Italian Dialects: endangered varieties
On Saturday, January 17th, it took place the third edition of the Italian National Dialect and Local Languages' Day, jointly organized by The National Union: Pro Loco, Lazio Legautonomie, the Documentation Center For Dialect Poetry "Vincenzo Scarpellino", the International Center "Eugenio Montale" and N.G.O. School as an Instrument of Peace – E.I.P...
Academic Opportunity to study in Trieste
A course entitled "Origini Italia", has been promoted by the ITA (Italian Trade Agency) in Rome and also by MIB (School of Management) based in Trieste. The course is for young men and women who already have a university degree or diploma, preferably with a few years of industry experience, interested in learning more about entrepreneurial and man...
Urbino Press Award alla giornalista americana Gwen Ifill
La nota giornalista e conduttrice televisiva Gwen Ifill è la vincitrice, per il 2015, dell'Urbino Press Award, il premio italiano che ogni anno viene assegnato a un reporter americano. L'annuncio ufficiale della vittoria verrà dato il 22 aprile dall'ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti, Claudio Bisogniero, nel corso di una cerimonia presso l'amb...
New image of what Jesus may have looked like as a boy surfaces in Italy
by Mark A. Kellner There may be no way to number the pictures of Jesus extant in the world today, but you can add one more to their ranks — a computer-generated "photo fit" image of Christ as a boy, courtesy of Italy's police. "The 'angelic' face of a 12-year-old Jesus has been created using the image taken from the Shroud of Turi...
15 best chocolate shops in Italy
From the North to the South, Italy boasts an ancient tradition in making excellent artisanal chocolate and all the chocoholics amongst you will be glad to know that the so-called Bel Paese has plenty of shops where you can taste and buy the most high quality sweet products. If you are travelling to Italy and you are looking for some hints on where...
i 5 segreti di roma da vivere almeno una volta nella vita
Chi è che non passa da Roma almeno una volta nella vita? È una delle prime mete turistiche per la sua storia, per la sua bellissima arte oltre che per le tantissime attività che offre. Ma, oltre ai magnifici monumenti e le rovine di un antico splendore, il popolo che l'ha vissuta ha lasciato segni di un passato incancellabili. Roma è...
Agroalimentare: +22% export italiano 2015 in Usa, bene primi mesi 2016
E, per proporre i gustosi piatti italian style, i manager dell'Ice si sono affidati alla vastese Rosanna Di Michele, da anni in prima linea nel promuovere le bontà culiniarie dell'Italia a New York (e non solo). In una nota diffusa in occasione del salone Summer Fancy Food di New York, Ice spiega che nel 2015 l'export del cibo e del vino è...
Foreign visitors and luxury drive the tourist industry in Italy
by Chiara Beghelli A new 800-page report, Tourism in Italy, reveals a nation beloved around the world with an enviable and varied tourism industry, but also one with persistent problems that limit its opportunities for development. The twentieth edition of the report, by the Italian National Research Council and the research institute for...
Italy Sets Example on Reducing Food Waste as U.S. Tosses $161 Billion Worth a Year
Italy adopted new laws this week to cut down drastically on food waste — the second such law in Europe, joining France's. So what's the United States doing to reclaim the 30 percent of its food that's simply thrown away? Italy's Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Tuesday to millions of euros of tax incentives to encourage businesses...
Ponte Vecchio: Florence Oldest Bridge
By Elizabeth Salthouse There's been a bridge at the site of Florence's legendary Ponte Vecchio since the days of the ancient Romans. Today it's a focus for Florence's jewellers and draws tourists from around the world. But the bridge has had a fascinating history. Where jewels now sparkle and shine, there once were butchers shops. High ab...
10 Italian Cookies Most Americans Don’t Know About
By Lisa Fogarty Ask a random group of Americans about their favorite Italian cookies and their responses, though sincere and ardent, will likely begin to blend into one universal chorus of: "Rainbow cookies...those colored, layered cookies — You know, those cookies that look like an Italian flag...wait, do Zeppoles count?" (For the record, no, the...
Pennsylvania: l’emigrazione Friulana documentata in un libro
L'emigrazione friulana sarà documentata in un libro: è l'annunciato dato nei giorni scorsi a Philadelphia, dove si è svolto un incontro con il segretariato Efasce della città, e Michele Bernardon dell'Efasce di Pordenone. Fra le varie iniziative annunciate quella del gruppo di lavoro, costituito da circa un anno, che sta raccogliendo materiali (do...