IL GIORNALE (Italy), WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA) Worldcrunch Italian daily newspaper Il Giornale chose a deeply provocative headline for Friday’s front page: “Quarto Reich” – Fourth Reich, to comment on Germany’s refusal to give the European Central Bank more leeway. Il Giornale is a right-wing newspaper owned by Silvio Berlusconi“s brother Paolo. “Since yesterday, Italy […]
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The Mammas Of The Italian Mob
Blackmailing, drug dealing, and murder…. if you think the female mafia bosses are softer than their male counterparts, think again.
The small ceremonial daggers that Sikhs must carry at all times are such an important part of their religion that the London Olympic organizers allow them to be worn during events. So why does Italy have such a problem with them?
The city of Prato in Tuscany is warming up to its Chinese population. Little by little, Chinese immigrants have taken over the low-end garment industry and adapted to the Italian way of business.
A new exhibit surveys the career of the master sculptor, who captured in physical form the 20th century’s fascination for the toughest existential questions.
Manfredi Borsellino still has many questions about how his father, anti-mob magistrate Paolo Borsellino, was allowed to die just three months after his colleague, and fellow crusading hero Giovanni Falcone had been killed. Now you can see it in his eyes.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) Worldcrunch Was it the slightly undersized wheels that tipped them off, or maybe the front bumper that looked a bit too square, or something just not quite right in the line of the roof? Unfortunately for this Lithuanian driver, set to cross the Swiss border from Italy with what he was […]
CANALE 5, LA STAMPA, WASHINGTON POST, TV5 MONDE, AP Worldcrunch The hardest part is having to say your sorry. No, actually, the hardest part is taking the blame. Sometimes, depending on the subtleties of the language in question, these are two very different things. We have been reminded of that again with the television interview […]
LA REPUBBLICA, CORIERRE DELLA SERA (Italy) Worldcrunch LA SPEZIA – Sounds like a classic recipe for summer fun: little kids, bubbles, ice cream cones….Chinese bacteria? A huge stock of allegedly toxic made-in-China bubble soap toys has been seized by Italian Police, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica report. Italian children, to whom the products were […]
Interview: The legendary Italian actress shares memories of when it all began, and describes a life that remains rich with honors and new artistic challenges.
Here’s one way to try to get elected mayor – buy yourself a village. And thanks to eBay, you can make an offer with a click of your mouse.
Worldcrunch LA STAMPA, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, IL SOLE 24 ORE (Italy) TURIN – Sergio Pininfarina, among history’s most accomplished car designers and a symbol of “Made in Italy” style, has died at the age of 85. Italian media reported Tuesday morning that Pininfarina died at his home the night before after a long illness. Noted […]
Worldcrunch LA REPUBBLICA (Italy), EL DIARIO VASCO (Spain) , SPORTS ILLUSTRATED With Spain’s Euro 2012 soccer championship victory, a 4-0 trouncing of Italy (the biggest ever margin in a European final) that secures an unprecedented third major title in a row, the question is on every sports fan’s lips: Is Spain the best national soccer […]
Jealousy, fights, fits of rage…even murder: Italy has noticed a rise in reported cases of 60-something and 70-something men who kill their wives and lovers. What ever happened to those his and hers rocking chairs?
LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) ROME – Online homophobia has reached a new low in Italy where a Facebook page circulated this month with the declaration: “Aborting a gay (fetus) is an act of faith.” Rome daily La Repubblica reported that the Italian language Facebook account was opened on June 19 with this false claim: “Thanks to […]
A portrait of the Artist: arrogant and aloof, ambiguous loony, Mephistophelian charmer, lonely provocateur, clothes designer, baroque musician, and Juventus soccer fan.
A standout for Manchester City in England’s Premier League, the Palermo-born son of Ghanaian immigrants is making waves as Italy advances to the quarterfinals — against England.
Worldcrunch CADO IN PIEDI, DIRITTO DI POLEMICA (Italy) ROME – An economic crisis makes creative thinking an imperative. And in Italy, there are always political leaders out there thinking creatively. Here’s one recent thought from Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the center-left Democratic Party (PD): “I say that someone who pays their taxes has the […]
Worldcrunch MILANO OGGI NOTIZIE (Italy) MILAN – In Italian restaurants, if you want to drink water with your meal, you have two choices: bottled still water or bottled fizzy water, each about 2 euros a pop. Tap water is rarely served, and when it is, you often have the bad surprise of being billed for […]
LA POLITICA ITALIANA and ZENIT (Italy) ROME – For the first time in its over 150-year history, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official daily newspaper, is publishing a supplement specifically for women. The four-page insert is called “Women, Church, World” and is written “by and for” Catholic women, La Politica Italiana reports. In an interview with […]
CORRIERE DELLA SERA, LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) ROME – The Italian government has issued a decree raising the excise tax on petrol by 0.02 euros per liter in order to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake that struck Tuesday in the northern part of the country, Corriere della Sera reports. Italian Prime Minister Mario […]
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The Zuckerberg Private Honeymoon Paradox
Why The Facebook Founder’s Anonymous Roman Getaway With His New Bride Is Barely Worth A Tweet.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA, IL SOLE 24/7 (Italy) An earthquake killed at least 15 people in the northern Italian region of Emilia, just 10 days after another deadly temblor in the same region. Tuesday’s 5.8 magnitude quake struck at 9 a.m., with an epicenter between the cities of Carpi, Medolla and Mirandola. At least five aftershocks […]
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) ROME – An Italian diplomat who was spotted last year performing on stage in a fascist rock band has been brought back from Japan, Corriere della Sera reported. Controversy had erupted when Mario Vattani, visiting home at the time during his stint at the General Consul of Italia in Osaka, was […]
A new report found that Italy suffers an acute shortage of young people in positions in power. The first place to look is inside the ruling cabinet of (69-year-old) Prime Minister Mario Monti.
LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) ROME – Doctors of the Bambino Gesù Hospital announced that they have successfully transplanted what is believed to be the lightest-ever artificial heart, La Repubblica reports. The titanium heart, weighing 11 grams (0.39 ounces), was transplanted in a 16-month baby last month. The average adult heart weighs 300 grams.H The baby is […]
Compared to some other natural disasters in recent years, the death toll of seven may pale in comparison. But then we hear the individual tales of the earthquake that struck northern Italy, and the sorrow quickly mounts. Here are their stories.
RAI2 (Italy) SANT’AGOSTINO – The magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna has left at least seven dead and dozens wounded. The property damage is also extensive in a region around the historic city of Ferrara. In this video from state broadcaster RAI, we see a portion of the local city […]
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) Church and home are twin pillars of life in Italy, a historically Catholic country that plays host to the Vatican. And so it is, not surprisingly perhaps, that the high priests of home furnishing, Ikea, have moved far ahead of the Catholic Church – not to mention, the Italian government — […]
French women buy more shoes each year than their other European counterparts. But what KIND of shoes says even more. Italian women are more apt to go for high heels…and others?
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) MILAN – Police have seized a seaside hotel complex on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria believed to have belonged to the family of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Valued at 20 million euros, the resort and adjoining terrain is part of some 1.3 billion euros worth of Italian property held by […]
Why take the train when you can ride a bicycle? What better way to take in the gorgeous Italian countryside than to ride along the Po River, a route dotted with cathedrals, national parks and beautiful cities.
Italy loves its indigenous red squirrels – so much so that it is waging a full on war, at a cost of millions of euros, to get rid of the American grey squirrels, which have invaded the northeastern region of Liguria.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) MILAN – An anarchist group claimed responsibility Friday for the recent shooting of a top Italian nuclear energy executive, calling the victim “one of the many sorcerers of the atom.” The Milan daily Corriere della Sera received a lengthy text by regular post from the “Olga cell” of the Federazione Anarchica […]
An Italian mother, now 58, and father, 70, are fighting to have their two-year-old back from foster care. The couple appealed in court to get the child back, claiming that she was taken away from them because of their age. Now a judge has ordered a new pr
LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) ROME – After a lull, Italy has registered a new spate of economic-related suicides following a wave of such deaths last month. Three Italian men killed themselves Tuesday because they could no longer bear their economic situation, La Repubblica reports. In the southern city of Salerno, Generoso Armenante, a 49-year-old who lost […]
Surgeons in Italy are testing new techniques to improve general anesthesia-free brain surgery. Patients are “trained” ahead of time and, during the operation itself, made to answer quiz questions.
Mapping the latest data of surnames in Italy shows that both internal migration and international immigration are changing how this beautiful country calls itself. Rossi has been bumped by Russo, and two Chinese names are in the Top Ten in Milan.
Forget Disneyland and dinosaurs exhibits. Here’s a new way to try to engage the kids that can also help secure their future: the world’s first ever Savings and Finance Museum opens in Turin next month. The mascot is an industrious little