Italy voted world's favourite destination for fourth year in row
Italy has once again been voted as the world's best destination for 2014. According to The Local, readers of Conde Nast Traveller have voted the country as the world's favourite travel destination. With its diverse landscape and rich heritage, Italy managed to retain its title for a fourth consecutive year. Meanwhile, the USA and...
I 10 murales della Sardegna che dovete assolutamente andare a vedere
La Sardegna è una terra che possiede alcuni dei Murales più belli del mondo. Una forma artistica nata da movimenti di protesta, come libera espressione creativa della popolazione contro il potere, che nell'Isola ha trovato largo spazio per il loro valore non solo estetico ma anche sociale. Alcuni paesi della Sardegna sono noti per i loro m...
10 facts about the Trevi Fountain
While the Trevi Fountain in Rome is undergoing restoration, it's time to brush up on a few facts about one of the city's largest and most spectacular ornaments. 1. 'Trevi' means 'three-ways'The name 'Trevi' means 'three-ways' and is said to refer to the junction of three roads on Piazza dei Cruciferi. There was also a famous Goddess named Trivia....
Economic Diplomacy: Farnesina boosts support for research centres and universities reaching abroad
The Farnesina has boosted its support for research centres, universities and polytechnic institutes seeking to develop internationally, thanks to its RISeT (science and technology information network) http://riset.esteri.it. The network allows access to information on research and innovation from a network of science attachés, embassies a...
A veteran correspondent shares his affectionate puzzlement at “The Italians”
“A coat hanger, for example, is known to some Italians as an ometto, to others as a stampella and to yet others as an angioletto. But it can also be a gruccia, attaccapanni, appendiabiti, cruccia, stanfella, crocetta, crociera, appendino or croce”. This seemingly endless list of words – which are basically synonyms of one another –well epi...
The Great Influence of Fashion Blogger Chiara Ferragni
When it comes to fashion blogs, Chiara Ferragni’s blog may be one to triumph all others. The 27-year-old fashion blogger has a blog so massive that its value is worth more than $8 million. This has resulted in Chiara to be ranked in Forbes 30 Under 30 Most Influential in the World list 2015, making her the only Italian on the list,...
Sicilia, Montalbano Elicona borgo più bello d'Italia
Montalbano Elicona, in provincia di Messina, si è aggiudicato il titolo 2015 di borgo più bello d'Italia. Il riconoscimento è stato attribuito nel corso della trasmissione di Rai Tre «Alle falde del Kilimangiaro». I comuni in competizione erano 40, poi diventati 20 con l'eliminazione diretta decretata dal televoto degli spettatori. I 20 fi...
Italian physicists at CERN contribute to protons’ record speed to discover what’s beyond the world we know
by Leopoldo Benacchio The four giants of the CERN in Geneva – which is directed by the Italian scientist Fabiola Gianotti - were back in business yesterday to find out what lies beyond the Pillars of Hercules of the current, hard-earned physical laws. ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb are the tools that, placed on strategic points of the...
Spritz: The Aperitivo of The Veneto
By Emma Leiper Italy has introduced to the world many wonderfully sumptuous drinks, from Treviso's prosecco wine, to Giuseppe Cipriani's Bellini, but perhaps none are as famous, or as aesthetically distinctive, as the Venetian spritz. A concoction of prosecco, soda or water, and a splash of Aperol or Campari liqueur, the flame-col...
Le donne dell’agricoltura rilanciano il più autentico “made in Italy”
di Ermanno Lucchini Lei accompagna il gregge chiamando le pecore per nome, lui le munge. Lei accarezza quelle tenere creature lanose, lui le tosa. Valeria ha una laurea in veterinaria in sospeso, Ovidio un sorriso assassino che ha impedito a quella studentessa impertinente di tornare a Teramo a discutere la sua ricerca sulla "peco...
Sardinians Teach the Secrets of Longevity
In the mountainous villages on the Italian island of Sardinia, there are 21 centenarians in a population of 10,000. Only about four in 10,000 Americans reach the 100-year mark. In addition, on Sardinia men live longer than any other place on earth. Clearly, the Sardinians could teach the world a thing or two about what it takes to live a long and h...
Italia, un sogno per la vita
"L'Italia è un sogno che continua a presentarsi per il resto della vita", bastano poche parole e la poetessa russa Anna Achmatova, con l'abilità tipica del grande scrittore, restituisce perfettamente l'immagine dell'Italia vista con l'occhio dello straniero. Questo sentimento è emerso chiaramente ieri a Roma, quando in un'affollata sala della sede...