Expo2015: per italiani grande opportunita', 1 su 2 lo visitera'
Gli italiani pensano che Expo sia una grande opportunita' per il Paese e un su due ha intenzione di visitarlo. E' il risultato di un'indagine di Confturismo-Confcommercio in collaborazione con Istituto Piepoli. Quasi tre italiani su quattro credono che l'evento possa portare benefici economici e di reputazione. In termini di attrazione tur...
A new partnership to sustain “excellent” Italian digital business ideas
The biggest innovation hub concerning digital Made in Italy was launched thanks to the partnership between Digital Magics (DM), Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners (TIP). Enrico Gasperini – Digital Magic's founder and CEO – declared "Italian digital startups are a great source of talents" and they need to be supported. For t...
Apre a Parma il labirinto più grande del mondo
di Marco Villa «Sognai per la prima volta di costruire un Labirinto circa venti anni fa, nel periodo in cui, a più riprese, ebbi ospite, nella mia casa di campagna vicino a Parma, un amico, oltreché collaboratore importantissimo della casa editrice che avevo fondato: lo scrittore argentino Jorge Luis Borges». Con queste parole, l'...
How to host the perfect Italian Barbeque
by Claudia Baroncelli If there is a thing Italians love doing and know how to do right is eating, and this of course comprises cooking, and therefore hosting barbeque. The Italian BBQ has a few differences with the American version, since the latter prefer much bigger meat cuts and more complex and longer processes such as ma...
Family-owned Zuegg vows to turn the South “into the biggest Mediterranean orchard”
by Donata Marrazzo The Zuegg family-owned business is increasingly more active in agriculture, involving small enterprises and young Italian farmers in its production of jams, juices and semi-processed goods for the food industry. "We will turn Southern Italy into the biggest orchard in the Mediterranean, bringing back native vari...
Chicago Week in Milan
Chicago Sister Cities International (CSCI) and World Business Chicago (WBC) are leading a delegation of Chicago business, civic and cultural leaders on a mission to Chicago's sister city of Milan, Italy to present "Chicago Week" during Expo Milano 2015 from September 3-6, 2015. Organized by CSCI and WBC, and with the support of the City of Chicago,...
Max Leonida: the Evolution of an Italian Director
by Nancy Casas Starting off the evening the Italian way, with double Espresso shots, Max Leonida announced three upcoming projects he's really excited to be working on. As a director that usually works with thrillers and dramas to extremely funny comedies, Max is currently directing a pilot. Bruna in Beverly Hills is a sitcom about an Ita...
Italian-made gold jewelry keeps faring well,growing in volume and turnover
by Kay Mandurino Italian-made gold jewelry continues to be appreciated all over the world. Creativity, design, manufacturing, technology, are the pride of a sector resilient to shocks in the market, but subject to fluctuations in commodity prices, geopolitical tensions, the growth in competitiveness of emerging economies, and the crisis of...
Long known for its agricultural produce, Puglia is developing a thriving biotech sector
In 1959 the Neapolitan ethnologist Ernesto de Martino was traveling around Salento with a psychologist, a musicologist and a sociologist. The object of their studies were the "tarantate," the ritual cure for the peasants bitten by the taranta, a black spider. If an ethnologist today would like to repeat De Martino's trip, he would be wise...
Hide and seek championship to be held in Italian ghost town
There is so much to be dismayed about when considering the world at large right now, reading the daily news is enough to drag one deep into a swamp of despair. And while complete escapism may not be the best approach into avoiding said swamp of despair, it feels important to find some ways to maintain some sanity. With this in mind, it's a...
You Say ‘Anguria,’ I Say ‘Cocomero’: Italy’s Many Dialects
Say you're shopping at a farmer's market in Rome, and you'd like to pick up some nice, ripe watermelon. The signs at some stands call it "anguria"; others say "cocomero" or "melone d'acqua." Why so many different words for the same fruit? Because in their daily lives, many Italians don't speak Italian. That is, they don't shop or chat...
Italy a world leader in green economy, a surprising ENEA report reveals
by Jacopo Giliberto In its report on energy efficiency, ENEA (the National Agency for Energy and the Environment), has highlighted the fact that Italy is one of the leading nations in Europe in this field, "with a level of energy intensity 18% lower than the EU average." This the outcome - the report says - of a more efficient Ita...