Cibus in Parma: The international gastronomic and nutrition fair runs May 5-8
Get ready for four days of Italian food, nutrition and agro-alimentary customs and traditions during the 17th Salone Internazionale dell'Alimentazione in Parma (Region of Emilia Romagna). This enormous showcase boasts workshops, conferences and events that familiarize professionals – both national and international – working in food and craft servi...
Italia Startup Visa
Today, Federica Guidi, Minister of Economic Development, was at Luiss EnLabs to announce Italia Startup Visa, a program to incentivize innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world to start up their business in Italy! Italia Startup Visa means leaner and faster procedures to facilitate the entry visa approval for autonomous work for ext...
Fiat Chrysler to spin off luxury brand Ferrari
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced Wednesday it will spin off sports car maker Ferrari into a separate company, a move to unlock the luxury brand's value and distinguish it from its mass-market parent. The spinoff aims to raise money to support the newly merged carmaker's plans to invest 48 billion euros ($61 billion) over five years to c...
Italian street food: 22 best places to try once in a lifetime
Gambero Rosso the qualified Italian magazine specialized in food and wine, has ranked the best places in Italy to enjoy street food, rounding them up in its Street Food guide 2016, which for the first time also includes a list with the 50 best addresses in Italy to enjoy the best ice cream as well as more than 450 places to eat street food in Italy...
Hot waiting room costs Sicilian hospital €2m gift
An Italian-American philanthropist wanted to donate €2 million to a hospital in Ragusa, Sicily, but left before writing a cheque after being forced to wait too long in a sweaty waiting room. The would-be benefactor, Pippo Giuffrè, was hoping to donate the money to the new Giovanni Paolo II hospital. However, when he went to meet the g...
Win a digital subscription sharing your best pictures from Italy!
L'Italo-Americano launched its new contest for the best picture of the fall! If you have been to Italy, you can share a picture and win one year digital subscription. The contest will run through fall and will be closed at end of November. The rules of the contest are. 1. Each reader can send one picture through our Social Media Chan...
The secrets of Emilia Romagna’s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita Geographically speaking, Emilia Romagna is composed of two parts: to the west Emilia, with its sweeping plains and orchards, and to the east Romagna, which extends along the Adriatic coast. In terms of gastronomy, the region is a mosaic of surprises, with no clear overall pattern. Each city has its own speciali...
Adriano Olivetti, the visionary Italian Steve Jobs
An entrepreneur, politician, urban planner, essayist and editor, Adriano Olivetti was one of the great Italian figures of the twentieth century. As a passionate and great innovator, he revolutionised the industry and Italian culture, dreaming of a human-centred factory that would reconcile profit and humanity. Often misunderstood by his contemporar...
Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini Named Director of the National Institute of Verdi Studies
The Board of Directors of the National Institute of Verdi Studies appointed Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini as the Director of the National Institute of Verdi studies. One of the foremost Italian musicologists of the 20th century, she has worked at institutions of high prestige in musicology such as La Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, where she has been...
Italy: number of rescued migrants so far this year is up
The number of migrants rescued in operations coordinated by Italy's coast guard so far in 2016 is up sharply from the same period last year. Interior Ministry figures for the first three months of this year show 16,075, including more than 1,500 brought to safety on Tuesday, have been rescued from smugglers' boats in distress in the waters bet...
HITN green lights Italian cooking and culture show
La Italia de Lidia en América (Lidia's Italy in America) is the Spanish-language version of a programme designed to educate and entertain food-loving audiences. Bastianich takes viewers by the hand on a culinary journey through different American cities. In each episode of La Italia de Lidia en América, the chef offers up the ingredients o...
Tutelare gli “Accidental Americans”: Fedriga (lna) interroga Gentiloni e Padoan
Il Governo italiano dovrebbe intervenire a tutela degli "Accidental Americans", cioè "i cittadini italiani che hanno acquisito anche la cittadinanza degli Stati Uniti perché nati quando i loro genitori si trovavano in transito o comunque temporaneamente nel territorio statunitense". Ne è convinto Massimiliano Fedriga, deputato della Lega Nord, che...