(Mar. 28) – A gruppo of students and professors of Italian high school classes will be the protagonists of a prize trip in program from today to April 1 to the discover the Switzerland. The initiative stems from the video-contest organized by the portal www.italiasvizzera150.it, by the Embassy of Switzerland in Italy and the Ministry of Education, University and Research – Directorate General for International Affairs Italian. Twentyone institutes from eleven regions and twenty Italian cities took part in the competition for the creation of a video in occasion of the 150 years of the Unit of Italy. The topics of the videos were identified and developed by an Italo-Swiss working group, led by Sacha Zala, Director of Swiss Diplomat Documents of the Berne University, and by Prof. Matteo Luigi Napolitano, from University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi. The travel has a rich cultural program, such as a visit at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, at the Federal Palace in Bern and at the St. Gotthardo Pass. The awards ceremony will take place on March 29 at the presence of a representative from the Embassy of Italy in Switzerland. (Ram/Peg)
