Heart of Moon space station made in Italy
The heart of NASA's future space station as a transit post to take astronauts back to the Moon has been made in Italy. The pressurized module HALO (Habitation And Logistics Outpost) was built in the Thales Alenia Space (Thales - Leonardo) factory in Turin. The module is ready to leave for the United States at the end of March where the company Nort...
9 must-do experiences in Italy's Marche region
Located in north-central Italy, Marche is the country’s sixth smallest region and home to about 1.5 million people. Even its best-known destinations—Urbino, Ascoli Piceno, Pesaro, Ancona, and the vastly wild Monti Sibillini National Park—aren’t household names for most travelers to Italy. Yet this underrated region is home to just the types of sig...
Cummari: The Sicilian Word All Women Should Recognize
I don’t have a sister and I never wanted one. Growing up with three brothers, being the only girl meant being the center of attention at all times. I had the luxury of being both a mummy’s girl and a daddy’s girl. I never thought I needed a sister. As I grow older, I realize the reason I didn’t need one is that I was lucky enough to make strong fem...
How To Start Drinking Amaro If You're New To Italian Liqueurs
Limoncello, amaretto di Saronno, and Sambuca are famous Italian liqueurs known as digestivos (or digestifs). They are enjoyed after a sumptuous meal while chatting with dinner companions. One extremely popular digestivo that you may not have tried yet is amaro ("bitter" in Italian). There are hundreds of different amari that are distilled from the...
I moved to Italy after grinding in tech jobs at Google and TikTok. I'm now living my dream life.
In May 2023, on a regional train from Naples to Pompeii, I was reading a memoir by an American woman. She'd moved to Naples for an internship, met the love of her life, and, despite regularly indulging in ragù and sfogliatella (a sweet pastry), had somehow lost 20 pounds. Lucky her, I thought with admiration and slight envy. I, on the other hand, f...
The foundation of the Giovanni Treccani institute and the creation of the enciclopedia italiana
The foundation of the Giovanni Treccani Institute on February 18, 1925, marked the first step in the creation of the Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti, known as the Enciclopedia Italiana or simply La Treccani. One hundred years ago, the groundwork was laid for what would become a monumental work dedicated to Italian culture. ...
Five years ago, Italy officially entered the nightmare of Covid
Five years have passed exactly— for some, it feels like many more, for others, it feels like just yesterday. Italy had already been watching images coming from China for weeks, with deserted cities due to the lockdown, and no one imagined it could happen to us, that a pandemic could take 197,000 Italians. Life went on as usual: the Sanremo Festival...
O.C. judge sides with Italian mom in custody dispute that has transfixed a nation
Six months after an American man whisked his infant son out of Italy against the mother’s wishes and deliberately withheld the child’s whereabouts, a federal judge ruled this week that the mother can return with the child to her native Italy. The plight of the mother, 46-year-old Claudia Ciampa, has attracted widespread sympathy in Italy, as well a...
Snowboarding Next to Lava: Italy's Mt. Etna Erupts
Mt. Etna, an active stratovolcano, looms over Sicily, Italy, and recently, it's begun to erupt, producing red-hot lava. The display of seismic activity has drawn numerous visitors, including Marco Bassot, a snowboarder. Several days ago, Bassot began sharing footage of climbing and riding the erupting volcano. The snowboarder in the videos cruised...
Google agrees to pay Italy $340 million to settle tax evasion investigation
Italian prosecutors on Wednesday said they are seeking to have a tax evasion investigation against Google dropped after the tech giant agreed to pay a 326 million euro ($340 million) settlement. Milan prosecutors had opened an investigation against Google for failure to pay taxes on earnings in Italy from 2015-2019. The investigation focused on rev...
Bring Back the Comedy (Italian Style)
I am obsessed with lists. Movie lists, to be more specific. To be really precise, I am obsessed with completing movie-watching lists and seeing the bright green circle that appears on Letterboxd once you’ve watched every movie included in a given list. To be fair, I’ve only fully completed one, the AFI 100, with the help of its wonderful companion...
How Will Nonstop Flights from the U.S. to Bari and Puglia Transform Travel Between Italy and North America? Neos Launches First Ever Direct Route to Southern Italy
Starting June 3, 2025, Neos, an Italian airline, will begin operating nonstop flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bari, the capital of the southern Italian region of Puglia. This announcement marks the first-ever direct connection between the United States and this Italian region, making travel more accessible and...