A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman laundromat open to public for first time
by Alice Philipson A 2,000-year-old laundry where ancient Romans brought their brilliant white tunics to be dyed and washed was among six newly restored buildings in Pompeii opened to the public on Thursday. Spectacular brightly coloured frescoes and intricate mosaics were revealed across the walls and floors of almost all of the buil...
Italy global wine market king, thanks to American drinkers
Italy was the biggest exporter and producer of wine in the world in 2015, while the United States consumed the most of the Mediterranean country's prized nectar, a study published yesterday showed. "Today, one bottle of wine exported in five is made in Italy, the biggest wine exporter in the world," Italy's Coldiretti agricultural associat...
Federalimentare "scippa" l'Italian sounding a Coldiretti
Fino a quattro o cinque anni fa il tema dell'Italian sounding agroalimentare era una "proprietà" riservata di Coldiretti. Quando si citava l'Italian sounding non era possibile omettere la stima dell'associazione di categoria che indicava in 60 miliardi di euro il valore del fenomeno, a danno dell'Italia. Ora il tema è stato ripreso co...
The land of espresso now has a coffee university
by Ilaria Vesentini The land that elevated coffee to an art form is now making it a science. The new international research and innovation center for coffee inaugurated in recent days by espresso machine maker Nuova Simonelli Group and the University of Camerino (a small and historic city of less than 7,000 people in the Marche region...
The government unveils its 2017-2023 strategic plan for the tourism industry
by Marzio Bartoloni The government has just drawn up its 2017-2023 strategic plan for the tourism industry, one of most undervalued sectors in the nation. Revenue totaled €35.8 billion in 2015, putting Italy in seventh place in value and fifth (after France, the USA, Spain and China) in number of visitors (50.7 million). That's too few giv...
Why Do Italians Live Longer?
If you're like me, you've often asked yourself, "Why do Italians live longer and stay so trim while consuming daily portions of pasta?" Perhaps you even read the recent article debunking the notion that pasta makes you fat. Vindication for feeding my daughter pasta every day! (The truth is, she's at a picky stage where she won't eat much else.) Ye...
Rosi's Fire at Sea is Italy's Oscar contender
Gianfranco Rosi's Fuocoammare is Italy's contender for the best foreign language film at the 2017 Oscars. The movie was selected on Monday from a field of seven by a committee at the offices of film industry association ANICA. 'Fuocoammare' (Fire At Sea) is a documentary about Italian migrant stepping-stone island Lampedusa. It looks at the lives...
Le CCIE, interlocutrici naturali delle PMI italiane: Intervista al Presidente Auricchio (ASSOCAMERESTERO)
Le Camere di Commercio Italiane all'Estero (CCIE), in quanto associazioni di imprese, sono le interlocutrici naturali delle piccole e medie imprese italiane,delle quali favoriscono l'internazionalizzazione, anche attraverso i progetti europei. Ad affermarlo è Gian Domenico Auricchio, Presidente di Assocamerestero che, a pochi giorni dalla...
Old sketch is da Vinci worth $16M, retired doctor is told
A drawing believed to be by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in Paris when a retired doctor brought a portfolio of works to Tajan auction house for a valuation. What's more, the auction house estimates "The Martyred Saint Sebastian" could be worth as much as 15 million euros ($16 million). "The doctor couldn't have imag...
Doing Unspeakable But Delicious Things To Italian Espresso
by Valerio J Farris My Italian-American boyfriend and his Brooklyn family seemed to have an aversion to that final vowel sound that gave the Italian language its operatic cadence. Around their table, mozzarella became mozzarell', prosciutto became prosciutt' and ricotta became ricott'. As the son of an Italian immigrant to the Uni...
AICR First Friday Happy Hour
at La Griffe Hotel, 9th floor rooftop terraceFriday, September 7th, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.via Nazionale 13, 9th floor rooftop terrace.Everyone is welcome, no reservations are necessary.One beverage purchase minimum, cash bar.Per drink: 7€ members with card, 10€ guests. Includes buffet.Representatives from the US Embassy will be there from 6:30 to 8 p.m....
Italoamericani e cinema: sulle tracce di un’identità complessa
ROMA – Un'occasione per riflettere su identità italo-americana e immaginario cinematografico nell'incontro previsto mercoledì 15 maggio a Roma presso la sede dell'associazione Leusso (viale Regina Margherita 1) alle ore 18. L'iniziativa, intitolata "Il cinema tra rito e impresa: Scorsese, Spielberg, Bergman", prevede infatti il contributo...