Colombian orchestra to play for the pope
Colombia’s Batuta orquestra will be playing a small concert for Pope XVI at the Plaza of the Vatican on Wednesday, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday. On their European tour, which…
Colombia’s Batuta orquestra will be playing a small concert for Pope XVI at the Plaza of the Vatican on Wednesday, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday. On their European tour, which…
Medellin’s Teatro Metropolitano hosts two epic operas by Italian composer Giussepe Verdi: “Otello” and “Un Ballo in Maschera” showing from September 9-23. Verdi’s “Otello” is an opera in four acts…
Colombian film director Carlos Gaviria will receive the City of Venice Award for his film “Retrato en un Mar de Mentiras” at September’s City of Venice Film Festival. “This is…
The ex-president of Italy’s anti-mafia commission said that Italian mob members are living and working in Colombia, El Tiempo reports. Former Chairman Francesco Forgione said that members of “‘Ndranghteta” currently…
Colombian international Cristian Zapata is talking to English soccer club Liverpool F.C. and German team Bayern Munich about a transfer, Sky Sports reported Friday. According to Sky, Zapata is considered…
After two years of litigation, an Italian court absolved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero of tax evasion charges. Italian authorities claimed that Botero must pay taxes on the artworks,…
Colombian police will investigate Italian drug-trafficker Giorgio Sale’s possible connections with past criminal cases in the country, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. A prosecutor from the money laundering unit is looking for…
Colombia’s government on Tuesday nominated new ambassadors to France and Italy. The lawyer Juan Manuel Prieto was named as new ambassador to Italy, after former minister Andres Felipe Arias turned…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ decision to name Andres Felipe Arias as Colombia’s new ambassador to Rome has stirred controversy in the Andean nation,as the former agricultural minister is currently under investigation…