Rinvenuto a Sibari un tempio dedicato alle divinità egizie Iside e Serapide. Segnalate anche tracce della prima città greca
Una ricerca condotta in Calabria dal professor Emanuele Greco, direttore della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, e dalla sua équipe nel sito di "Casa Bianca", nell'ambito dell'area archeologica di Sibari (Cosenza), ha permesso il rinvenimento di un santuario costruito intorno al 50 d.C. e dedicato alle divinità egizie di Iside e Serapide, il c...
Despite frictions with an “americanized” AS Roma, the US still loom large in Totti’s future
by Gianni Dragoni A difficult future lies ahead of Francesco Totti in the "Americanized" AS Roma. The captain of "La Magica" (as the team is called) could move to the United States, after having criticized the club and its coach, Luciano Spalletti, for not letting him play. The American president of AS Roma, James Pallotta,...
Nearly one quarter of Italy’s fashion industry clusters hit a new record for exports last year
During a period when the watchword of the fashion industry — and others as well — seems to be "uncertainty" there's is one bastion of strength: export growth in Italian fashion's so-called industrial clusters, which in 2015 grew for the sixth consecutive year posting a 2.5% increase to €33.4 billion and a trade surplus of €19.7 billion. Of the 42...
Italy, a super power in the boat industry, with new aces up its sleeve
Italy's boat industry, a world's leader in yacht building is entering the warm season planning launches, deliveries, changes in the company's structure and new projects. While waiting for the boat shows – in Cannes (September 6-11), Genoa (September 20-25) and Monaco (September 28- October 1) – the main boatyards are launching the boats that will...
36 Hours in Parma, Italy
Your diet starts in 37 hours. Synonymous with famous delicacies and culinary legends — Parma ham, Parmesan cheese, Lambrusco wine, the Barilla pasta company, the Alma cooking school — this fetching northern Italian city last year was named a Unesco Creative City for Gastronomy, the first city in Italy to receive the honor. Numerous traditional rest...
Italian free diver Enzo Maiorca dies aged 85
Famed free diver Enzo Maiorca has died at the age of 85, the Italian navy says. Giancarlo Garozzo, the mayor of Syracuse in Sicily, said Maiorca died there on Sunday. No cause of death was given. Maiorca's friendly rivalry with diver Jacques Mayol inspired much of a 1988 film, The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson. The two divers compe...
Female-led business in Italy is growing fast
According to the study carried out by Unioncamere – the Italian organization that unites the chambers of commerce, agriculture and industry – the quantity of Italian companies managed by women is stably growing. In September 2016 the number of female-led businesses outreached 1,3 million which is 21.74% of all the registered companies in Italy. At...
"Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America"
Lunedì 3 settembre 2012 alle ore 11.30 presso la Sala Giunta del Palazzo della Provincia di Bari si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione della seconda edizione del premio "Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America", promosso dalla "Puglia Center of America" che si svolgerà il prossimo 9 novembre nella città Eastchester dello Stato di New...
Expo 2015: dagli Usa padiglione per scoprire cucina americana
''La nostra cucina è molto più di hamburger e patatine'': la presenza americana a Expo Milano 2015 punterà anche a questo, a essere ''megafono'' per far scoprire un lato degli Usa - quello dietro ai fornelli - che ''in Europa non è conosciuto''. A spiegarlo, alla presentazione a Milano del concept del padiglione statunitense, sono stati i rappresen...
Italy remains top destination for shopping tourism
Christmas is definitely the right time for shopping (and of course for family and friends). Wether online purchases are globally increasing of about 15% on these holdays nothing could replace traditional shopping travels. Italy is among top spots for shopping in the world. Russians, Chinese and Americans came to "Bel Paese" in 2013 more th...
Events and initiatives for enjoying the Capital of Culture candidate
Visiting Ravenna, in Emilia Romagna, one perceives its immense vitality, particularly in this period, when Ravenna is showing itself off as a candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019 (along with Siena, Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Assisi and Matera). The entire region of Emilia Romagna is participating, with artistic committees and 28 working g...
Internazionalizzazione delle imprese campane e pugliesi: il mercato USA
Il workshop "Stati Uniti d'America: un mercato in forte ripresa sul quale investire" si è tenuto martedì 11 marzo a Napoli e mercoledì 12 marzo a Bari, promosso da American Chamber of Commerce in Italy e dal Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti d'America, e organizzato in collaborazione con il Council of American States in Europe (CASE) e l'agenzia...