ICON by Johnny Manglani at the Residence of Italian Embassy in Moscow, September 5th 2012
Presentation of 'Icon' by Johnny Manglani
On 5th of September, Johnny Manglani premiered his limited 'Icon' collection at a gala reception at Villa Berg - official residence of Ambassador of Italy to Russia.
Reception started with the cocktail served in the main hall of the residence. In the accompaniment of soft piano music guests could appreciate some discreet items from the collection, which were on display.
The stage was set at the residence's garden for the highlight of the evening- The Fashion Show. Luxurious and exclusive, made with great taste and care, infused with timeless class and sophistication, Johnny Manglani's new limited collection was greatly appreciated by all the guests.
Luxury is all about individual and personal style, it's about being one out of many -- never quantity but quality. I adore people & am by nature a person who loves men's fashion. For 30 years now I have studied how successful people everywhere dress. Icon collection is a result of painstaking dedication to quality and a desire to create clothing items that are iconic -- the fitting, the cut, the materials, the details, the accessories and the design are impeccable and eternal in nature, were the words addressed to the guests by the creator of the collection
Guests were treated to fine Italian dishes and drinks plus classical music concert by string quartet.
St. Petersburg: Opening of a New Uomo Collezioni store
Grand Opening of new Uomo Collezioni salon took place in St. Petersburg on April 11. Official ceremony started with welcome cocktail party to the sounds of saxophone. Guests wereinvited to tour the salon and appreciate the modern and elegant interior designed by Italian specialists. Luxury materials, rich color palette, exclusive furniture made by special order and spectacular panoramic views of St. Isaac's Cathedral made a deep impression on everyone. Ceremony continued in Borsalino restaurant were all the guests could enjoy delicious Italian cuisine and listen to music in relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Culmination of the evening was the fashionshow were guests were presented with the new Spring/Summer 2013 Menswear collection from Uomo Collezioni.
OLGA ZDORENKO
The Consulate of Italy in Brisbane, in collaboration with Co.As.It and Com.It.Es wishes the Italian and Australian community a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with a concert by Italian pianist Olga Zdorenko Landi. Presented and composed by Alessandro Sorbello
Olga Zdorenko Landi graduated in 1994 in piano at the ''Tchaikovskij'' Academy of Music in Moscow with E. Malinin and in 2001 with S. Perticaroli at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She has won awards at several international piano competitions and has performed in the most prestigious European concert halls.
St.Brigid's Catholic Church, 78 Musgrave Road, Red Hill
OLGA ZDORENKO
Olga Zdorenko was born in Kiev in Ukraine.
In 1994 she received her degree in piano with the highest grades and honors from the Ciaikovskij Conservatory of Moscow under the guidance of Eugeni Malinin.
She perfected her art with Rudolf Buchbinder, Viktor Merjianov and Hans Graaf. In 2001 she graduated with Sergio Perticaroli from the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. with the highest grades.
She has won awards in numerous international competitions such as: Young Russian Talents, Carlo Zecchi of Rome, the Golden Palm of Finale Ligure, The Sulmona Competition, The San Remo Classic, The Carlo Soliva.
She has performed concerts at the most important European theatres such as: The Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonic of Berlin, The Grand Hall Ciaikovskij of Moscow, The Odeon Theatre of Athens, the Eliseo Theatre of Rome, The Olimpico Theatre of Rome, The Theatre Le Ciminiere of Catania, The Pleyel Hall of Paris, The Cathedral of Taormina, The Auditorium of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, The Philharmonic of Kiev and The Conservatory of Naples S. Pietro at Maiella.
She has been invited to perform at numerous Festivals, including The Faust Festival of Basilea, The International Festival of Villa Giulia in Rome, The Concert Series Jenuesse-Musical at the Philharmonic of Klagenfurt, The Piano Series of the Rome Philharmonic, The Festival Horovitz of Kiev, The Festival Per La Pace of Sarajevo.
She has collaborated with some of the most important European Orchestras: The Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow, The Symphonic Orchestra of State of Kiev, The Symphonic Orchestra of Sarajevo, The Philharmonic Orchestra of Klagenfurt, The Orchestra Verdi of Milan, The Camera Orchestra of The Academy of S.Cecilia, The Philharmonic Orchestra of Meklenberg, and with The Orchestra of Radio and Television of Zagabria.
In the sphere of Camera Music she has collaborated with the violinist Pavel Bermann and with the cellist Rodolfo Bonucci.
In 2005 she collaborated with the soloists of The Berlin Philharmonic for the project Mahler Academy under the artistic direction of Claudio Abbado.
Olga Zdorenko is constantly invited as a soloist and in camera groups, in many European countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, England, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
On the Run from the CIA: The Experiences of a Central Intelligence Agency Case Officer
Agee stated that his Roman Catholic social conscience had made him increasingly uncomfortable with his work by the late 1960s leading to his disillusionment with the CIA and its support for authoritarian governments across Latin America. About the book:
He and other dissidents took encouragement in their stand from the Church Committee (1975-76), which cast a critical light on the role of the CIA in assassinations, domestic espionage, and other illegal activities.
In the book Agee condemned the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City and wrote that this was the immediate event precipitating his leaving the agency.
While Agee claimed that the CIA was very pleased with his work, offered him another promotion and his superior was startled when Agee told him about his plans to resign, the anti-communist journalist John Barron claims that Agee's resignation was forced for a variety of reasons, including his irresponsible drinking, continuous and vulgar propositioning of embassy wives, and inability to manage his finances.
Agee was accused by U.S. President George H. W. Bush of being responsible for the death of Richard Welch, a Harvard-educated classicist who was murdered by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November while heading the CIA Station in Athens. Bush had directed the CIA from 1976 to 1977.
Inside the Company identified 250 alleged CIA officers and agents. The officers and agents, all personally known to Agee, are listed in an appendix to the book. While written as a diary, it is actually a reconstruction of events based on Agee's memory and his subsequent research.
Agee writes that his first overseas assignment was in 1960 to Ecuador where his primary mission was to force a diplomatic break between Ecuador and Cuba, no matter what the cost to Ecuador's shaky stability, using bribery, intimidation, bugging, and forgery. Agee spent four years in Ecuador penetrating Ecuadorian politics. He states that his actions subverted and destroyed the political fabric of Ecuador.
Agee helped bug the United Arab Republic code room in Montevideo, Uruguay, with two contact microphones placed on the ceiling of the room below.
On December 12, 1965 Agee explains how he visited senior Uruguayan military and police officers at a Montevideo police headquarters. He realized that the screaming he heard from a nearby cell was the torturing of a Uruguayan, whose name he had given to the police as someone to watch. The Uruguayan senior officers simply turned up a radio report of a soccer game to drown out the screams.
Agee also ran CIA operations within the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games and he witnessed the events of the Tlatelolco massacre.
Agee stated that President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica, President Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1970--1976) of Mexico and President Alfonso López Michelsen (1974--1978) of Colombia were CIA collaborators or agents.
Following this he details how he resigned from the CIA and began writing the book, conducting research in Cuba, London and Paris. During this time he alleges he was being spied on by the CIA.
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (Spanish: [fiˈðel ˈkastɾo] (listen); 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. A Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, Castro also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Born in Birán, Oriente as the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Che Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962.
Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the Special Period, embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American pink tide – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and signed Cuba up to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008.
The longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries, Castro polarized world opinion. His supporters view him as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary regime advanced economic and social justice while securing Cuba's independence from American imperialism. Critics view him as a dictator whose administration oversaw human-rights abuses, the exodus of a large number of Cubans and the impoverishment of the country's economy. Castro was decorated with various international awards and significantly influenced different individuals and groups across the world.