• Dantedì 2021 – Dante Alighieri – Father of the Italian language…

    DANTEDI’ 2021
    700th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATING DANTE ALIGHIERI
    “FATHER OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE”

    DATES TO REMEMBER - MARCH 25th
    Year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri
    with an array of commemorative events programmed throughout Italy and beyond.
    Today - March 25th - is "The" day…

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  • Diego Armando Maradona

    THE FOOTBALL LEGEND
    THE HAND OF GOD
    THE KING

    DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA
    As the world mourns following the death of football icon Diego Armando Maradona from heart failure,
    for one city in Italy his passing takes on another meaning.
    Last Wednesday 25th November 2020, as Neapolitans saw it, it was not only the greatest…

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  • La Speranza – Hope in Naples

    MY HOPE   LA SPERANZA
    GIANNI RODARI
    Only in Naples...
    THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DEDICATES RODARI POEM TO ITALY

    The poem “Speranza” (Hope) by Gianni Rodari was read at the closure of a UE meeting at Brussels.  “Special thoughts go to our European compatriots in Italy, where at the moment they are facing an extremely…

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Dantedì 2021 – Dante Alighieri – Father of the Italian language…

DANTEDI’ 2021 700th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATING DANTE ALIGHIERI “FATHER OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE” DATES TO REMEMBER - MARCH 25th Year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri with an array of commemorative…
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Diego Armando Maradona

THE FOOTBALL LEGEND THE HAND OF GOD THE KING DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA As the world mourns following the death of football icon Diego Armando Maradona from heart failure, for one city in Italy his passing takes on another meaning. Last…
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La Speranza – Hope in Naples

MY HOPE   LA SPERANZA GIANNI RODARI Only in Naples... THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DEDICATES RODARI POEM TO ITALY The poem “Speranza” (Hope) by Gianni Rodari was read at the closure of a UE meeting at Brussels.  “Special thoughts go…
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Forces’ Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn says Goodbye

Dame Vera Lynn peacefully passed away at her home in Sussex on June 18th 2020 surrounded by close family aged 103. She had remembered this year in May, just before the 75th anniversary of VE Day “the brave boys and what they sacrificed for…