From city to the sea: the best beaches near Venice, Florence and Rome
Let us guess: you have probably already booked your ticket to Italy for this summer and now you are planning to visit some of the most wonderful Italian cities such as Florence, Rome or Venice to admire their breathtaking architecture, museums and monuments. Are we right? But considering that it's summer and a bit of sun and crystalline cl...
Interview: Paolo Sorrentino Talks 'Youth,' The Happiest Moment Of Filmmaking, Michael Caine, Sun Kill Moon & More
By Charlie Schmidlin The word "grand" is bound to crop up when describing the films of Paolo Sorrentino. The director traffics in the type of grandeur that evokes Fellini, yet finds an alternate route, as well as the type that divides audiences immediately. Seven features in —including 2013's Oscar-winning "The Great Beauty"— Sorr...
Seven innovative companies spring up every day thanks to the law on start-ups
by Luca Tremolada Less than three years since the approval of the law on start-ups, the number of new Italian businesses has exceeded 5,000 according to a Unioncamere figure. Which means that seven new innovative companies are born every day. One in five has taken up residence inLombardy but Trentino-Alto Adige is the region with...
Over 100 migrants rescued by Italian Navy off Libyan coast
More than 100 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast by the Italian Navy. Footage of the rescue operation was released by the Navy on Thursday (December 24). It showed armed officers on board navy vessels, approaching a rubber dinghy filled with migrants. The officers could be seen trying to calm down the migrants, and throwing life v...
Turismo, in Italia continua a crescere. Gli introiti? Ai colossi stranieri
I numeri registrati nel 2015 da ItalyXP parlano chiaro: più di 10.000 clienti serviti provenienti da oltre 100 paesi diversi, con risultati molto interessanti sui clienti a lungo raggio (USA, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, India e Canada). L'ordine medio conta 1,3 attività e riguarda in media 2,2 persone (per lo più famiglie). Le tipologie...
College a caccia di talenti tra Torino e Verona
Giocare a calcio in America non è poi impensabile e per i giovani calciatori si aprono le porte del soccer e dei college universitari Usa. Dopo il successo di Roma dove più di 40 giocatori sono stati selezionati dai coach americani ottenendo borse di studio importanti, College Life Italia ha ospitato due showcase al nord Italia, prima a Torino e po...
The Italian contribution to the world’s largest telescope
Soon, the world's largest telescope will be built in Chile and named "E-ELT", European – Extremely Large Telescope. It will have a mirror of 39 meters in diameter; the diameter of its rotating dome will be 85 meters and it will rise almost 80 meters above the ground. Its total weight that will be 5,000 tons. Such a massive project would not have be...
1,600-Year-Old Illuminated Manuscript of the Aeneid Digitized & Put Online by The Vatican
It's fair to say that every period which has celebrated the literature of antiquity has held epic Roman poet Virgil in extremely high regard, and that was never more the case than during the early Christian and medieval eras. Born in 70 B.C.—writes Clyde Pharr in the introduction to his scholarly Latin text—"Vergil was ardently admired even in his...
Apulia Land and Art Festival
20 countries applying; almost 100 projects submitted; more than 20 professionals involved; 2 conferences; an international art prize involving a diplomatic organization (the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Crakow, Poland), and then a series of events a latere such as concerts, performances, workshops and much more: this is the IV edition of Apulia...
105 anni fa la tragedia di Monongah: commemorazioni in Molise
Più di novecento morti, tra loro circa cinquecento italiani. Sono i numeri della tragedia di Monongah, miniera del West Virginia, dove un'esplosione il 6 dicembre del 1907, uccise moltissimi connazionali, tra cui anche bambini e ragazzi. Oggi, a 105 anni di distanza, le vittime sono commemorate a Campobasso durante il convegno "Monongah, dal fatto...
“Studiare in Friuli”
The Convitto Nazionale "Paolo Diacono" WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF Province of Gorizia, Province of Udine; Cividale del Friuli Municipality, CRUP FoundationAutonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in collaboration with Ente Friuli nel mondo announces a competition for 20 scholarships of the duration of one year (or s...
Export Made In Italy - Esposito (Assocamerestero):"Saldo Record Sui Mercati Esteri 24 Miliardi Primi Sei Mesi. Ma Si Affievolisce Spinta Dell’Export"
Nei primi dieci mesi dell'anno, la performance italiana sui mercati esteri in linea con quella della Germania (+0,1% su base annua, contro il -0,6% del competitor tedesco). Continua a registrare risultati record il saldo della bilancia commerciale italiana sui mercati esteri: nei primi dieci mesi del 2013, sfiora il tetto dei 24 miliardi d...