Online registration for Jubilee visitors: the Vatican tries to avoid queues and chaos
by Nicoletta Cottone Visitors to the Jubilee, which starts in Rome this December, will need to present a pass in order to enter the Porta Santa (holy door) of the Basilica of San Pietro in Rome. The goal is to avoid massive queues and chaos and be able to adjust on-site security to the number of people expected. Starting in October, p...
Spanish Steps’ restoration reinforces nexus between the world of luxury and Rome’s historical landmarks
by Chiara Beghelli The project was announced in March 2014, but now it's ready to go. In a very warm Roman morning, Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of jewelry company Bulgari, together with the Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, inaugurated the restoration works of the Spanish Steps, one of the most iconic and loved places in the city. Bul...
Leo Fioravanti wins ISA title months after breaking back
by Justin Housman On Sunday, Italy's Leonardo Fioravanti, 17 years old, captured the ISA World Games U-18 Championship at the Oceanside pier. This was an astonishing feat, and not because Fioravanti is from Italy—he's been one of the best young surfers on the planet for a few years now. Fioravanti's win was surprising because he's only eight month...
I tessuti fatti di agrumi di Orange Fiber vincono il Global Change Award di H&M
Orange Fiber – startup che sviluppa tessuti e filati sostenibili e innovativi dagli agrumi – è uno dei 5 progetti vincitori dellaGlobal Change Award 2015, l'iniziativa lanciata dall'organizzazione no-profit H&M Conscious Foundation nel 2015 con l'obiettivo di ricercare idee innovative capaci di chiudere il cerchio nell'industria della moda per...
An American walks into a bar…and creates a legend: Harry’s Bar
An American called Harry The Cipriani family has been serving drinks at Harry's Bar on Venice's iconic Grand Canal since 1931. Over the years it has attracted many society clientele. The Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs even declared it a national landmark in 2001. But this little bar owes more to an American than many people know. So who was...
Now that’s amore — Italy opens first free wine fountain
Only in Italy would you turn a water fountain into wine. A vineyard in the Abruzzo region has opened a free, public red wine fountain that flows 24/7 — because life is good. The Dora Sarchese Vineyard generously turned on the "fontana del vino" Sunday to refresh religious pilgrims journeying from Rome to the Ortona cathedral, where th...
2017 Professional Development Course for Teachers and Trainers of Italian
The American University of Rome is pleased to announce that the graduate-level seminar New technologies and multi-disciplinary perspectives in foreign language teaching will take place July 7-21, 2017 in Rome, Italy. This 60-hour course, offered in Italian and divided between lab practicum, theory and practical in-class activities, is of i...
Tour Italy With San Pellegrino Robots
San Pellegrino is taking fans for a stroll through Taormina, Sicily, three minutes at a time. "Three Minutes in Italy," a campaign created by Ogilvy New York, is a Facebook app that enables people to virtually "walk around" the streets of Taormina via special San Pellegrino robots. By liking the app, users can then get on the virtual queu...
Il Consorzio Vini di Romagna in Italia e all’Estero.
Operativo il riconoscimento Erga Omnes: si parte con una nuova comunicazione, un tour promozionale negli USA e una serie di degustazioni nelle enoteche. Valorizzare e internazionalizzare. Sono queste le parole chiave che contraddistingueranno l'attività del Consorzio Vini di Romagna per il prossimo triennio. Parole che si stanno riempiendo di signi...
Intervento del Ministro Bonino alla X Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d’Italia “L’Italia attrae il mondo: la diplomazia italiana per investire nel sistema Paese”
di Emma Bonino Signor Presidente del Consiglio, Cari Ambasciatori, gentili ospiti, sono molto lieta di darvi il benvenuto oggi a questa decima Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d'Italia nel mondo. Quando l'anno scorso ho assistito alla sessione inaugurale della Conferenza, alla presenza del Signor Presidente della Repubblica, non avr...
5 free things in Milan from cathedral to canals
Milan is Italy's finance and fashion capital, with hundreds of billions of euros invested on the Italian Stock Exchange and tens of billions more spent yearly in the city's luxury boutiques. While Florence attracts art-lovers, Venice the romantic and Rome the faithful, most travelers to Milan come to broker deals and indulge in the latest...
It's 200 years old, but what is Italy's carabinieri?
By Dany Mitzman I've always been puzzled by the fact that Italy has two police forces, although Italians don't seem to find it strange at all. If you ask "why two?" they'll tell you, by way of unsatisfactory explanation, the polizia are the regular state police while the carabinieri are part of the army. The real reason is a quirk of his...