Art, Innovation, and Sustainability: Italy’s Vision for the Future at Expo 2025 Osaka
Set to take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025, Expo 2025 Osaka will transform the artificial island of Yumeshima into a global hub for innovation, sustainability, and cultural exchange. Under the theme Designing Future Society for Our Lives, the exposition aims to address pressing global issues through the support of international collaborati...
Love Italian Food? It May Also Help Fight Depression, New Study Finds
A hot slice of pizza and a glass of red wine? Heaven. A big, hearty lasagna after a long day of work? Pure bliss. If you're like me and salivate at just the thought of Italian food, you'll want to listen up. New research shows that a natural plant extract found in tomatoes could actually help fight depression—and not just at dinner time. A study pu...
"Monumental necropolis" of 200 ancient tombs unearthed by archaeologists in Italy
Italian archaeologists recently uncovered a "monumental necropolis" that appeared to honor an elite class of people thousands of years ago, provincial officials announced this month. The ancient cemetery found in Trento, a northern Alpine city, includes at least 200 individual tombs, which experts believe date back to the early Iron Age, a pre-Roma...
Join us on the 100 most beautiful roads of Italy
Panoramic roads, culinary routes, paths steeped in history, and trails through nature—Italy has thousands of kilometers of surprises waiting around every corner. For adventurous travelers, the country offers countless special roads through its many charming villages, forming a network of beautiful routes: scenic roads that run along cliffs, winding...
Serious concerns over seismic swarm in the Campi Flegrei area
There are serious concerns about the seismic swarm that continues to strike the Campi Flegrei area in Naples every day. The seismic emergency worries local residents, but experts are reassuring: there are no signs of an imminent eruption. The phenomenon of bradisism, a gradual uplifting of the ground, has been ongoing since 2005, while authorities...
After a great career Alex Liddi announces retirement from baseball
"The time has come to finally say enough with playing baseball and spend more time with my family," said the first athlete born and raised in Italy to play in the Major League. Added FIBS president Marco Mazzieri, "I want to thank Liddi for his role as the standard-bearer of our movement, which he has been able to play on and off the field at the h...
Francesco Rivella, father of Nutella, dies at 97 after shaping Ferrero’s iconic chocolate and spread
Francesco Rivella, the Italian chemist credited with helping to create Nutella, passed away on February 14 at the age of 97. Dubbed the "father of Nutella" by Italian media, Rivella played a key role in developing the globally popular chocolate-hazelnut spread during his tenure at Ferrero. Born in Barbaresco, Piedmont, Rivella pursued a degree in b...
From Census to Citizenship: how the Romans Proved who they Were
At its zenith during the 2nd century AD, the Roman Empire was a vast and diverse entity, encompassing territories across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East; estimates suggest that its population ranged from approximately 59 to 76 million people, with some studies proposing numbers as high as 100 million. The city of Rome itself was a bustlin...
10 reasons to visit Italy in 2025: the best new holidays and cultural events
The Cilento coast in Campania has long attracted Italian holidaymakers, but overseas visitors tend to head further north to the better-known Amalfi coast. That is starting to change – the Natural Adventure Company reports that UK Google searches for the Cilento coast are up 110% over the past 12 months. The company has run a self-guided walking hol...
The Monumental Masterpieces of Niki de Saint Phalle: Il Giardino dei Tarocchi
In the late 1970s, some fifty years ago, something big hit the peaceful paradise of the Tuscan coastal countryside. A little outside the medieval village of Capalbio–amid the rolling hills, overflowing olive groves, and stretches of sun-baked grapevines–a monster was born. Soon after, another emerged and, within months, 22 of these mammoth creature...
“Ok, But Do I Look Italian?”
Not that it's my entire personality or anything, but I did, in fact, study abroad in Florence, Italy this past Fall. Everyone always says, “Studying abroad is a life-changing experience” and “You will never be able to shut up about it," and while both of those are definitely true, I will also not shut up about how my style has evolved. I remember s...
Everything you need to know before your trip to Naples
Naples, Italy's third-largest city, thrives on contradictions. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world, Naples is both chaotic and cultured, opulent and gritty, exuberant and understated, with architectural gems to discover around every corner. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BCE, Naples has witnessed over 250...