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Love cats and love Italy? This tour is for you! The American group “Friends of Roman Cats” , which aims to help homeless cats in the USA and Italy…
A law passed by the Italian Parliament last Wednesday imposes tougher conditions and aims to raise standards for textiles, shoes and leather goods bea…
We take a look at some pretty but practical wedding gifts that will get our couples cooking...Deborah Sears ceramicsThese ceramics boast beautiful pat…
This post was sponsored by TrenitaliaWith the new High Speed rail services, due for completion on 13th December, the largest Italian cities will be as…
It is hard—virtually impossible—to capture the magic of Italy in just one place, monument or dish. How can you choose among the soaring tower of Palaz…
The country that can lay claim to offering some of the greatest contributions in the world of telecommunications seems to be going through a rough pat…
Pope Benedict announced last week that he is willing to accept disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic Church as a body. What is more, he will make c…
David Mills, the British lawyer who formerly acted as Silvio Berlusconi’s offshore legal adviser, failed to have his conviction for accepting a bribe…
For all those interested in a wedding in Italy here is an account of a wedding in Umbria for an English Couple. The wedding was organised by Infinity…
Every school year, Milanese children that eat at school consume 13 million sets of plastic dished, cutlery and glasses. This translates into 550 tonne…
In the beginning of September we launched a competition to discover Italy's sever wonders, and the response has been absolutely amazing. We've had hun…
Italian football commentators are as passionate as the best of them but Tiziano Crudeli deserves a special mention. He is quickly becoming a YouTube…
Many may be surprised to know that one of Italy's most famous sons, Cristoforo Colombo, is not really celebrated in Italy itself. However, if Italy's…
One of Caravaggio's masterpieces, the Adoration of the Shepherds, will be restored in one of the rooms of Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome, wherethe Itali…
George Clooney was welcomed by excited fans and onlookers as he arrived in Sulmona, Abruzzo with his new fiance, the Italian showgirl, Canalis.He was…
Pré-Saint-Didier received the Entente Florale Award, during the ceremony organized in Cardiff last September. The Italian comune of Pré-Saint-Didier…
Time has come for white truffles hunting season in Italy. In particular the Langhe and Roero areas in Piemont are the destination of thousands of hunt…
The September edition of the National Geographic had a special on the world's 50 greatest drives and we were happy to see that the a drive along the C…
Friday saw an inordinate amount of rain in Messina which caused mudslides going through several small villages in the east of the island. So far 24 bo…
The small town of Sala Consilina is quickly making a name for itself as the world record holder for the longest ever braid of mozzarella.They set the…