Record per lo spumante italiano, nel 2014 esportazioni +22%
Meno male che c'è lo spumante: con un aumento del 22 per cento nelle bottiglie spedite all'estero, lo spumante italiano conquista le tavole nel mondo, dove per Natale e Capodanno ci sarà il record storico di brindisi Made in Italy. Lo rivela un'analisi della Coldiretti su dati Istat. Se in Italia lo spumante si classifica al primo posto ne...
The Magnificent Venetian Celebration of Carnival
The Venice Carnival 2015 will be focused on tastefulness. The triumph of flavors, of enogastronomy and of conviviality will be the common thread throughout the great Venetian Festival which will take place from January 31st until February 17th, 2015. The Carnival of Venice is the most important and magnificent of Venetian celebrations. It...
“Change your Life. Change Italy!”: BEST program campaign launched today
In a room full of boxes containing the dreams of young Italians, an archivist browse a file with the future plans of students and researchers: someone wish to open a business of robotics, someone else to start an IT company or to work on a biotechnology lab. This is the beginning of "Change your Life Change Italy" campaign copy (http://you...
US to play Italy in Brindisi in Fed Cup playoffs
Next month's Fed Cup match between the United States and Italy will be played in Brindisi, with both countries vying to return to the tournament's top tier. The best-of-five series will be played in the southern Italian city on April 18-19. Led by Serena and Venus Williams, the Americans beat Argentina 4-1 in Buenos Aires last month t...
The easter arches in San Biagio Platani: triumph for all
The Easter Arches – also known as Bread Arches – whose tinted shadows envelop the main street in the small Sicilian town of San Biagio Platani, Agrigento – have a long history that started way back in the 18th century, recorded for the first time in 1776. They are made by the members of two confraternities: one devout to the Holy Sacrament...
15 of the most incredible beaches in Sicily
Pure sand and crystal clear water is what make Sicily one of the best destinations in Italy for those looking for a piece of heaven on earth these summer holidays. Swide has rounded up 15 of the most breathtaking beaches in Sicily. Best known for its breathtaking and varied landscape, for the sun and colors, its energy and the warmth of it...
Italian hand gestures everyone should know
by Silvia Marchetti We Italians like to say that a gesture is more valuable than a thousand words. Surprisingly, we don't actually have a gesture that says that, but we do for almost everything else. When it comes to body language, we simply rule. As we talk, our hands fly in the air making unmistakable signs, our faces twis...
All'Expo va in scena il teatro italiano tradotto in New Jersey
di Maurita Cardone Per quanto esterofila, la cultura italiana non è avvezza ai sottotitoli, figuriamoci ai sopratitoli, quella forma di traduzione simultanea che accompagna gli spettacoli teatrali in lingua straniera e che permette alle compagnie di ogni nazione di viaggiare in tutto il mondo rendendo il proprio messaggio universale, e agl...
The stunning Italian islands where wicked Roman emperors sent lustful women
by Silvia Marchetti ROMAN countesses, actresses and designers like the Fendi sisters have picked the Pontine islands, a cluster of paradise-atolls near Rome, as their élite summer retreat. But it wasn't so in the past. It was a female inferno. Forget the glossy boutiques, wild night-life and elegant lounge bars packed with ta...
Women’s harvest in Puglia: a weekend full of food, wine and tradition
by Roberta Costantino Wine is a strong reflection of the history, culture and land in a region. And this is especially true when you come from a region of Italy, like Apulia – Puglia, and know how much strength there is behind all the passion, love and knowledge the locals put in everything they do with their hands. The work of fa...
Polihub (Milano) è il quinto migliore incubatore universitario, al mondo
Un acceleratore universitario italiano entra nella top 25 mondiale degli incubatori. E si classifica quinto.Polihub, incubatore di startup dal 2013 sotto la guida di Stefano Mainetti, entra nel Pantheon mondiale dei modelli di sviluppo imprenditoriale legati a un'istituzione universitaria. Lo fa dopo un 2015 che ha dato all'incubatore del...
The Festival of Candelora
By Patrick O'Boyle, Esq. A Pasca Epifania "tutt'e ffeste vanno via". Risponne 'a Cannelora : "No, ce stongo io ancora" – (Easter said to Epiphany, "Now all the holidays are gone," and Candlemas spoke up and said, "I'm still here!") – Old Neapolitan saying. In Italy, February 2nd is traditionally the feast of Candelora, a day which receive...