Zero Waste: Italian town pioneer in Waste Recycling
Last week, we told you about the waste management crisis in the south of Italy. But as we said before, all it takes is the valiant few who choose not to accept things the way they are. In keeping with this thought, Capannori, a rural town in Lucca, has become a trendsetter, not just in Italy but throughout Europe, as the continent's first...
Partono i Bastimenti: Domani l’inaugurazione della Mostra a Bari
Verrà inaugurata domani, 12 gennaio, nella Sala Murat di Piazza del Ferrarese a Bari la mostra "Partono i bastimenti", dedicata alla emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe, che rimarrà aperta al pubblico al 28 gennaio. La rassegna, già allestita con successo a Napoli, a Cosenza ed il mese scorso, in edizione ridotta, presso il Ministero degli...
2014 Ducati Superbike Team Presented in Italy
With just a few weeks to go before the start of the 2014 Superbike World Championship at the Australian circuit of Phillip Island on 23 February, the Ducati Superbike Team has been officially presented to fans, enthusiasts and press in an exclusive live streaming event from the Ducati Auditorium in Borgo Panigale. The 2014 season will see the retu...
Italy companies to build LNG terminal to lower energy costs
By Stephen Jewkes Companies aiming to lower their energy costs plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northeastern Italy capable of importing 800 million cubic metres (mcm) of LNG per year. Metal parts maker SBE Varvit, one of the companies involved, said the move is aimed at averting job cuts or moving operations...
Luxottica Group Tops List of Italy's Most Honored Companies in Institutional Investor's All-Europe Executive Team Ranking
Luxottica Group again claims six top-ranked positions in the 2014 All-Europe Executive Team survey, Institutional Investor's annual poll of buy-side portfolio managers and analysts and sell-side equity research professionals around the world. The luxury goods company's CEO Andrea Guerra, CFO Enrico Cavatorta, IR Professional Alessandra Sen...
Atina: Italoamericano fa ricostruire la grandiosa fontana della piazza principale a proprie spese
by Michele Santulli Si definisce 'mecenate' il cittadino che a proprie spese, liberamente, senza sollecitazione o interessi personali, provvede al restauro o alla costruzione o all'abbellimento di un monumento o di una chiesa o di una scuola o di un museo, ecc., oppure dona la propria collezione d'arte o un'opera d'arte o la propria biblioteca all...
Monica Bellucci, Italian beauty icon, turns 50
The star, who has for decades represented the image of voluptuousness and eroticism in Hollywood, enters her fifties with the serenity provided by maturity, but without losing any of her trademark sensuality. Bellucci, born Sept. 30, 1964, in Citta del Castello, in the Italian region of Umbria, uses her generous curves and Mediterranean features a...
An exhibition dedicated to the father of the Italian coffee machine, la Moka
What would Italy be without "il caffé"?Coffee wasn't invented in Italy, but certainly Italy has created such a unique and powerful coffee culture that it would be easy to think otherwise. Imagine waking up in an Italian house in the morning and not drinking an espresso or a cappuccino. It sounds like a horror/sci-fi movie where suddenly th...
7 Reasons Why Growing Up In An Italian Family Is The Best
Ever wonder what it's like to be a part of one of those crazy, big, Italian families? Better yet, ever wonder what it's like to grow up in one of them? Fortunately, I was lucky enough to grow up in one of those families... and the stories I can share from my lovely family are endless. For everyone who grew up in a family similar to mine, t...
Padua, a college town seething with cocktail culture and Medieval frescoes
Padua is known throughout the world as "the city of the saint", in honor of Saint Anthony. The Portuguese Franciscan, born in Lisbon in 1195, died here on the 13th of June, 1231 in the historic neighborhood of Arcella, behind the station, where a beautiful frescoed church, the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony, commemorates the years he lived in the city....
New Startup Laws Bring Foreign Entrepreneurs to Italy’s Fertile Markets
By Mauro Battocchi The global startup scene was all-thumbs-up when Italy pushed through aggressive reforms to promote innovation in the Italian economy and reduce bureaucratic red tape. Thanks to an initiative called Restart Italia!, a startup can now be registered for 50 EUR through self-certification with the Chamber of Commerce and new...
Italian state fund eyes investments in food sector
Italian state-sponsored investment fund Fondo Strategico Italiano (FSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with an agriculture Ministry's agency to jointly invest in the food sector. Investors' interest for premium food and beverage companies in Italy is on the rise. Italian wine maker Masi Agricola last week successfully comple...