Summer is a fantastic time for festivals and traditional events in Italy. Here are five of the best. The Siena Palio, 2nd JulyHeld every year on July…
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Tue, 06/08/2010 - 04:17
Confetti are not tiny dots of coloured paper but the sugar-coated almonds that Italians give you before weddings, Christenings and graduations. The…
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 04:04
Minister for Legislative Simplification Roberto Calderoli has angered Italy’s World Cup footballers by suggesting that they should decline possible bo…
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 03:54
If you are going to be in Rome between now and 22nd June you have a chance to attend the International Literature Festival at the Basilica di Massenzi…
Mon, 06/07/2010 - 03:54
An Austrian tourist was fined 1000 euros for buying a counterfeit “designer” bag in Jesolo [Veneto] on Saturday. The 65-year-old woman purchased the…
Mon, 06/07/2010 - 03:45
Around one thousand people turned out, many of them dressed in mourning, for a funeral procession with a difference in Florence yesterday. The occasio…
Fri, 06/04/2010 - 05:54
Rome said goodbye to a great friend of the lost and abandoned on Tuesday. Don Mario Picchi, who died last Saturday at the age of 80, was a priest who…
Fri, 06/04/2010 - 05:38
A hotel made entirely of rubbish has opened in the centre of Rome. The Save the Beach Hotel is an environmental project sponsored by the beer brand Co…
Thu, 06/03/2010 - 07:19
The Lombardy region is to offer pregnant women who are in financial difficulty 4,500 euros to keep their babies. Governor of Lombardy Roberto Formigo…
Thu, 06/03/2010 - 07:11
Amanda Knox, who is accused of slander against the Italian police, appeared at a preliminary hearing in Perugia on Tuesday. Knox had claimed that she…
Tue, 06/01/2010 - 05:40
Music festivals take place throughout Italy in summer and , if you’ve never listened to music under the stars on a balmy summer’s evening or sat, entr…
Tue, 06/01/2010 - 05:25
Here are some of those nasty words that can catch us out:
Noioso doesn’t mean “noisy”. It means boring.
Annoiato doesn’t mean “annoyed”. It means bor…
Tue, 06/01/2010 - 04:36
If you are going to be in Rome between now and 4th July you may meet some unusual temporary citizens, for the capital’s streets and squares are playin…
Tue, 06/01/2010 - 04:20
The Associated Press reports that the identification tags of a US soldier wounded in Italy during World War II have been found by a retired police in…
Mon, 05/31/2010 - 05:06
Some of Italy’s tourists, reports La Repubblica, quoting a survey to be published in the magazine “Vie del Gusto”, show a lack of respect for their su…
Mon, 05/31/2010 - 03:59
Silvio Berlusconi’s detractors have often compared him to Mussolini but on Thursday Italy’s colourful Premier indirectly made the comparison whilst de…
Fri, 05/28/2010 - 05:49
A work by the mysterious British street artist Banksy in Naples has been covered with graffiti and completely ruined. The work, a Banksy interpretat…
Fri, 05/28/2010 - 04:42
Today sees the release, on radio and on digital platforms in Italy, of the single “Donna d’Onna” [“Woman of Onna”] a song written by singer Gianna Nan…
Thu, 05/27/2010 - 06:37
Italy’s first private high speed train, the Italo Punto, was unveiled yesterday. The fleet, designed for the new Italian company NTV by Alstom, the Fr…
Thu, 05/27/2010 - 05:26
Health officials in Treviso [ Veneto] have launched a shock poster campaign featuring an image of a foetus in a cocktail glass in an attempt to discou…