Movida rilassata, la via di Milano invidiata da New York
Gli uomini arrivano in bici e giacca e cravatta, le donne si annunciano caracollando sui tacchi sui piccoli ponti di ferro, gli studenti passano e si prendono una sedia. Sul far della sera inizia il rito dell'aperitivo, insaccati, formaggio e canapè, e le varie anime della città confluiscono qui, sulla sponda di Ripa di Porta Ticinese a Mi...
PM Renzi’s school reform starts by hiring 36,000 teachers and promoting school-work alternation
by Claudio Tucci The first result of the school reform will be hiring 36,000 now temporary teachers by September 1. This is the initial tranche of an intake of more than 102,000 people introduced by the Matteo Renzi- Stefania Giannini law, which will see additional 11,000 jobs in the following days and, by September 2016, the final tranche...
From the iconic Piazza de Spagna in Rome to the picturesque Bay of Naples: New Guy Ritchie film The Man From U.N.C.L.E. highlights Italy's breathtaking beauty spots
Hollywood's elite has descended upon Italy for the filming of Guy Ritchie's new film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander, the chic spy film, which is set the swinging 60s, has been filming in plenty of grandiose locations meant to show off the splendour of the era. From the Spanish Steps in Rome to the s...
2016 Rome Prize Competition Now Open
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the 2016 Rome Prize. For over a century, the Academy has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative work in the arts and humanities. Through a national juried competition, Rome Prizes are awarded to emerging and established artists and scholars working in the following discipline...
Una delegazione di Filitalia International in visita al Museo del Violino
Una folta delegazione di Filitalia International, guidata dal suo fondatore Pasquale Nestico, ha visitato il Museo del violino di Cremona. Filitalia è una fondazione filantropica statunitense di italo-americani attiva nella diffusione della lingua e della cultura italiana nel mondo con sede a Filadelfia, in Pennsylvania. La delegazione era...
Storia del liutaio che ha messo l’Internet in una chitarra fatta col legno di Stradivari
Girava per la sala stampa del Web Summit di Dublino con una chitarra nera in spalla. I capelli castani raccolti da un elastico, la barba folta e una maglietta nera. A prima vista poteva sembrare un metallaro. O qualcosa del genere. Entrare nello spazio riservato alla stampa del Web Summit è praticamente impossibile se non sei un giornalist...
Booming exports help furniture makers see light at the end of the tunnel
by Laura Cavestri This time there are no more excuses. Postponed from year to year, driven especially by the exports that have helped to transform the collapse of the years 2008-2009 into a slight decline and then into a substantial stability, the recovery of the wood-furnishing sector (that is worth almost €27 billion and gives work to mo...
Olio Dante in foreign markets push thanks to €20 mn foreign investment
by Vera Viola Oleifici Mataluni - Olio Dante SpA, an olive oil producer from Montesarchio (Benevento), has attracted an international investor. The international fund, "Trinity Investments," decided to invest €20 million in theCampania-based enterprise in order to implement a business plan, focused on the penetration in the Americ...
A is for Abruzzo, one of the little known gems of Italy
by Adri Barr Crocetti The culinary traditions of Abruzzo's pastoral land reach back through the ages. Perhaps Abruzzo's most famous contribution to Italy's pantheon of pasta ismaccheroni alla chitarra, but another of Italy's culinary traditions is a favorite here too, ravioli. This is sheep country, and Abruzzese cooks make great...
Who Is Elena Ferrante? An Educated Guess Causes a Stir
by Rachel Doandio As her following grows, so does the mystery surrounding the pseudonymous Italian writer Elena Ferrante, whose Neapolitan novels on the lifelong friendship of two women have become a global phenomenon. Figuring out the identity of Ms. Ferrante, who has never been identified, has become one of the literary world's...
Despite global tensions, 50% of Italian workers are confident about their economic future
by Serena Uccello Six out of ten Italians are confident about their businesses' future, according to a study carried out in the last quarter of 2015 in 34 countries by Randstad, the world's second-largest HR service provider. One out of two Italians (51%) is confident that Italy's economic situation is about to improve. It is a14% increase co...
GlassUp, gli occhiali smart (made in Italy) che faranno concorrenza a Google
Estetica contro funzione: una lotta antica, che infiamma anche la definizione dell'hardware del futuro. Ne è la dimostrazione il proliferare di modelli di smart glass lanciati dai big player del mondo tech, primo fra tutti Google che proprio qualche giorno fa ha annunciato i progressi del modello Enterprise Edition, dedicato ai professionisti. &nb...