz

Rock triumphs
at the Sanremo Festival

SANREMO – It is rock that triumphs at the 71st edition of the Sanremo Festival: after a very long final evening, which ended late at night, the Maneskin (in the pic) were proclaimed winners. The band from Rome reached the top step of the podium (in second place Francesca Michielin – Fedez, in third Ermal Meta) with the song “Zitti e buoni” signed by all four members of the band: Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio. (more…)

English Interviews

Mamma Marzia’s recipes
conquer North America

VANCOUVER – Never forget your roots. If they sink into a country rich in history, culture and traditions like Italy, they can become a key to success as happened to Marzia Bellotti Molatore (in the pic above), an Italian from Traona, a very small town in the province of Sondrio, who has lived in Vancouver where he brought authentic Italian cuisine, gaining appreciation and acclaim. (more…)

Italian Show Biz

Al Festival di Sanremo
trionfa il rock dei Maneskin

SANREMO – E’ il rock a trionfare alla 71esima edizione del Festival di Sanremo: dopo una lunghissima serata finale, terminata a notte fonda, sono stati proclamati vincitori i Maneskin (nella foto). La band romana ha raggiunto il gradino più alto del podio (al secondo posto Francesca Michielin – Fedez, al terzo Ermal Meta) con il brano “Zitti e buoni” firmato da tutti e quattro i componenti della band: Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi ed Ethan Torchio. (more…)

Interviews Italian

Le ricette di “mamma Marzia”
conquistano il Nordamerica

VANCOUVER – Mai dimenticare le proprie radici. Se poi affondano in un Paese ricco di storia, cultura e tradizioni come l’Italia, possono diventare una chiave per il successo come è accaduto a Marzia Bellotti Molatore (nella foto sopra), italiana di Traona, piccolissimo paese in provincia di Sondrio, che da diciassette anni vive a Vancouver dove ha portato la cucina italiana autentica, riscuotendo apprezzamenti e consensi. (more…)

Community Italian

“Aiutatemi a ritrovare
la Toronto della mia infanzia”

TORONTO – “Voglio solo cercare il mio passato e mi rendo conto che le cose non rimangono le stesse e cambiano negli anni…”: Rosanna Natale, immigrata in Canada dall’Italia dal 1959, sta cercando di ripercorrere le strade della sua infanzia e giovinezza: ha già trovato tante tracce ed è a metà della ricerca, ma mancano ancora alcuni passaggi e chiede aiuto ai lettori del Corriere Canadese, il quotidiano italiano a Toronto, per ripercorrerli. (more…)

Italian Politics

Gates: “Governi impreparati
sulla pandemia”

ROMA – “I nostri Governi non ci hanno preparati. Non hanno guardato avanti, non hanno fatto le cose che avrebbero fatto sì che la pandemia potesse essere un evento di importanza secondaria”: così Bill Gates, fondatore di Microsoft, intervistato in collegamento da Seattle alla trasmissione televisiva italiana “Che tempo che fa”, dove è intervenuto per presentare il suo libro “Clima. Come evitare un disastro – Le soluzioni di oggi, le sfide di domani”, uscito in contemporanea mondiale il 16 febbraio in oltre 35 Paesi. (more…)

Italian Podcasts & Videos

Note a margine

Per la nostra rubrica musicale: “Meraviglioso” di Domenico Modugno, rinascita di una canzone.

I links delle precedenti “Note a margine”:

Bobby Solo, “Una lacrima sul viso”
https://cnmng.ca/note-a-margine-3/

Tony Renis, “Quando quando quando”
https://cnmng.ca/note-a-margine-2/

Luigi Tenco, “Ciao amore ciao”
https://cnmng.ca/note-a-margine/

 

English Politics

Deputies “approve” Draghi
Split in the M5S

ROME – After the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies also gives trust to the Draghi government, with 535 votes in favor, 56 against and 5 abstentions: among the “no”, those of Fratelli d’Italia (in whose team a deputy who left the Lega, Gianluca Vinci) and the “dissidents” of the M5S who will probably have the fate of their colleagues in the Senate  who had voted no to trust and who were expelled from the Movement.

Very hard Giorgia Meloni, leader of the only opposition force, Fratelli d’Italia: “If FdI had chosen to stay in this government, Italy would not have had an opposition, moving closer to North Korea”. (more…)

English News Updates

Two tigers at Indiana’s zoo
test positive for Covid-19

INDIANA – Two Sumatran tigers from the Fort Wayne zoo in Indiana, USA, have contracted the coronavirus: the same zoo has announced it, according to CNN. The two tigers had been tested for Covid after one of them showed symptoms of the disease on February 1 and both tested positive on Friday. The zoo is working with local and state health authorities to try to pinpoint the source of the infection.

English Show Biz

Gaudiano wins Sanremo Giovani
with a song for his father

SANREMO – First verdict at the Sanremo Festival, the event dedicated to the Italian song. Luca Gaudiano (in the photo), a young singer-songwriter from Foggia, is the winner of the “Young” section: the thirty-year-old from Puglia won the final on Friday 5 March with the song “Polvere da sparo”, triumphing over the other three finalists Wrongonyou (with “Lessons in flight”), which won the Critics’ Award “Mia Martini”, Davide Shorty (with “Regina”) who was awarded the Press Office Award “Lucio Dalla” and Folcast (with “Discover yourself”). (more…)

Italian Show Biz

Gaudiano vince Sanremo Giovani
con un brano dedicato al padre

SANREMO – Primo verdetto al Festival di Sanremo, la manifestazione dedicata alla canzone italiana. Luca Gaudiano (nella foto), giovane cantautore di Foggia, è il vincitore della sezione “Giovani”: il trentenne pugliese si è aggiudicato la finale di venerdì 5 marzo con il brano «Polvere da sparo», trionfando sugli altri tre finalisti Wrongonyou (con “Lezioni di volo”), che conquista il Premio della Critica “Mia Martini”, Davide Shorty (con “Regina”) al quale è stato assegnato il Premio della Sala Stampa “Lucio Dalla” e Folcast (con “Scopriti”). (more…)

Italian Politics

Anche la Camera dice sì a Draghi
Movimento 5 Stelle spaccato

ROMA – Dopo il Senato, anche la Camera dei Deputati accorda la fiducia al governo Draghi, con 535 voti a favore, 56 contrari e 5 astenuti: fra i “no”, quelli di Fratelli d’Italia (nella cui compagine è entrato un deputato uscito dalla Lega, Gianluca Vinci) e dei “dissidenti” del M5S ai quali probabilmente toccherà la sorte dei senatori pentastellati che avevano votato “no” alla fiducia e che sono stati espulsi dal Movimento. (more…)

History Italian

Le due vite
dei prigionieri di guerra

SACCO (Salerno) – Ci sono stati uomini che hanno vissuto più vite, loro malgrado. Vite anche radicalmente differenti l’una dall’altra. “Scherzi” della guerra, verrebbe da dire nel caso di Giuseppe Polito, nato a Sacco (paese in provincia di Salerno) nel 1914, italiano fino al 1941, poi indiano e australiano fino al 1946 e, infine, di nuovo italiano per il resto dei suoi giorni.
(more…)

Italian News Updates

Un platano italiano candidato
a diventare l’albero europeo dell’anno

Qual è l’albero dell’anno? Non solo il più bello, ma quello con una storia importante? Lo deciderà il popolo di Internet attraverso una votazione online aperta fino al 28 febbraio sul sito www.treeoftheyear.org nell’ambito del concorso organizzato dalla Environmental Partnership Association (Epa), un raggruppamento di sei fondazioni di Bulgaria, Repubblica Ceca, Ungheria, Polonia, Romania e Slovacchia che sostengono progetti volti alla tutela dell’ambiente. (more…)

English News Updates

Remembrance day in memory
of the victims of the Foibe

ROME – February 10: it is the Day of Remembrance in memory of the victims of the Foibe, of the thousands of Italians killed by the Yugoslav communist militias at the end of the Second World War in Istria, Dalmatia and Venezia Giulia. “A horror that strikes our consciences” said today the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, recalling “the suffering, the grief, the uprooting, the exodus to which tens of thousands of families were forced in the areas of the eastern border, of the Istria, Rijeka and the Dalmatian coasts are inscribed with an indelible mark in the history of the tragedy of the Second World War and its consequences “.

English Politics

Yes to Draghi: “Answers
to young people who emigrate”

ROME – With a very large majority (262 votes in favour, 40 against – Fratelli d’Italia and the dissidents of the M5S – and 2 abstentions), the Senate approved the trust in the Prime Minister

 

Mario Draghi, after a very long day that began this morning with the speech of the premier.

A very articulated speech (which you can read in original here: Il discorso di Mario Draghi), which touched on all the “hot” topics, starting with the health emergency. (more…)

English Politics

Draghi Government: the ministers

ROME – Eight technicians and fifteen politicians with some confirmations: the Draghi government is ready. The prime minister in charge went up to Colle to dissolve the reserve and submit the list of ministers to the

 

President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who approved it, signing the appointment decrees: the oath is scheduled for Saturday 13 February at 12am. Fifteen, therefore, the political ministers: 4 from the M5S, 3 from FI, 3 from the Pd, 3 from the Lega, 1 for Italia Viva and 1 for Leu. But let’s see who is on the government team.
(more…)

Italian Politics

Draghi, sì alla fiducia
“Risposte ai giovani che emigrano”

ROMA – Con una maggioranza larghissima (262 voti a favore, 40 contrari – Fratelli d’Italia e i dissidenti del M5S –  e 2 astenuti), il Senato ha approvato la fiducia al presidente del consiglio Mario Draghi, dopo una lunghissima giornata iniziata stamani con il discorso del premier. Un discorso (che potete leggere integralmente qui: Il discorso di Mario Draghi) molto articolato, che ha toccato tutti i temi “caldi”, a cominciare dall’emergenza sanitaria. (more…)

English Politics

Italy joins Canada
against arbitrary detentions

ROME – “Congratulations to Canada for the launch of the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State relations. Ready to engage constructively with international partners to put an end to this heinous practice “: this is the text of the tweet published a few days ago in the official profile of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with which the Farnesina manifests Italy’s support for the Canadian declaration against arbitrary detention in relations between states. (more…)

Covid-19 Updates English News Updates

Covid originated in animals,
WHO dismisses lab leak theory

WUHAN – The coronavirus pandemic is “most likely” of animal origin. Research conducted so far suggests this, but the host animal remains to be identified. This was said at a press conference by Liang Wannian (in the pic), head of the team of Chinese experts who worked with the World Health Organization delegation on a mission to China to try to reconstruct the origins of the pandemic. “Bats and pangolins are potential candidates for the transmission of the virus”, he said.  The WHO investigation team dismissed the idea that a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology started the pandemic.

 

Italian Politics

Governo Draghi,
ecco chi sono i ministri

ROMA – Otto tecnici e quindici politici con alcune riconferme: il Governo Draghi è pronto. Il premier incaricato è salito al Colle per sciogliere la riserva e sottoporre la lista dei ministri al presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, che l’ha approvata, firmando i decreti di nomina: il giuramento è previsto per sabato 13 febbraio alle ore 12.. Quindici, dunque, i ministri politici: 4 del M5S, 3 di FI, 3 del Pd, 3 della Lega, 1 per Italia Viva e 1 per Leu. Ma vediamo chi fa parte della squadra di governo.
(more…)

English Politics

Draghi, the program
of the future government

ROME – Draghi Government: which program? Among the key-points of the future executive, in the first place there is obviously the pandemic, against which the vaccination campaign is expected to revive the economy: restarting work and protecting the people who will not have it. Another point, the school, for which it is foreseen the extension of the school calendar and the strengthening of the teaching staff. Finally, the opening of construction sites, infrastructures and three major reforms: public administration, civil justice and taxation. The ongoing consultations with the parties focus on these issues. Will there be a good summary for everyone?

 

English News Updates

An italian millennial tree
among the candidates of Epa award

What is the tree of the year? Not just the most beautiful, but the one with an important story? This will be decided by the people of the internet through an online vote open until 28 February on the site www.treeoftheyear.org as part of the competition organized by the Environmental Partnership Association (Epa), a grouping of six foundations from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia that support projects aimed at protecting the environment and activating local communities. (more…)

Italian Politics

Governo Draghi, i punti-chiave
del programma

ROMA – Governo Draghi: qual è il programma? Fra i punti-chiave del futuro esecutivo, al primo posto c’è ovviamente la  pandemia, contro la quale si prevede il potenziamento della campagna vaccinale per risollevare l’economia: far ripartire il lavoro e tutelare le persone che non lo avranno. Altro punto, la scuola, per la quale si prevede l’allungamento del calendario scolastico e il potenziamento del corpo docenti. Infine, apertura dei cantieri, infrastrutture e tre grandi riforme: pubblica amministrazione, giustizia civile e fisco. Le consultazioni in corso con i partiti vertono su questi temi. Si troverà una sintesi buona per tutti?

Culture Italian

I ritratti “a 45 giri” di personaggi
che hanno fatto la storia

C’è la poetessa che risponde con tre poesie in stile “Haiku”, c’è il navigante che riempie pagine e pagine di ricordi, c’è il pugile che racconta il suo incontro più difficile: quello con una malattia. Quarantuno personaggi si raccontano nell’ultimo libro di Massimo Baraldi,  “Tre giorni nella vita – ritratti a 45 giri (al minuto)” (Multimedia Edizioni, 2019), nel modo più semplice possibile, cioè rispondendo all’invito dell’autore di  raccontargli tre giorni della loro vita: uno bello, uno brutto e uno così-così. (more…)

English News Updates

Ebola outbreaks in Congo and Guinea

As the world fights against Covid, a new Ebola epidemic erupts in Africa. The alarm after the discovery of 7 cases of haemorrhagic fever. “We are facing an epidemic,” said the head of the Guinea Health Agency Sakoba Keita, after an emergency meeting in Conakry, the capital of the African country. There are already 3 dead: it hadn’t happened for 5 years. All the people who have been in contact are in solitary confinement. (more…)

Community English

“Help me find the Toronto
of my childhood”

TORONTO – “ I just want to search for my past and I realize things don’t remain the same and change over the years…”: Rosanna Natale, immigrated in Canada from Italy since 1959, is trying to retrace the paths of her childhood and youth: she has already found many traces and she’s halfway through her search, but she still has some steps missing and she asks for help from the readers of Corriere Canadese, the italian newspaper in Toronto,  in order to retrace them. (more…)

English News Updates

The Pope’s video message
to the Iraqis: “We will pray
all together”

VATICAN CITY – “Dear brothers and sisters in Iraq, assalam lakum!”: thus begins the video message that Pope Francis posted on the net – launching it with a tweet – to greet “Iraqi friends” on the eve of his trip to Iraq. A journey of peace and for peace, Bergoglio underlines, to “pray together and walk together”, all of them, “in the sign of Father Abraham, who brings together Muslims, Jews and Christians in a single family”. (more…)

English History

The two lives
of prisoners of war

SACCO (Salerno) – There have been men who have lived several lives, despite themselves. Lives that are also radically different from each other. “Jokes” of the war, one would say in the case of Giuseppe Polito, born in Sacco (a town in the province of Salerno) in 1914, Italian until 1941, then Indian and Australian until 1946 and, finally, again Italian for the rest of his days. (more…)

Italian News Updates

Il videomessaggio del Papa
agli iracheni: “Pregheremo
tutti insieme”

CITTÀ DEL VATICANO – “Cari fratelli e sorelle in Iraq, assalam lakum!”: inizia così il videomessaggio che Papa Francesco ha messo in rete (nella foto) – lanciandolo con un tweet – per salutare gli “amici iracheni” alla vigilia del suo viaggio in Iraq. Un viaggio di pace e per la pace, sottolinea Bergoglio, per “pregare insieme e camminare insieme”, tutti quanti, “nel segno del padre Abramo,  che riunisce in un’unica famiglia musulmani, ebrei e cristiani”. (more…)

English News Updates

Italians and Canadians together
teaching peace to students

PALERMO – Italians and Canadians together for “peace, security and prosperity”, as stated in the title of the 1st forum held – in webinar – in recent days in Sicily (Italy) to preserve the memory of the fallen of all parties in conflict during Operation “Husky” in July 1943, which saw the First Canadian Division engaged in Sicily – together with the Allies. (more…)

English News Updates

Covid vaccine: testing on children
6-9 years, cases are increasing

Pfizer and Moderna have started testing their vaccines on children from 12 years of age and hope to have the results of the trial by the summer: according to New York Times (read here: Covid Vaccines for Kids Are Coming, but Not for Many Months), the two pharmaceutical companies could later start testing on children even younger. Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and AstraZeneca also have similar projects, but they are at a less advanced stage than Pfizer and Moderna. (more…)

English News Updates

A square in Italy
for Canadian Heroes

ORTONA – A square of Canadian Heroes in Italy: it is the one inaugurated last weekend in Ortona, the town in the province of Chieti (Abruzzo) which in December 1943 was the scene of a bloody battle, on the banks of the Moro river, between the Allied force and the Nazi troops: on that occasion 1,665 soldiers fell, of which 1,375 were Canadian, now buried in the Canadian Military Cemetery of Ortona, in English “Moro River Canadian War Cemetery”. (more…)


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