Covid-TESTED flights between the United States and Italy
Washington, November 26, 2020. Italy’s Official Gazette has published Ordinance signed by the Ministers of Health, Transport and Foreign Affairs, authorizing the start of a trial of “Covid-tested” flights between some U.S. airports (New York JFK, Newark Liberty and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson) and Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci airport. This is a very important development for […]
Read moreUSA. Italy’s institutional network in the USA virtual meeting (June 2, 2020)
Washington, June 2, 2020. The Embassy of Italy in Washington organized an exceptional virtual meeting with institutions representing Italy’s “Sistema Italia” in the United States on a day as symbolic as June 2 to reflect on the developments of recent months, and to discuss plans for the future together. The Embassy, Consulates, Italian Trade & […]
Read moreAmbassador Varricchio celebrates the Italian Republic Day with Assistant Secretary of State Reeker who brought Secretary Pompeo’s greetings (June 2, 2020).
Washington, 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 […]
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.
Washington, may 4 2020. 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 […]
Read moreFlight connections between Italy and the USA
Washington, May 20, 2020. Alitalia has announced it will resume direct flights from New York (JFK) to Rome (FCO) as of June 2, 2020. See the press release. The Embassy reminds that Italians wishing to return to Italy will have to comply with the provisions adopted by the Italian authorities for the containment of the […]
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.
Washington, 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 […]
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 moreStay at Home and #OrderItalian campaign
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 delivery from […]
Read more#ItalyStayStrong. The Embassy of Italy has launched in partnership with the Italian Scientist and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) a fund raising campaign for the Covid-19.
Washington, April 1, 2020. Italy and the United States are facing an unprecedented challenge. Italy was one of the first countries hit by the coronavirus outbreak and has been severely affected. Italians have responded with courage, from doctors and nurses on the front line to law enforcement officers, from the many volunteers to businesses, to […]
Read moreAmbassador Varricchio at the Atlantic Council for a conversation on the COVID-19 emergency response.
Washington, March 19, 2020. The Ambassador of Italy to the United States of America, Armando Varricchio, together with fellow Ambassadors from Singapore and the European Union, participated in a conference on the international response to the emergency COVID-19 organized by the Atlantic Council, one of Washington’s most prestigious think-tanks. During the conversation attended by representatives […]
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