Female Italian judges outnumber male counterparts for first time
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner It has only been five decades since women were first allowed to become judges inItaly but in what is being hailed as a small revolution, female judges now outnumber their male counterparts. According to a report released this week by the top prosecutor in Italy's supreme court, women now comprise 50.7% o...
Lavazza targets €2bn sales within 5 years
Lavazza, Italy's best-selling coffee brand, has a warning for Starbucks as the coffee and frappuccino giant enters the Italian market for the first time: you have much to learn. Howard Schulz, Starbucks' chief executive, last month confirmed the Seattle-based company will open its first coffee shop in Italy early next year, in Milan. The s...
The Secrets of the Aventine
By Alexandra Turney Can you name the seven hills of Rome? Even most locals struggle to remember, but along with the Palatine and the Capitoline, the Aventine is one that everyone should know. The Aventine is often overlooked by visitors, who assume that it's just a residential neighbourhood. But there's much more to the Aventine than quie...
American Airlines rafforza Roma-NYC: «La concorrenza non ci preoccupa»
Una serata all'Aventino per raccontare le novità di American Airlines e Visit Usa ai tour operator e alle agenzie di viaggi. Il vettore Usa, che serve 344 destinazioni in 55 paesi nel mondo, potenzia la capacità e conferma tutte le rotte sulla tratta Italia-Usa, sia annuali che stagionali. La novità riguarda soprattuto il volo Roma-New Yor...
Former Amazon executive Piacentini seeking team of digital “missionaries” to overhaul Italy’s bureaucracy
by Luca De Biase It's hard to imagine. Twenty experts from the new frontiers of technology will team up at the prime minister's office at Palazzo Chigi to modernize Italy's bureaucratic public administration. It will be a sort of anthropological mutation. Instead of briefcase-carrying politicians, the palatial building's offices w...
The Marinello Lakes: Sicilian nature, poetry and mysteries
The outline of the Marinello Lakes, in the province of Messina, constantly changes due to marine currents and sea storms. If you happen to look out from the sacristy of the old Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Tindari – built on the top of the hill of the same name, a promontory belonging to the Nebrodi Hills, over 250 meters high – be pr...
Italy's South returns to growth after 7 years - SVIMEZ
Southern Italy's GDP rose in 2015 after seven consecutive years of negative growth, local industrial development association SVIMEZ said on Thursday. Southern regions registered GDP growth of 1% last year, compared to a fall of 1.2% in 2014. This was 0.3% more than in the rest of the country, SVIMEZ added. GDP in southern Italy fell by 12.3%...
Bersaglieri alla base americana, show Italia-Usa
di Gerardo Ausiello Italia e Stati Uniti insieme nel concerto dei bersaglieri. E' successo stamattina nella base della Us Navy di Capodichino. Ad esibirsi sono stati i bersaglieri della Brigata Garibaldi di Caserta, protagonisti di un concerto con la Cne Band durante la cerimonia dell'alzabandiera, alle 8. La Cne Band ha eseguito l'inno nazionale...
Italy at a High Speed
Test driving a Ferrari in Italy at high speeds may be a dream many car enthusiasts (and adrenaline junkies) share, especially after seeing Ron Howard's recent film, the Formula One racing drama "Rush." Perillo Tours' ItalyVacations.com recently introduced Drive the Dream Italia, a tour that takes travelers to the Ferrari test track in Maranello in...
Nuove opportunità di impresa negli Stati Uniti
Confcommercio organizza a Roma il prossimo 5 dicembre un Convegno, d'intesa con Ebit Roma e in collaborazione con lo Studio Legale Jason, Di Martino and Associates con sede a Los Angeles, dal titolo "Nuove Opportunità d'impresa negli Stati Uniti: avviare un'attività commerciale in California". I lavori inizieranno alle ore 9.30 e ci sarà m...
The summer opera festival at Arena di Verona
Verona's summer opera festival makes its return to Verona's ancient Roman Arena. Carmen, Aida, Turandot, A Masked Ball, Madama Butterfly, and the unforgettable Romeo et Juliette are the six classics set to run June 20th to September 7th, lighting up the summer nights of this City of Lovers. Officially opening the season is Lo spettacolo st...
Il Festival delle Storie ha trovato l'America
Storie dell'altro mondo, l'America dei paisà, il Festival delle Storie. Il prossimo 30 agosto Alvito, Valle di Comino, nella provincia di Frosinone, racconterà proprio gli italo-americani, nella prima delle nove giornate del Festival delle Storie, la kermesse culturale ideata da Vittorio Macioce arrivata alla quinta edizione. Una cultura c...