Italy rescuing 3,000 migrants from 18 boats
At least seven boats - six Italian and one from Norway - were involved in an operation to get the migrants safely off 14 rubber dinghies and four other vessels carrying an estimated total of between 2,000 and 3,000 people. More than 104,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and South Asia have landed at Italy's southern ports so far this y...
Maxi delegazione negli Usa: «Il Friuli vuole contare di più»
di Maura Delle Case Si prepara a prendere un aereo intercontinentale. Diretta nella "capitale" economica e poi in quella istituzionale degli Stati Uniti con l'obiettivo di aprire nuovi canali politici e commerciali con un Paese che sta trainando la ripresa dalla lunga crisi economica e può dunque offrire interessanti sbocchi per l'export r...
Hidden treasures: the never before seen frescoes found in a Roman Villa in Positano
di Claudia Baroncelli Recent excavations have brought to light an extraordinary discovery: an ancient treasure hidden in an aristocratic Roman villa in Positano (Campania). The abode (located under the crypt of Santa Maria Assunta church) is in the list of those villas destroyed by the eruption of the mount Vesuvius in 79 AC and the subseq...
Italian Wine Exports In 2015 Set New Record
The value of Italian wine exports grew buy an estimated 6 per cent to €5.4 billion in 2015, compared to €5.1 billion in the previous year. However, reduced product availability after 2014's disappointing harvest meant that the volume of wine exports was lower than the year before, reaching just over 20 million hectolitres. Growth was mainl...
«Amo l’Italia e voglio comprare un club»
«Mi sono innamorato dell'Italia e ci torno spesso». Parola di Mike Piazza, la stella del baseball che la scorsa settimana ha visitato la nostra città e ha incontrato il presidente della Reggiana Stefano Compagni per intavolare una trattativa, che secondo indiscrezioni prevede l'acquisto del 60% della società granata per 3 milioni di euro. Intervis...
Forget Rome and Milan - Here's a tastier (and less crowded) Italian city break
Turin, Italy's first capital, is home to Fiat, football, fabulous food, fine art and that most famous and enigmatic Christian relic, the Turin Shroud. As I stroll around this elegant and lively city, however, bordered by the Po and snow-covered Alps, part of the jigsaw is missing. It soon finds me. A rather gorgeous male (aren't all Italians in th...
The mystery of the columns of the ciborium at St. Mark’s in Venice
by Marco Bona Castellotti Among the furnishings of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, the ciborium is the most visible piece, yet it often goes unnoticed. As visitors parade before the Pala d'Oro (the Basilica's high altar), they walk past it without paying much attention to that sort of cross-vaulted canopy, which houses the main altar with the Pala...
Young Italians turning to farming bringing along their focus on innovation and technology
by Annamaria Capparelli An increasing number of young Italians are pursuing careers in agriculture, industry associations say, and funds are being earmarked especially to support their plans for innovation in the sector. Farm sector employees under the age of 35 rose by 15% in the first three months of this year, agriculture organization...
Alessandro Malaspina: Early explorer of the Pacific Northwest coast
By Rita Cipalla Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci might be famous for their early explorations of the New World, yet another Italian adventurer who commanded a four-year expedition to the Pacific Northwest, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand—said to be one of the greatest scientific expeditions of the day—is virtually unknown today...
Pompei, riaprono al pubblico le stanze del potere
di Antonio Ferrara Un altro pezzo di quella Pompei negata per decenni torna a essere visitabile: questa volta siamo nel cuore della città romana, nell'area meridionale del Foro, la piazza porticata che era il cuore della vita politica, economica e religiosa della colonia romana conquistata da Silla nell'89 avanti Cristo e perciò consacrata a Vener...
Your Guide To Italy's Most Romantic City
Venice, Italy might not be the first city that comes to mind when you think of European cool, but this seaside city is more than just a pretty postcard. Beyond its canals and pastel-dotted streets is an Italian city like no other — with its own history, its own food, and a classical music scene that could make Prague and Paris reach for the world's...
Imprese Italiane nel mondo - Stati Uniti - Confindustria Udine:" Il Friuli alla conquista degli USA"
"Quello degli USA è un mercato di sbocco e di investimento rilevante per il nostro paese e la nostra provincia. Nel 2011 il Friuli ha esportato negli States oltre 215 milioni di Euro di prodotti, contro i 175 del 2010, segnando un aumento del 23%. Gli USA sono il settimo partner commerciale della nostra Provincia. Il saldo attivo della bilancia com...