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Yesterday, the Italian quartet, Alice Mizzau, Alice Nesti, Diletta Carli and Federica Pellegrini, won the gold medal for the women's 4x200 freestyle r…
words by Gabi LoganGiovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were two key members of the antimafia pool who, risking their lives, worked tirelessly to inv…
words by Gabi LoganOn Sunday the 20th of May and Monday the 21st of May, votes in municipalities around Italy chose between leading mayoral candidates…
words by Gabi LoganAn explosion outside the Francesca Laura Morvillo Falcone Professional Institute in Brindisi on Saturday morning killed a 16-year-o…
words by Gabi LoganAt 4.02 am on Sunday the 20th of May, a six magnitude earthquake, centred on a point 35km north of Bologna close to Finale Emilia i…
"Penne all'arrabbiata" belongs to the Roman culinary tradition, but it is now an Italian classic. The recipe is really simple, requiring only tomatoes…
words by Gabi LoganThe City of Venice celebrates the Festa della Sensa (Ascension Festival) on the 19th and 20 of May 2012 with a floating parade and…
words by Gabi LoganOn Saturday, the 19th of May 2012, Italian video installation artist Fabrizio Plessi will light up the Valle dei Templi (Valley of…
words by Gabi LoganMiguel Falomir, head of the Italian and French painting department at the National Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, uncovered a previ…
words by Gabi LoganIn the municipal elections on the 6th and 7th of May, comedian-turned-activist Beppe Grillo’s Cinque Stelle (Five Star) party catap…
words by Gabi LoganLast week in an interview with Variety, Guillermo del Toro announced that he will direct a 3D, stop-motion animated version of “Pin…
Italian lawyer Nick Metta comments on Helen Mirren’s disagreement with her neighbor in Puglia.If good fences make good neighbors, then Helen Mirren sh…
words by Gabi LoganThe City of Venice gave their approval on Friday for a feasibility study on a proposed restoration of Venice’s more than 400-hundre…
words by Gabi LoganFor its 2012 Costume Institute Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will showcase designs by Miuccia Prada a…
words by Gabi LoganShould university courses take place in English? A roundtable of linguists, government officials, and prominent educators from both…
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Last Friday, the 4th of May 2012, the Accademia del Cinema Italiana (Italian Film Academy) announced the winners of the 2012 Davi…
On Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th of May 2012, voters around Italy voted on 942 municipal vacancies, including mayoral posts in 22 provincial capi…
words by Gabi LoganIn what country do they perform the most chin implants? Botox injections? Breast enlargements? A study from the International Socie…
words by Gabi LoganThis Sunday, the 6th of May 2012, Venice’s Grand Canal will be filled with an unusual cargo: a floating rose garden. Entitled “Un g…
words by Gabi LoganIn a ceremony late last week at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the U.S. government returned seven pieces of art—two Ancie…