Conference of Italian and German Journalists / February 25th - 27th 2010

Focus on News Reporting

This year's programme:

The Italian Minister of the Interior Roberto Maroni will intervene on the issue: "The Mafia beyond Southern Italy: Underestimated and Minimized?"

Public prosecutors and experts from Italy and Germany will debate on the issue of the international expansion of organized crime

Walter Veltroni, politician, writer and journalist, and Thomas Schmid, editor of Die Welt, will discuss on "Constituents and Readers: Loss of Trust in Politics and the Media"

Dieter Rampl, president of UniCredit Group, will take part in the Kamingespräch (discussion around Villa Vigoni's fireplace)

Furthermore, there will be the chance to extensively debate on the topic of the quality of news reporting in Italy and Germany

Cultural Event / March 5th 2010, 9.00 p.m.

Classic Recital with Lorena Di Florio

The first concert of Villa Vigoni's musical season 2010 takes place on March 5th 2010 at 9.00 p.m. on the occasion of the meeting "Re-translating the Classics - When and Why?".

Celebrating Frédéric Chopin's bicentenary, the brilliant young pianist with Argentine origins Lorena Di Florio performs the composer's Grande Polonaise brillante précédée d'un Andante spianato Op. 22, the Dürnitz-Sonata KV 284 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Liszt's famous Sonata in B-Minor.

Please click here to see the Programm.