Why the Italian Real Estate market attracts foreign investments
by Claudia Astarita Lots of figures are currently suggesting that real estate market in Italy is boosting up on the right track. This trend has been confirmed by the conference held in London in mid-November, organized by Legance-Avvocati Associati, hosting lawyers and important characters of the international real estate market. ...
Italian stories: the first online marketplace of cultural tourism focused on Italian craftmanship
Do you want to meet the best Italian artisans inside their labs? Would you like to be the artisan's apprentice for a day, discovering the secrets of made in Italy? Italian Stories gives you the chance to find interesting stories and easily book authentic experiences inside the best artisans' lab. It is also possible to ask for custom...
Bialetti's ashes collected in his iconic Moka Pot
The ashes of Renato Bialetti, the owner of the factory of home appliances and the coffee makers which bear his name, have been collected in a large Moka Pot. The iconic Moka coffee maker was invented by his father in 1933, and over 200 million have been manufactured. Bialetti's family considered this gesture as a way of remembering the man, who die...
ItalyGuides.it comes to Kickstarter
ItalyGuides.it is a small project dedicated to Italy but with big ambitions. That's why we're here to ask for your support. Our passion is about revolutionizing the world of art and tourism. Italy is an amazing country but strangely not very well known. We're the country with the biggest number of artistic treasures in the world but...
The “Gaite” market in Umbria turns back time to the 13th century
In the Umbria region, one of the Italy' most beautiful villages -- still unknown to most tourists, who often favor nearby Assisi -- is about to turn back time to the 13th century: if you ever wondered how life in the Middle Ages might have been, just go to Bevagna, a town near Perugia with a population of 5,000, that until June 26 hosts this year's...
Number of Italian emigrants rose more than 6 percent in 2015
The number of Italians who moved abroad rose by more than 6 percent last year, according to new figures released Thursday that set off a debate about the root causes of the exodus. A report by the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference's Migrant Foundation, citing official government statistics, put the net number of Italian emigrants last ye...
Mostaccioli: The Calabrese Christmas Gingerbread
Here in our home, one of our Christmas traditions is making gingerbread cookies and one gingerbread house each year. (CLICK to see what we built last year.) I often wondered if there is something similar in Italy and in fact, I discovered something very similar to gingerbread in Calabria... the Mostaccioli, a shaped, honey and spiced, unleavened ha...
Pensionati residenti all’estero. Avvio della procedura relativa all’anno 2013 per l’accertamento dell’esistenza in vita
L'impegno e il ruolo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dell'INPS volto al miglioramento del servizio per assicurare il diritto alla pensione dei nostri connazionali all'estero, garantendo altresi' l'imprescindibile rispetto della legittimita' dei pagamenti.1. L'INPS ha comunicato l'avvio della verifica dell'esistenza in vita dei pensionati all'es...
Presto la "migrazione" dei dati AIRE nella nuova anagrafe nazionale: il 16 ottobre entra in vigore il decreto istitutivo
È stato pubblicato sulla Gazzetta ufficiale ed entrerà in vigore il 16 ottobre prossimo il decreto del presidente del Consiglio dei ministri (dpcm 23 agosto 2013, n.109) che istituisce l'Anagrafe nazionale della popolazione residente (Anpr). L'Anpr è costituita, in questa prima fase di attuazione, dall'Indice nazionale delle anagrafi (Ina)...
Vinitaly fotografa l'export delle sue aziende espositrici
Russia, Brasile, Stati Uniti Area Centrale: sono questi i primi tre mercati su cui punteranno gli espositori di Vinitaly per aumentare il loro export. Emerge dal primo Outlook di wine2wine – L'Osservatorio b2b di Vinitaly, presentato oggi a Veronafiere. Una raccolta di informazioni interessanti, ma soprattutto con un punto di vista origina...
ASI celebrates 26 years of activity by sending the first Italian woman into Space
by Silvia Simonetti In May 1988, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) was founded with the aim of coordinating the Government's projects and investments in this sector, started in the mid-1960s. Nowadays, ASI plays a crucial role within the European Space Agency and collaborates with international counterparts, including NASA, on severa...
5 Italian Coffees You Won’t Find Stateside
You can order espresso in dozens of ways: corto, a shot made with just a little water, or lungo, a shot made with more water. Ask for a splash of milk or foam and you get caffé macchiato, "marked" coffee and, of course, with lots of foam for classic cappuccino. There are many riffs on caffé corretto, espresso "corrected" with a splash of spirits....